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[ad_1] July 25, 2021– “People who do systems analysis have great faith in ‘leverage points’. These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small change In one thing it can produce great changes in everything. This idea is not exclusive to systems analysis,…
[ad_1] July 24, 2021– “Two useful words to keep in mind at the beginning of any writing adventure are pleasure and spaciousness. If we connect a sense of joy with our writing, we may be inclined to explore more. What is there to discover? Perhaps too much Has been stocked on big ideas or even…
[ad_1] July 23, 2021– As we all know, but often hesitate to share with others, life can be difficult at times. Without community and without support, it is even more difficult. This film highlights the lessons of living resiliently by relying on inner strength sustained by community support. Mpumelelo Ncwadi from South Africa lives off…
[ad_1] July 22, 2021– The treatment of immigrants and immigration policies in the United States are hot topics. These policies, which are often seen as illegal and dehumanizing, are driving people across the country to speak out for change. Requested by YES! The magazine’s student writing contest and Lornet Turnbull’s article “Two-Thirds of Americans Live…
[ad_1] July 21, 2021– “At this time, we are asked to put on masks for everyone’s physical health. However, at the same time, we are challenged to remove our inner masks for our mental health, both individually and collectively. Horses can support us to remove that inner facade and emerge into a more peaceful and…
[ad_1] July 20, 2021– “I have come to believe that this is the defining characteristic of our generation: Keeping our options open. There is this philosopher, Zygmunt Bauman – he called it” liquid modernity “- we never want to commit to an identity or place or community … thus we remain, as a liquid, in…
[ad_1] July 19, 2021– One misty morning 30 years ago, Bob Sadler was searching for the perfect photo along a riverbank. There was a rowing competition. A homeless man passed by, looked at him and said, “I guess the question for you is: are you an artist or just an observer with a camera?” Sadler’s…
[ad_1] July 18, 2021– The Sagebrush Sea is a landscape of great beauty and captivating wildlife, but rapid desertification and extractive industries threaten this vast basin. But at the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southeastern Oregon, a different story unfolds. New poplar trees explode alongside thriving streams, migratory birds travel thousands of miles to…
[ad_1] July 17, 2021– “On his 42nd birthday, writer Ross Gay set himself a challenge. Every day for a year, he wrote an essay about something delicious. He wrote about nicknames, fireflies, reckless quotes in the air. And about a hundred of those essays are now assembled in his new book appropriately titled “The Book…
[ad_1] July 16, 2021– “This diary narrates the change of my world, from spring to winter, at home, in nature, in my head. It travels from the west of Northern Ireland in County Fermanagh to the east in County Down. the uprooting of a home, a change in the county and the landscape, and sometimes…