Life continues to be a roller coaster. I feel inclined to write… and tell you about parts of this journey I am living. I live a life of service. I listen for signs of where I am to show up… how I am to give my gifts in this world. And when I hear a calling, […]
Category Archives: change
Ideas That Move Youth Challenge
Working with real people in real communities making real efforts to take action that will support the maximum benefit for everyone is what inspires me, lights me up, brings me to life. How do we really take action that brings about well-being and positive movement for 100% of humanity? What I know is that there […]
Gaming the Future
Gaming The Future introduces how an emerging cluster of social entrepreneurs, academic institutions and public agencies in Asheville, North Carolina are utilizing powerful interactive visualization technologies and decision-support techniques to explore new ways of imagining, planning and building a climate adaptive workforce and climate resilient society…for an economically and environmentally sustainable future.
Wiser Together: Partnering Across Generations
This article originally appeared in Fieldnotes BY JUANITA BROWN & ASHLEY COOPER Tucked away in the small Appalachian community of Burnsville, North Carolina, is a family farm and a place of meeting that has recently become the new home base for Juanita Brown and David Isaacs, Co-Founders of the World Café. Together with Ashley Cooper, a […]
Supporting Change Through Friendship and Compassion
Glyness Hernandez Today I honor present and past teachers, visionaries, activists and leaders who have dedicated their brilliance and gifts to creating a world that works for all, opening opportunities in subtle and bold ways for freedom, equality, justice and healing. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in […]
Solstice Lessons on Life and Death
Walking along the beach, I’m drawn into the bramble of a small grove.Explorer’s eyes wide-open. Shells and sea creatures washed ashore catching my attention. A scanning gaze joltingly stops at a large dead bird. A pelican’s body, twisted and strewn out. Recently deceased as is evident from the perfections of life still intact. I’m drawn […]
All Swirled Into One
To be honest, I am often fascinated by my experience of being alive. As in, easily amazed! So I guess this time right now of living in the process of so many major life transitions is no exception. And yet, it’s definitely new for me. I wish I could easily put words to the nuances […]