This is a great explanation for the project I am working on right now… Looking at the reality that systems are living organisms and operate like living organisms. What can we thus learn from what we already know makes an organism healthy and vibrant? How can we apply that knowledge towards social organizing, action and innovation?
Category Archives: Humans
Extraordinary Human Capacities
Stephen Wiltshire: The Human Camera In this short excerpt from the film Beautiful Minds: A Voyage into the Brain, Wiltshire takes a helicopter journey over Rome and then draws a panoramic view of what he saw, entirely from memory.
Our Oceans Are Filled With Plastic: They Are Experiencing How Bad It Really Is
Five media artists, led by photographer Chris Jordan, are traveling to Midway to witness the catastrophic effect of our disposable culture on some of the world’s most beautiful and symbolic creatures. But even more, they are embarking on an introspective journey to confront a vitally relevant question: In this time of unprecedented global crisis, how […]
Celebrating Mr. Clean, Celebrating Life’s Force
In case you’ve been following the story of my dad’s health, here’s the exciting update. He was photographed on Tuesday (cat scan). Technology peered into his body to articulate the progress of his recovery. The image that came back invites deep celebration as he is clean with no signs of cancer in the picture!! Yippee!!! […]
Living with Radical Honesty
Living With Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton Re-posted from Charity Focus I learned that the primary cause of most human stress, the primary cause of most conflict between couples and the primary cause of most both psychological and physical illness is being trapped in your mind and removed from your experience. What keeps you trapped […]
Carrotmob
Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo. Carrotmob Website What power do we have to create change with our everyday habits of spending money? What’s possible when we organize together that isn’t when we act on our own?
Stories of Tragedy and Hope
Today has been a powerful day of hearing people tell their stories and being touched in deep and raw places in my heart. I don’t have energy to share much more than the facts around who I’ve had the great fortune to learn from today. This morning I heard Eva Schloss speak at my school. […]