Money and Life: Ecologizing Growth

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August 29, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. - Noam Chomsky - Money and Life: Ecologizing Growth The words economy and ecology share the same root -- the Greek word meaning household. Could a change in how we view economic systems create a change in how we view ourselves? Ecologize Growth is a five-minute video based on the documentary 'Money and Life', and seeks to answer that question. This micro-film is a challenge to the commonly accepted infinite growth paradigm of the modern economy. It brings in the voices of several luminaries -- Jean Houston, Brother David Steindl-Rast, Lynne Twist -- who explore old and new perspectives and belief systems about money and how all of these can affect society's shared well-being, co-creative potential and evolving consciousness. { read more } Be The Change "Our common future depends on creating a democratically accountable money system that operates as our servant, not our master." David Korten in this short reading called 'The Flow of Money.' { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ways to Connect More Deeply The Sharing Economy Emerges A Law for Cooperation Why Social Value is Good for Business DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 108,508 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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Study, Practice and Serve: Peter Senge

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August 28, 2011 a project of CharityFocus People with high levels of personal mastery cannot afford to choose between reason and intuition, or head and heart, any more than they would choose to walk on one leg or see with one eye. - Peter Senge - Study, Practice and Serve: Peter Senge Peter Senge is a senior lecturer at MIT, and the author of The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. The Journal of Business Strategy named Senge one of the greatest influences on business strategy over the last 100 years. In this dialogue with Dr. Prasad Kaipa, Senge talks about how his own internal development helped him develop a perspective on systems theory: "I think the terminology I would use is 'a continuous process of reflection'. I've always thought of only two questions that have mattered to me personally. One is what is really needed in the world and the second is what's really important to me and how these two intersect. It's always been a reflective process -- spiraling around these two poles." { read more } Be The Change Study, practice and serve. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive The Miracle of Mistakes Not Enough Time? Try Doing Nothing Retailing With Heart DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 108,475 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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How Nature Affects the Brain

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August 27, 2011 a project of CharityFocus The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain -- the hardest and most iron-bound as well. - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1903 - How Nature Affects the Brain "For the first time in three days in the wilderness, Todd Braver is not wearing his watch. "I forgot," he says. It is a small thing, the kind of change many vacationers notice in themselves as they unwind and lose track of time. But for Braver and his companions, these moments lead to a question: What is happening to our brains? Braver, a psychology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, was one of five neuroscientists on an unusual journey. They spent a week in late May in this remote area of southern Utah, rafting the San Juan River, camping on the soft banks and hiking the tributary canyons. It was a primitive trip with a sophisticated goal: to understand how heavy use of digital devices and other technology changes how we think and behave, and how a retreat into nature might reverse those effects." { read more } Be The Change Take a small retreat into nature (however you define it). COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 10 Keys to Happier Living Top Ten Kindness Stories for the New Year Rappin' to Be the Change A School for the Homeless In Las Vegas DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 108,441 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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A Morning When Everything Fell Into Place

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August 26, 2011 a project of CharityFocus We must not cease from exploration; the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. - T. S. Eliot - A Morning When Everything Fell Into Place "I finally found a Motel 6 about twenty-five miles east. When I got there around 11pm, from the cars and people I saw -- it was still warm outside, maybe 85 degrees -- I got the impression I was deep in gang territory. A young couple checking in at the office counter ahead of me added to this impression. I was nervous and felt out of place, but ended up getting a good night's sleep. In the morning, as I was carrying my bags to the car, there was a young man standing in the parking lot. I glanced at him and after a few more steps looked at him again. 'Good morning,' he said. 'Good morning,' I responded. And then, continuing to look at me with his smile, he said, 'Have a blessed day.'" So starts an extraordinary everyday story. { read more } Be The Change Explore a situation today with no assumptions, and see what opens up. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Human Spirit Rises to Meet Japan's Tsunami A 15-Year-Old's Bucket List Goes Viral How He Crossed the Finish Line Dalai Lama: A Professional Laugher? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 108,395 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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The Inner Landscape of Beauty

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August 25, 2011 a project of CharityFocus Your identity is not equivalent to your biography. There is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there's a seamlessness in you, and where there is a confidence and tranquility. - John O'Donohue - The Inner Landscape of Beauty For the late Celtic mystic John O'Donohue, the visible world isn't all there is -- it's "the first shoreline of the invisible world." The question of what should I do, is secondary to the question of "how should I be?" In short, spirituality isn't an esoteric notion, but an accessible, natural response to the landscapes of beauty around us, and within us. His unique perspective, captured in this rare interview, is informed by a rich life experience, including a career as a Priest, a PhD scholar of existential philosophy and ancient Celtic wisdom, a corporate business consultant on leadership and creativity, and a modern poet and visionary. { read more } Be The Change Explore more of John O'Donohue's words on beauty and wisdom. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Science of Self-Control Sleep Helps Us Remember What We Need To Outdoors and Out of Reach: Studying the Brain The Neuroscience of Improv DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 108,346 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other CharityFocus projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More

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