The Magic Of A Garden

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December 27, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life. - Bill Watterson - The Magic Of A Garden When the Cleveland Elementary School principal asked Mary Schriner, who was applying for a special education kindergarten teacher position, why she wanted to work there, Schriner responded, "Because your school looks like a prison yard, and I'd like to change that." Over the next six years, Schriner established six school gardens that serve as real-world classrooms, started an ecoliteracy program for all students, and facilitated student research that is making tangible changes in the district's food program. "This garden is not so much about plants as it is about working on relationships...it's about community in every way" says Schriner. Read more here. { read more } Be The Change Community and a connection with the earth are proven determinants of happiness. Consider looking up your nearest community garden to find out how you can get involved! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love There's More to Life Than Being Happy The Beautiful Fragility of Language On Navigating Stuckness 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,650 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Preserving The World's Most Delicate Sites

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December 26, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Heritage is not a luxury but a basic human need: our need to be connected to a place...and to know that the world we inhabit is greater than the boundaries of our individual lives. - Dr. Vince Michael - Preserving The World's Most Delicate Sites California-based nonprofit, Global Heritage Fund, is taking a unique approach to preserving our world's most endangered sites. They are bypassing the often tangled ties of bureaucracy, to invest directly into the community which surrounds it. By bringing together highly skilled engineers and archeologists, they are able to save some of our world's most sacred sites. And, in doing so, they're working to preserve an integral part of our cultural history. Take a look at some of these breathtaking sites, and learn more in this interview with the founder. { read more } Be The Change The importance of our past can not be overstated. Take time to learn about, and share this understanding with others. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Beautiful Fragility of Language On Navigating Stuckness 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People Power of Place: Photos From Around the World Ladder to the Pleiades 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,642 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Free Hugs With Arie Moyal

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December 25, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep. - William James - Free Hugs With Arie Moyal Holidays can be a lonely and stressful time, particularly for those with mental health issues. Arie Moyal spends two weeks each year around the Christmas holidays providing support to travelers through free hugs. Virginia Satir, a noted family therapist, claimed that we need 4 hugs a day for survival; 8 hugs a day for maintenance; and 12 hugs a day for growth. And scientists have determined that one of the reasons hugs makes you feel good is that they stimulate the production of oxcytocin, a neurotransmitter that contributes to our sense of connectedness, and as a result, happiness. "You have a better day when you get hugs." { read more } Be The Change Hugs are healing. Research indicates that 8 hugs a day allows you to reap the full benefits of oxytocin production. This holiday season get your hugs on! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Beautiful Fragility of Language Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World Resilience: The Opposite of Depression Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,633 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Repaying A Homeless Man's Kindness

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December 24, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. - John F. Kennedy - Repaying A Homeless Man's Kindness After a homeless man offered a college student in England all the money he had so she'd be able to get home safely, the woman is paying it forward -- in a massive way. Throughout the past few days, Dominique Harrison-Bentzen has raised almost $50,000 for the good Samaritan and for other homeless individuals in her community. Read her touching story here. { read more } Be The Change This holiday season, reflect on a time when someone showed you kindness. Do something to honor their gesture today. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity The One Thing They Carried With Them Relationships Are More Important than Ambition Building A Regret Free Life 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently Ladder to the Pleiades 7 Ways To Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself Ten Things Creative People Know DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 151,635 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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