Embracing Hardships Brings Happiness
Emma Seppalaʻs piece in Psychology Today is an important look at how we can cultivate happiness through stress. Somewhat paradoxically, itʻs by appreciating our tough […]
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Dutch Court Orders Faster Climate Action
In an unprecedented move, a Dutch court has ordered its government to more steeply cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. This is the result of […]
Continue reading »Employing only the Unemployable
This post is in the category of super refreshing, similar to my posts about gardening and dog training programs in prisons. Sun Cedar is a […]
Continue reading »How to Leverage Stress
In this research-packed TED article, Kelly McGonigall writes about our hormonal responses to stress. Essentially, coping well with stress depends on viewing stressful moments as opportunities […]
Continue reading »Inmates Raise Puppies for Blind
Since my experiences with learning nonviolent communication in the SF County Jail, I’ve become more sensitized to the jail and prison system and have been […]
Continue reading »Beyond Design Thinking: Liberating Structures
I recently encountered a website that piqued my interest. The homepage, Introduction to Liberating Structures (LS), inspired me to think about what I always think about – meaningful […]
Continue reading »Business as Usual = Catastrophic Food Shortages
A scientific model developed by the Anglia Ruskin University indicates that without substantial change in behavior and (climate) policy, the world will suffer drastic food shortages […]
Continue reading »Google Trends: Climate Awareness
Google Trends has produced this nifty tool which tells you how much interest the public is showing in climate change (and other issues, including health, […]
Continue reading »NASA: The World in 2100
A new image from NASA, based on the best available data, shows that Africa is going to be cooking, and, interestingly, the Pacific Northwest will […]
Continue reading »Achieving Climate Justice through Labor Unity
This wonderful article from Harsha Walia makes the important point that we must unite across workers who work to extract resources and those who work to […]
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