• The start

    30 Things to Start Doing for Yourself

    I’m not in the habit of directly copying someone’s post content, but Marc and Angel’s Hack Life‘s “30 Things to Start Doing for Yourself” was just too good not to share it in its entirety.  Please read…guaranteed nodes and smiles to follow. Remember today, for it is the beginning. Today marks the start of a [...]

  • XKCD Choices

    Choices…in Life…& in Presentation

    XKCD puts out some of my favorite comics.  Their combinations of romance, sarcasm, math, and language are amazingly brilliant.  This recent 5 part series was too good not to share.  For me, they not only illuminate a great message, but also show how the use of simple illustrations can really send a point home – [...]

  • Dancing Makes Everything Better…

    Today’s Inspirational Find: A fellow classmate of mine from Antioch University posted this video from Dancing without Borders this morning.  Not only is it put together well, but its message is one that warms you from the inside out.  I think everyone should watch it.  

Building Local Economy

The Legal Landscape of Social Enterprise and the Sharing Economy from Margie Bushman on Vimeo.

The Legal Landscape of Social Enterprise & the Sharing Economy

Today’s Inspirational Find: Video by Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC)’s Janelle Orsi and Jenny Kassan discussing the new legal landscape: lawyers helping people share, cooperate, barter, foster local economies, and build sustainable communities.  I first meet Jenny at the Slow Money Gathering last month & then later meet Janelle at a the Legal Eats Food [...]

TEDxFruitvale Bennett Konesni Edith Gawler

The Not-so-Old Tapestry of Community

Not all too long ago, food, music, art, work and community were an interwoven entity – a stable of life.  It still is in some parts of the world, but in others it has been replaced by hustle & bustle, automation, and instant gratification.  What would it take to bring cultured community tapestry back to [...]

2010-11-16_2221

How will you Participate?

It is a great time to be alive. The things we will bear witness to will be the experiences that will decide not only our future, but also that of generations to come. The question we should ask ourselves is – “how we will participate? Like anything in life, the challenges of our troubled financial, [...]