Feeding the World From A Garden Shed

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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Feeding the World From A Garden Shed

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

- Buzz Aldrin -

Feeding the World From A Garden Shed

The corrugated tin hut crouching in the undergrowth, dwarfed by dripping firs, looks like a wartime relic nobody could be bothered to clear away ... a sign reading "Mary's Meals" has been stuck above the doorway. To Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, his father's shed in Dalmally, Argyll, has acquired a talismanic significance. It's where he stockpiled food and clothes for Bosnian refugees in the 1990s -- an amateurish humanitarian mission that eventually led him to sell his house, give up his job and concentrate on the much bigger project of feeding poor children in developing countries. Today his efforts provide over 550,000 children with a daily life-saving meal. { read more }

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Planning & Other Paths To Less Stress

Monday, September 12, 2011

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Planning & Other Paths To Less Stress

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

- Leo Tolstoy -

Planning & Other Paths To Less Stress

A recent survey by psychologist and self-help author Robert Epstein found that 25% of our happiness hinges on how well we're able to manage stress. The next logical question is, of course, how best can we reduce our stress? The stress management technique that worked best, according to the survey: planning. In other words, "fighting stress before it even starts, planning things rather than letting them happen," says Epstein. "That means planning your day, your year and your life so that stress is minimized." This Time magazine article shares more. { read more }

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Try incorporating one of Epstein's relaxation techniques in your own life.


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The Ripple Effect of Kindness

Sunday, September 11, 2011

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The Ripple Effect of Kindness

Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness - both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.

- Dawna Markova -

The Ripple Effect of Kindness

"Over the last few years, I've become a big proponent of Smile Cards. The premise behind these small cards is simple: do an anonymous act of kindness and leave a card behind, inviting the recipient to pay-it-forward. If he/she does, the chain keeps going, resulting in "ripples" of kindness radiating out. Smile Cards are wonderful in ways I cannot count. Small, simple, humble -- yet powerful, because one act of kindness can be the start of a long chain. But for all these reasons, the main reason why I use them is the subtle change that has begun to occur in the way I think." So begins this reflection on how the ripple effect of kindness leads to change -- both externally and internally. { read more }

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Do a kind act, leave a smile card, and start a chain. Download or receive a gift of pre-printed smile cards here. { more }


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10 Strategies for Reducing Prejudice

Saturday, September 10, 2011

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10 Strategies for Reducing Prejudice

If you judge people you have no time to love them.

- Mother Teresa -

10 Strategies for Reducing Prejudice

UC Berkeley professor Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton provides research-based tips for overcoming prejudices based on differences. Here are his top ten strategies, summarized: Travel (somewhere that challenges your worldview); Take a course on prejudice; If you value egalitarianism, recognize that unconscious bias is no more "the real you" than your conscious values; Laugh a little -- smiles and happiness help trump racial bias; Recategorize other people according to characteristics that you share; Do your part to save the planet; Stay healthy -- a sense of security promotes tolerance of other worldviews; Acknowledge differences, rather than try to fight an uphill battle to ignore them; Remember that people are really bad mind-readers, so communicate; Make a cross-race friend. This in-depth article shares further. { read more }

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Make a conscious effort to be aware of preconceived notions -- and to stop propagating them internally.


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Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series

Friday, September 9, 2011

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Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

- Angela Schwindt -

Where Children Sleep: A Poignant Photo Series

'Where Children Sleep' is a remarkable series capturing the diversity of and, often, disparity between children's lives around the world through portraits of their bedrooms. Kenyan-born, English-raised, Venice-based documentary photographer James Mollison explores the topic with poignancy. The project began on a brief to engage with children's rights and morphed into a thoughtful meditation on poverty and privilege, its 56 images spanning from the stone quarries of Nepal to the farming provinces of China to the silver spoons of Fifth Avenue. "From the start, I didn't want it just to be about 'needy children' in the developing world, but rather something more inclusive, about children from all types of situations. It seemed to make sense to photograph the children themselves, too, but separately from their bedrooms, using a neutral background," says Mollison, whose touching photos follow. { read more }

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