The Little Girl Who Stood Up for a Mountain

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March 2, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. - John Lubbock - The Little Girl Who Stood Up for a Mountain "Faith, they say, can move mountains, but sometimes it takes hard work and dedication to help ensure that they don't go anywhere. In 1915, the town of Orogrande, New Mexico, was once a thriving gold rush community, home to several mining operations -- though the hum of heavy machinery in the nearby mines have since been silenced, replaced by the chatter of wildlife. Recently, however, ten-year-old Caitlyn Larson and her parents discovered something unsettling in the now tranquil landscape: new equipment being assembled to strip a mountain away. That's when the youngster knew something had to be done to stop it." { read more } Be The Change Spend some time in nature today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Freed: Cat With Head Trapped in Jar for 6 Days A Dying Boy's Special Bond with a Rescue Dog Our 5-yr-old: Alone But Not Lonely Living with Just Enough Love, the Most Powerful Medicine Life Lessons from A Winged Visitor DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 125,914 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Kindness of Beasts

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March 1, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way. - John Muir - The Kindness of Beasts "When I became a father for the first time, at the ripe old age of 44, various historical contingencies saw to it that my nascent son would be sharing his home with two senescent canines. There was Nina, an endearing though occasionally ferocious German shepherd/Malamute cross. And there was Tess, a wolf-dog mix who, though gentle, had some rather highly developed predatory instincts. So, I was a little concerned about how the co-sharing arrangements were going to work. As things turned out, I needn't have worried. During the year or so that their old lives overlapped with that of my son, I was alternately touched, shocked, amazed, and dumbfounded by the kindness and patience they exhibited towards him." Dogs rescue their friends and elephants care for injured kin -- humans have no monopoly on moral behaviour, Mark Rowland shares more. { read more } Be The Change Pay special attention today to the different forms of life that cross your path. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 15-yr-old Dog's Gift How Nature Affects the Brain A Creative Use of Plastic Bottles The 13-Year Old Who Is Foresting the World Freed: Cat With Head Trapped in Jar for 6 Days Emotional Lives of Animals Office Workers Raise 5 Day Old Kitten Life Lessons from A Winged Visitor DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 125,899 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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From Soap to Cities: Designs Inspired by Nature

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February 27, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. - Rainer Maria Rilke - From Soap to Cities: Designs Inspired by Nature "Imagine this assignment, says Bill McDonough in a recent TED talk: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, converts nitrogen into ammonia, distills water, stores solar energy as fuel, builds complex sugars, creates microclimates, changes color with the seasons, and self-replicates. Sound impossible?Well, nature's already completed this one. It's called a plant. And the fact that it does these things safely and efficiently is inspiring engineers and designers to reconceive the ways we manufacture such basics as soap bottles, raincoats, and wall-to-wall carpeting." { read more } Be The Change This fascinating TED talk shares more on Biomimicry. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 20 Amazing Photos From Outer Space How Nature Affects the Brain More Than Human: Striking Animal Portraits The 13-Year Old Who Is Foresting the World Freed: Cat With Head Trapped in Jar for 6 Days Wind Powered Art Office Workers Raise 5 Day Old Kitten New Zealand's River That Is A Person DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 125,840 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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A Pep Talk From Kid President To You

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February 26, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey - A Pep Talk From Kid President To You The effervescent "Kid President" (AKA Robbie Novak) serves-up a half-time pep talk guaranteed to light your fire. He chides us for being boring and encourages us to "take the path that leads to awesome." We have work to do, he says, "and we can cry about it or we can dance about it... It is everybody's duty to give the world a reason to dance." { read more } Be The Change Decide what you are going to do today to be less boring, more awesome, and give the world a reason to dance COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Mystery Knitter's Olympic Masterpiece A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral A 21-Year-Old's Solution to Homelessness The Man Who Left Hollywood For His True Calling An Ordinary Magical Life Today You, Tomorrow Me A Family Living (And Thriving) Without Money My Daughter's Noble Sacrifice DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 125,829 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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