Toward a World that Works for Everyone
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. There are so many stories coming out now, we may need to post several roundups throughout the day…. Thanks to Nathalie. Locked-down Paris takes to balconies to applaud health workers Reuters, March 17, 2020 PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) – Residents […]
U.K. government will pay 80% of workers’ wages to keep them employed during the coronavirus shutdown Can the U.S. come up with anything nearly as generous? Talib Visram, Fast Company, March 20, 2020 https://www.fastcompany.com/90480396/the-u-k-government-will-pay-80-workers-wages-to-keep-them-employed-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown It’s a remarkable and peculiar day in Britain when it’s announced that all pubs are closing, but that ends up not […]
I think the Coronavirus outbreak, along with the tragedies it brings, also presents us with a wonderful opportunity, not to be missed. It’s the opportunity to come together as a world community and take measures for the next determined time (two weeks?) to stop the pandemic in its tracks. I call for an international health […]
Thanks to Ed for sending this example of ecological leadership. From early 2019. Ed wants to work in this area after the Reval. Couple Spends 25 Years Planting a Rainforest, Hundreds of Endangered Animal Species Return Sara Burrows, Return to Now, January 4, 2019 https://returntonow.net/2019/01/04/couple-transforms-barren-farmland-into-a-rainforest-wildlife-returns-india/ This husband and wife transformed barren farmland into a tropical […]
Crossing Divides: The hostel promoting tourism to ease Israel’s tensions By Lucy Sherriff Nazareth, Israel, BBC.com, 16 February 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51446690 In 2005, a hostel in the old city of Nazareth opened its doors amid a swirl of rumour, gossip and accusations. The 60-bed dwelling, in a 200-year-old Arab mansion, was run by an unlikely pair: […]
30,000 Pounds of Leftover Super Bowl Food Saved From Landfill and Donated to Charity McKinley Corbley, Good News Network, Feb 10, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/qm39y89 Rather than rotting in a landfill, more than 30,000 pounds of leftover Super Bowl food are being used to feed hungry Floridians. All the uneaten food from last week’s game at the […]
A California-Based Program Provides Newly-Released Long-Term Prisoners with a Chance at a New Life Isabella Garcia, Yes! Magazine, Feb. 6, 2020 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2020/02/06/citizens-reentry-prison/ After serving 24 years in prison, Pamela Thompson was freed with no money, no cellphone, and no awareness of how to navigate the new world she’d just been released into. Without the necessary […]
A time lapse of the building of an emergency hospital in Wuhan. Fast Company: How Chinese officials built a hospital in 10 days to treat coronavirus victims
From 2019. Family Farms Use ‘Crop Mobsters’ to Prevent More Than 1 Million Servings Of Food From Going To Waste Michael Goonan, Good News Network, Jul 15, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/wfrs5ob Although 96% of the 2 million farms in the United States are family-owned, the top 5% of farms, mostly run by large corporations, make 75% of […]
This is a translation of a large portion of a Youtube video (see below) from an unknown Wuhan man aged between 20 and 30. He says he desperately wants to get the word out that Chinese youth such as himself see life as it allegedly is. Neither he nor his friends are brainwashed, he says. […]
If we can allow ourselves to dream out loud, how might a global network of light stewards of the Mother’s wealth operate? It could be a loose confederation of people, all alerted to common opportunities, much as crowd funding operates. The individual lightworker would then make the choice of what to support and what not. […]
