How To Be More Than A Mindful Consumer

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September 28, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. - Vicki Robin - How To Be More Than A Mindful Consumer "Today we're so steeped in consumer culture that we head to the mall even when our houses and garages are full. We suffer angst over the adequacy of our belongings and amass crushing credit card debt to, as the author Dave Ramsey says, buy things we don't need with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like..." Annie Leonard, the creator of Story of Stuff drives home an idea with true revolutionary potential, "As individuals, we can use less stuff if we remember to look inward and evaluate our well-being by our health, the strength of our friendships, and the richness of our hobbies and civic endeavors." { read more } Be The Change For the next week, when you find yourself about to purchase something, ask yourself these three deliberate questions: Is my life currently functioning without this object, and if so, can it continue to? Who might have made this product and how was their labor compensated? Is there a way that I can borrow/share this product with neighbors and friends, instead of buying my own? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News A 39-year-long Lesson in Forgiveness Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The One Thing They Carried With Them 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful Inside Tim Tebow's World of Kindness 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 130,389 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Seth Godin: On the Art of Noticing & Creating

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September 27, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace You are a deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was. - Anthon St. Maarten - Seth Godin: On the Art of Noticing & Creating Seth Godin is an internet thought leader, entrepreneur and founder of several internet companies. In this candid interview, he discusses the advantages of failure and how the internet revolution has flipped the art of business on its head: "You will never have better ratings than the Jersey Shore. That's not what the point is. It's not why we do our work. What works is does it matter? And is it possible to make a living doing something that matters? And the answer is, yes. Is it possible to make the maximum amount of money? Probably not. But that's playing by a different set of rules. That what the Internet is saying to us is you don't need a building, and you don't need an FCC license, and you don't need 10,000 employees. So when I strip those away and I get to the nub of what I can be and what I can do, it turns out it's not that expensive for me to put my art in the world. So I can make more mistakes. I can take bigger risks. And I can make a bigger impact." { read more } Be The Change Godin says, "If you have the chance to support someone or connect with someone, you should." The community you build is what fuels successful companies and ideas. Has someone been trying to meet you for coffee? Give them a call and make your community a little bigger. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World 11 Amazing Thank You Notes The One Thing They Carried With Them Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another? 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World The Beautiful Fragility of Language Building A Regret Free Life Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 130,328 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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5 Ways to Develop Ecoliteracy

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September 26, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now. - Chinese Proverb - 5 Ways to Develop Ecoliteracy A growing number of educators emphasize the need to foster learning that prepares youth for the ecological challenges facing our planet. While social and emotional intelligence extend students' abilities to see from another's perspective, empathize, and show concern, "ecoliteracy" applies these abilities to an understanding of natural systems and an empathy for all of life. This thoughtful article presents five practices developed by the Center for Ecoliteracy that "plant the seeds for a positive relationship with the natural world that can sustain a young person's interest and involvement for a lifetime." { read more } Be The Change Think of a special young one in your life. Today, how can you gently draw his or her attention to the beauty of nature and our responsibility to care for it? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World How to Change When Change Is Hard Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The Beautiful Fragility of Language Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful A Guide to Finding Your Passion The Power of Self-Compassion Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 130,263 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Time

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September 25, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Mental time-travel is one of the greatest gifts of the mind. It makes us human, and it makes us special. - Claudia Hammond - Unlocking the Mysteries of Time "We construct the experience of time in our minds, so it follows that we are able to change the elements we find troubling -- whether it's trying to stop the years racing past, or speeding up time when we're stuck in a queue, trying to live more in the present, or working out how long ago we last saw our old friends. Time can be a friend, but it can also be an enemy. The trick is to harness it, whether at home, at work, or even in social policy, and to work in line with our conception of time. Time perception matters because it is the experience of time that roots us in our mental reality. Time is not only at the heart of the way we organize life, but the way we experience it." This article explores Claudia Hammond's book, "Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception" -- "a fascinating foray into the idea that our experience of time is actively created by our own minds, and how these sensations of what neuroscientists and psychologists call 'mind time' are created." { read more } Be The Change Notice your own perception of time this week and how it shifts when you try and live more in the present. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Benefits of Rising Early -- and How to Do It 10 Keys To Happier Living What the Internet Does to Your Brain 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health 7 Ways to Make Happiness Last 6 Habits of Highly Empathic People How to Be Alone When Nothing Works DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 130,195 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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