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The Buy Nothing Project Gift Economies

[ad_1] March 26, 2021– Liesl Clark and her family traveled to Nepal on a “quest to find answers.” They returned home with a new perspective on the community and a better way of life. Clark saw how Nepalese cared for one another, insisting on sharing gifts equally within the community and taking responsibility for the…

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Waiting for the Thaw | DailyGood

[ad_1] March 25, 2021– “It is around this time in the long period of winter that I begin to feel pain for spring. In March, I tend to dull myself a little before the beauty of winter. Although my prayer and meditation keep my heart open to see the passage of time and seasons with…

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My Mother Against Apartheid | DailyGood

[ad_1] March 24, 2021– “In 1955, six white women in Johannesburg said enough is enough when the government enacted a law to disenfranchise South Africans ‘mestizos’ (mestizos), terminating their right to vote. Along with a wave of other women, my mother, Peggy Levey, joined this group. Her formal name was the Constitutional Women’s Defense League,…

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Once I Took a Week Long Walk in the Sahara

[ad_1] March 23, 2021– “Anna Badkhen travels an ancient route through the Sahara desert in a caravan of pilgrims on her journey to Mecca and contemplates human movement through changing landscapes, the impermanence of memory and what remains eternal before erasure” . (14 readings) Read full story To take actionFor more inspiration, read BrainPicking’s post…

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Awakened Awareness | DailyGood

[ad_1] March 22, 2021– “The practices of awakened consciousness focus on de-identifying with the conceptual mind, specifically the false self or ego that we imagine ourselves to be. Calling the ego a false self is not to belittle it or even judge it. It is to name what it is: a psychological process with which…

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Parker Palmer Muses on the Season

[ad_1] March 21, 2021– “I will get romantic about spring and its splendors in a moment, but first there is a hard truth to say: before spring turns beautiful, it is very ugly, nothing but mud and mud. I have walked early in the morning. spring. through fields that will suck your boots, a world…

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How to Be Resilient | DailyGood

[ad_1] March 20, 2021– A definition of resilience is: the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. In the past year, many of us have faced adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress, such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. Let this three minute video be a…

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Grace in Uncertainty | DailyGood

[ad_1] March 18, 2021– “Jerry Takigawa sent me a copy of a little book that he designed and published: ‘Grace In Uncertainty’. At first, he quotes Andre Gide:” Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, you have to say it all again. “Then he exposes the…

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Changing the World One Map At A Time

[ad_1] March 17, 2021– Patrick Meier uses his diverse skills as a local global activist and digital humanitarian to help quietly transform the growth story of underdeveloped countries through technology. For the past 15 years, he has worked around the world on a wide range of humanitarian projects with major international organizations, including the United…