[ad_1] December 11, 2020– This 30-minute documentary about the Hinewai Reserve on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula is an incredible story of how degraded gorse-infested farmland has regenerated into beautiful native forest over 30 years. Once considered a plan only expected from fools and dreamers, the manager, botanist Hugh Wilson, is now considered a hero locally…

[ad_1] December 10, 2020– “I believe that we have entered a sacred and very difficult moment, a moment in which the hero / heroines journey is for all of humanity, not only for individuals. How will we face the forces of destruction facing the entire world?” John Kinyon has dedicated his life to conflict resolution…

[ad_1] December 9, 2020– “Attention is an independent force that will not be manipulated by the parts. Cleared from all internal noise, conscious attention is an instrument that vibrates like a crystal at its own frequency. It is free to receive the signals transmitted at any time from A creative universe in communication with all…

[ad_1] December 8, 2020– As a professional donor and manager of some of the world’s leading foundations, David Bonbright sought innovative approaches to strengthen citizen self-organization rather than the dominant top-down bureaucratic models. While working at the Ford Foundation, David was declared persona non grata by the apartheid government in South Africa for helping to…

[ad_1] December 7, 2020– What’s in a word? Writer Becca Rose Hall creatively explores that question using the word that indelibly entered the collective consciousness of humanity this year: COVID. By breaking down the word in different ways, look for the meaning in its roots and discover different facets of a changed world. (5 readings)…

[ad_1] December 6, 2020– While waiting to board a train, an old woman just wants to eat her cookies in peace, but mischief ensues when a teenager on the bench next to her seems determined to share them too. This delicious animation was directed by Andrew Cadelago, with music by Roberto Murguía. (327 reads) Read…

[ad_1] December 5, 2020– The “ancient language” that unites the human and more than human worlds is a recurring archetype in the histories of indigenous peoples, those who have lived in close proximity to a particular bioregion since time immemorial. The word in its primordial force runs through us like a current: what we say…

[ad_1] December 4, 2020– “Mark Wolynn is the director of The Family Constellation Institute, The Inherited Trauma Institute and The Hellinger Institute of Northern California. His book It Didnt Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle was the winner of the Silver Nautilus award in…

[ad_1] December 3, 2020– “When I was in college, my boss took me to a meeting. He had trouble finding a place to park and, when he realized we were going to be late, he stopped at a place for the disabled. As he got out of the car “He turned to me, smiled, and…

[ad_1] December 1, 2020– “The Human Library is built on a very simple idea: conversation is key to understanding. The global platform for hands-on learning, based in Denmark, works to create a secure framework for personal conversations that can help challenge prejudice and discrimination, prevent conflict, and contribute to greater human cohesion across social, religious,…