Toward a World that Works for Everyone
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Online Conference April 14-16 Using Covid-19 Crisis to Fix the World Good News Network, Apr 3, 2020 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/online-conference-april-14-16-using-covid-19-crisis-to-fix-the-world/ “I cannot think of another time in the last million years when our species has been united against a common enemy,” […]
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/connect/togetherathome/ Take the Pledge to Stay at Home In the face of lockdowns and losses, it’s easy to feel helpless — but there are things we can all do to beat coronavirus. From taking care to wash our hands, to staying at home, to calling on governments, big business and billionaires to step up, it’s […]
Covid-19 shines a light on our common humanity and shared vulnerabilities Gro Harlem Brundtland, The Elders, Apr. 2, 2020 https://www.theelders.org/news/covid-19-shines-light-our-common-humanity-and-shared-vulnerabilities These are unprecedented times for the health and wellbeing of the world. Dear Friends, These are unprecedented times for the health and wellbeing of the world. Millions of people around the world have been ordered […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Folks, this groundswell for UBI is our best chance to bring it in – and not just in one country, but worldwide. Spanish Government Aims to Roll Out Basic Income ‘Soon’ By Rodrigo Orihuela, Bloomberg, April 5, 2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon […]
This is a long but stimulating article. It’s a reflection on what we can achieve when humanity is united. The Coronation Charles Eisenstein, March 20, 2020 https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/?_page=3 For years, normality has been stretched nearly to its breaking point, a rope pulled tighter and tighter, waiting for a nip of the black swan’s beak to snap […]
By Sean Gregory, TIME, March 26, 2020 https://time.com/collection-post/5809169/jose-andres-coronavirus-food/?utm_source=pocket-newtab Not many people were getting on airplanes in the U.S. on March 12, and even fewer were heading for the Grand Princess cruise ship. COVID-19 was discovered among the ship’s 2,400 passengers after it set sail from Hawaii, making the vessel about as popular as the Flying […]
The fear of dying or of causing the death of another – and this fear facing us and every human being around us – has galvanized the world. It has gotten the world’s attention in a way that previous chaos did not. Not the whole world’s attention. Coronavirus is happening everywhere. Everyone is facing the […]
OK, OK, a little chest thumping going on here…. But this does show (1) that it can be done and (2) how quickly it can be done in this age of social media. I hope the practice of caremongering grows. Compassion by any name is what society needs right now. Coronavirus: Kind Canadians start ‘caremongering’ […]
Yvonne Farrell: ” . . . how we imagine ourselves optimistically with all the potential that architecture inherently has — to make new worlds and to make new futures.” By Neda Ullaby, NPR News, March 3, 2020 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/03/811030441/in-a-first-architectures-most-prestigious-prize-is-awarded-to-two-women In a video released by the Pritzker Architecture Prize, commonly seen as the Nobel of the architecture […]
It was the end of November. I was back from the hospital with railway tracks up my chest and down my leg, feeling unattractive and forlorn. And Christmas was coming. Thinking of that and how most people would be caught up in family celebrations, I was feeling alone, lonely, and dismayed. I asked for his […]
As so-called intentional communities proliferate across the country, a subset of Americans is discovering the value of opting out of contemporary society. https://tinyurl.com/r7bdefn THE EAST WIND COMMUNITY is hidden deep in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, less than 10 miles from the Arkansas border, surrounded by jagged hills and tawny fields. Getting there requires traversing country roads […]
Jesus through Judith Coates said: “Believe that the resolution can come quickly. Know that it can come quickly, because you are the masters of the destiny of the collective consciousness. “Hear that well: you are the masters of your reality and the collective-consciousness reality. You are the masters of your destiny and how quickly it […]
Note from Dancing Dolphin: Hello, Lightworkers! Just wanted to let you know that I was intending to connect with Ashtara for another message but Sananda said he had a very important message for everyone. I felt his excitement and urgency very strongly. When you read it you will understand its importance. Enjoy! Dear DD, it […]
(Concluded from Part 2, yesterday.) Steve: Do you object to our putting the word out to anyone (1) who’s received a prosperity package or exchanged some of their currency? AAM: What you need, sweet one, is not just one, but a handful of philanthropists. And so this is part of what you are creating. And […]
(Continued from Part 1, yesterday.) Steve: I’m sure you heard me all week grumbling and groaning, so you know where I’m at as well as, if not better than, I do. How would you feel if I asked you to be relieved of this assignment of writing appeals for the blog which I’m finding harder […]
