World UNITY Week June 19-26, 2021 Over 500 events to participate in, all FREE Register here: www.worldunityweek.org UNIFY is a proud co-convenor of World UNITY Week, joining hundreds of global organizations gathering for change. Join thousands participating, co-creating a world that honours, and values all Life. We need your heart, passion and energy!
Peruvians Re-weave Incan String Bridge Frayed in Pandemic
Reuters, June 15, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peruvians-re-weave-incan-string-bridge-frayed-pandemic-2021-06-15/ Peruvians from the Huinchiri community in Cusco region are rebuilding a 500-year-old Incan hanging bridge, made using traditional weaving techniques to literally string a crossing together spanning the Apurimac river far below. The Q’eswachaka bridge has been used for over 500 years to connect communities divided by the river. But […]
The Forest of Orchids
María Luisa, her husband, Luis Carlos, and their daughters, Mar and Sol, had embarked on a journey to protect one small corner of this fragile world by restoring a mountain landscape that supports native orchids and their pollinators. Over the course of nearly two decades, the slopes of María’s mountain transformed. Butterflies had returned. Bees […]
Positive Money UK: Re-imagining Money, Banks, the Economy for the Well-being of the People
From Wikipedia: Positive Money is a not-for-profit advocacy group based in London and Brussels. Positive Money’s mission is to promote a fair, democratic and sustainable economy through reforms of central banks and alternative monetary policy tools. Its current Executive Director is geophysicist, Fran Boait. Click on the meme above to read their full new strategy. […]
Mental Health Action Day, May 20th, with the Choose Love Movement
Changing Mental Health Awareness into Action Choose Love on Mental Health Action Day, Thursday, May 20th. The Choose Love Action Plan offers support through social and emotional wellness programming to increase self-awareness and reduce stress. About Mental Health Action Day Though more people than ever are comfortable discussing mental health, finding effective resources and knowing […]
Restaurant Owner Gives Each Staff Member a 5% Stake in the Business
“It’s the best investment I’ve made in my life”: Why the owner of a Toronto restaurant gave each of his staff members a five per cent stake in the business By Courtney Shea, Toronto Star, April 27, 2021 “A very busy kitchen is now just one person on the stove”: A Q&A with the photographer […]
Global Sisterhood: Full Moon in Scorpio, Death and Rebirth
Lauren Walsh, Shaina Conners & the Global Sisterhood Team, April 24th, 2021 https://www.globalsisterhood.org/blog The Full Moon in Scorpio is coming up… When we look at our beautiful Earth, we experience seasons, cycles, and an interconnected web of intelligent signals communicating with one another. We see through nature the constant process of death and rebirth, shedding […]
World Earth Day 2021 with Gaia
EARTH DAY CANADA’S CAMPAIGN FOR 2021 Playing on absurdity and irony, the 2021 edition of the Earth Day campaign features animals that have to clean up their polluted environments themselves. Earth Day Canada hopes to raise awareness about the urgency of taking action for the environment and to encourage them to take concrete action […]
Yes Magazine: We Don’t Need Prisons to Make Us Safer
To the statement that prisons provide safety, we should ask, “Safety for whom? And from what?” By Victoria Law, Yes Magazine, April 19th, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/04/19/prisons-dont-make-us-safe/ The United States now has 2.3 million people behind bars of some form or another. These are not 2.3 million isolated individuals—their imprisonment sends reverberations into their families and communities. […]
Ashish Prashar: Dismantling the Prison Industrial Complex
R/GA’s new global CMO, Ashish Prashar, explains why it’s critical for the creative industry to take the lead in dismantling the prison industrial complex. I’m one of a few formerly incarcerated people in the C-suite. I’m determined not to be the last By Ashish Prashar, Fast Company, April 2, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90621014/im-one-of-a-few-formerly-incarcerated-people-in-the-c-suite-im-determined-not-to-be-the-last When the prison door […]
Multiplying Loaves. . .
This is a post about bread and the multiplier effect. Quotes by Jesus through Linda Dillon, channel for the Council of Love, are sprinkled throughout. Baking Homemade Bread Becomes a Public Good By Lynn Freehill-Maye, Yes, February 25, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2021/02/25/bread-baking-mutual-aid/ The Seattle-based Community Loaves project enlists home bakers to help those facing food insecurity during […]