What I am finding in my life is an inescapable desire to find a balance between doing and being. I need personal and family time, while I still have to be productive in the work and service world.
Many of you know how I absolutely adore being in service and sharing with you all on Golden Age of Gaia. Most of you do not know that I have taken on many and varied roles behind the scenes at the blog and the new forum. I have so many hats on my head that the pile is a mile high. Whatever I can do, I want to do to assist with the unfolding of the new.
At certain moments though, that has to give, and this is one of them. We are in the process of finding someone to take over the daily news beat that I have been covering for quite a long time. I adore sharing with you all, but the transition is necessary for my skills to be utilized in the best fashion and still have time for my own personal unfolding.
We are in the process of discovering that perfect someone who wishes to be in service in this fashion. Until that occurs, I will continue to share news with you in a stripped down fashion. My personal sharings will be evolving into original content for the blog and posted separately. Nothing will be lost, but the delivery will be different.
Until that time when a new editor steps forth to make the sharing of news all their own, I will continue to offer links of interest that relate to the energy of the new age, and I invite you to dig further in explorations all your own.
Big hugs! Alex
A young man stuck in a foreign city figures out an innovative way to share.
Zander Whitehurst flew from London to New York to go to university, and when he did, the money on his London subway Oyster Card became useless. The truth is that millions of people travel in foreign countries every year, and when they leave, the money remaining on their transport cards eventually goes back to the transportation utility, unless they give their cards to someone else.
Zander thought it would be amazing to collect all this lose change, which he calls Common Pence, for donations to charity. He created both a hand held swipe collector and a unit that can hang on the walls in subway stations. Users either tap their card for a small donation, or hold it against the machine to drain the value.
Right now the platform is being tested in London, but he is creating different versions of the platform so that users who have swipe magnetic cards, like those used in the New York City Metrocard system, can also donate. This innovative platform takes small loose change donations and creates a significant amount of funding for charities out of lost money.
I adore the premise and I look forward to being able to quickly and easily convert something that has little value, into a part of something greater to assist the world. I am also once again in awe of the young minds coming up with new ways to create positive change!
Solar power is everywhere. Literally!
In 2014 solar power usage increased in the US by over 30%. True, the levels were relatively low to begin with, but this type of tremendous surge in renewable energy has not been seen in modern history.
Most of us think of solar power exclusively as panels on top of buildings, but the technology is being utilized in many innovative ways. This article shares six unexpected places that solar is being used. As the technology becomes more fine tuned and efficient, I am sure the applications will also explode. The more ways the world can use solar, the better!
6 unexpected places to find solar power by Claudia Assis for Marketwatch
And finally…
A Saudia Arabian woman sings out for women’s rights.
In 2011 Saudi Arabia ranked 145 in the Global Gender Index study. The last country on the list of countries where gender rights disparity was measured is Yemen at 147. Women have a limited voice within the fundamentalist constructs of this country.
A young female voice, though, is calling out from this wilderness, and her name is Tam tam. She was born in Saudi Arabia and has first hand experience with the “Gender Game” which she shares eloquently in her new song, that is sweeping the world.
The song empowers women to stand in their true selves. While many oppressed women will not be allowed to hear this song, it is hoped that the song will bring light to the struggles of these women and create a new solidarity sisterhood that empowers all women around the globe. When I watched this video, I could feel the divine feminine standing at my side, saying Enough!
That’s the news for today. Have a fantastic day. I hope to see you back here tomorrow for more news.
Be Well. Be Joy. Be Love!
Alex