Teaching Kids About Living Systems

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July 5, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace People who don't have a concept of the whole, can do very unfortunate things. - Joseph Campbell - Teaching Kids About Living Systems "If you cut a cow in half, do you get two cows?" That is the simple question Linda Booth Sweeney likes to ask young people in her efforts to try and teach them the concept of living systems. It is a notion that she says even four-year-olds will shout out, "No way!" as they recognize that the cow has parts that belong together to make a whole. Join Lisa Bennett, communications director for the Center for Ecoliteracy, as she speaks with Sweeney about trying to educate people of all ages to experience and understand how nature sustains life and how to live accordingly. { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to check out the Center for Ecoliteracy website and discover some ways you can be a part of the solution. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The College Course That's Changing Lives Relationships Are More Important than Ambition Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Resilience: The Opposite of Depression What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 147,586 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Three Young Activists & Their Causes

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July 4, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. - Franz Kafka - Three Young Activists & Their Causes Olivia, Madison, and Xiuhtezcatl are fierce love warriors who are fighting for causes they believe in -- and none of them are older than 13 years of age! Learn about the stories behind these powerful beings who are taking charge and making a difference in the areas of habitat restoration, voting rights, and environmental protection. { read more } Be The Change What was a cause that you believed in as a child? How can you reignite your dedication to this cause today? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World The One Thing They Carried With Them The College Course That's Changing Lives Relationships Are More Important than Ambition On Navigating Stuckness Building A Regret Free Life A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 147,579 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Finding Treasure In A Thrift-Store Couch

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July 3, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. - Jack Kornfield - Finding Treasure In A Thrift-Store Couch Imagine digging through the cushions on a secondhand couch expecting to find a few extra coins -- and pulling out, instead, over $40,000. Now ask yourself, would you then return the money? That's the question three roommates faced when they realized that the lumps in their newly purchased couch were actually large bundles of money. Money that had been set aside to care for a dying man's widow. Purchased for just $20 at a local thrift store, read more to learn how one tattered old couch became a focal point for the 'hidden treasure' of virtue. { read more } Be The Change Develop a habit of choosing the hard right over the easy wrong. Become an advocate for goodness within your community. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News No Greater Joy: Photos from Around the World Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love Barbara Kingsolver On How to Be Hopeful The College Course That's Changing Lives The Difference Between Listening & Hearing On Navigating Stuckness A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 147,573 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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The Far Shore of Aging

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July 2, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. - Mark Twain - The Far Shore of Aging As life-prolonging technologies continue to lengthen our stay on earth, we still are learning how to confront the challenges of longer lives. How do we preserve human dignity and joy as our bodies struggle with the inevitable decline of age? Jane Gross and Krista Tippett explore this, and many other facets of what it means to grow old in today's world in this interview. { read more } Be The Change Spend some time with someone you look to as an elder. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The One Thing They Carried With Them 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Building A Regret Free Life On Navigating Stuckness A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 147,540 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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