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  • Valentine’s Day - Here it Comes!

    Beth
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:53 am
    My friend Ruby had some coping techniques for those without a significant other this Valentine’s Day. Here’s what she has to say: First of all, Valentine’s Day is tough even if you do have a significant other. It can cause a lot of needless pressure. People feel the need to get it right. Now, if you don’t have that special someone, there are ways to celebrate anyway - after all, it’s about love and love doesn’t just mean the romantic kind. I like to celebrate the areas in which I do have love, whether it’s a friend or a family member, a pet…or…

  • Positive News for the New Orleans Saints!

    Beth
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:13 am
    Even if you’re not a football fan, it was glorious to watch a city in serious need of a celebration revel in a world-class victory. The Saints, indeed, came marching in!

  • One Moment of Sky

    Beth
    4 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am
    Perspective is everything. It’s so easy to get spun out on our own endless, constant thoughts. Today, come up with some creative ways to be present, quickly and simply. A friend of mine swears by this: “When I feel like I’m stuck in my own head, I just look up at the sky for a minute. Well, more than look at it - I take it in. I realize the space, the openness. Sometimes just a few seconds is enough to derail the buzz going on in my head.” What way can you become more present? Maybe it’s a bath, a breath, a song, a laugh, a stretch, a walk, a talk, a yell, a…

  • Positive Quote Wednesday!

    Beth
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:06 am
    This week’s quotes focus on the topic of relief. We all know it when we feel it. And sometimes we work too hard to get some. Or look for it in all the wrong places. Here’s some quotes intended to lift the weight off of your shoulders: “Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” - Mark Twain “Sorrow comes to all…Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better and yet you are sure to be happy again.”- Abraham Lincoln “Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones…

  • Lucky Dog Rescued from Iceberg

    Beth
    2 Feb 2010 | 5:04 am
    Did you ever feel stranded, left out at sea, with little to no hope in the word? We’ve all had our moments. But sometimes, an outside force comes in and saves the day: THE luckiest dog alive has been rescued from an iceberg floating 32km from land in the Baltic Sea. Sailors plucked the animal to safety after it got trapped on ice on Poland’s Vistula river and drifted for more than 122km, the Daily Mail reports. Rescuer Adam Buczynski said: “He didn’t even squeal. There was just fear in his big eyes.” It’s thought Baltic’s problems began when he got trapped on…
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  • For New Orleans, Super Bowl Victory is About More Than Football (w/ Video)

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am
    To many residents of this storm-battered city, the New Orleans Saints carried more than a trophy when they came home on Monday after winning the first Super Bowl in their 42-year history... "Our spirits are lifted," reported Reuters. Just four years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the city of New Orleans, the Saints rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat the favored Indianapolis Colts, 31-17, Sunday night in Super Bowl XLIV. The game, played in Miami featured two of the NFL's top of ...

  • Good News Network Back Online After Snow-tastrophe

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am
    I'm back online! Finally, after 2 days of power outage, and more days without internet service and with local roads impassable, our family has evacuated to a hotel, with another blizzard on the way. Please allow 24 hours for customer service emails to be answered. I am beginning to post some good news stories to, once agin, fill the site with inspiration. Hope you missed me! ...

  • Good News on this Day in History, February 9

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pm
    Volleyball was invented by William Morgan (1895) Joanne Woodward awarded the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960) Jamaica became independent (1962) The Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show for a record-busting audience of 73 million (1964) Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player in the Baseball Hall of Fame (1971) Voters in Lithuania voted for independence (1991) The Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina was announced (1994) Space Shuttle as ...

  • Snow and Power Outages Keep me From

    6 Feb 2010 | 8:42 am
    A quick note to say we've had major power outages here in the DC area because of the Snowmaggedon, here this weekend. So, I am stuck in my Lake home with fireplace and kids, but possibly a generator later that can help me get more good news online. See you online soon, I hope! geri Photo from my back porch after the December snowstorm ...

  • Artificial Pancreas Offers Hope for Children With Diabetes

    6 Feb 2010 | 8:33 am
    Scientists in Cambridge have shown that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes. A trial found that combining a "real time" sensor measuring glucose levels with a pump that delivers insulin can boost overnight blood sugar control. (Continue reading at BBC) ...
 
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    Daryn Kagan

  • Adoption Love And Surprises

    Holly Shay loved her adopted family. When this Michigan woman set out to find her biological parents she was in for more surprises than she could imagine.

  • Finding Love On Aisle 6

    A special new market in Beijing allows young single Chinese to shop for their perfect match.

  • Veteran Helps Fellow Vets See

    Frank Montijo is a Korean War veteran who has a passion for giving and vision. See how he puts the two together and shows us how much good one man can give.

  • You Can Piggyback On Greatness

    Does it feel like you'll never do something big? Maybe you don't have to. I share a secret I've learned in profiling amazing people. Often it's enough simply to piggyback on greatness.

  • We Should All Be So Lucky To March To The Beat Of This Young Man's Drummer

    Many of you sent me the link to the Tom Renaldi classic. The ESPN correspondent takes us into the amazing world of Patrick Henry Hughes. He was born blind and he can't walk. I dare you to watch this story and not wish you were him.
 
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    Worldchanging: Bright Green

  • De-Industrializing the City

    Alex Steffen
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:27 pm
    Alex Steffen: One of my favorite quotes by Bjarke Ingels: "Engineering without engines. We should use contemporary technology and computation capacity to make our buildings independent...

  • Vote Today and Help Us Win $5K!

    WorldChanging Team
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:43 am
    WorldChanging Team: Just by clicking a button, you can help us win a $5,000 grant from Brighter Planet. Worldchanging's project proposal, Advocate for Climate Neutral Cities,...

  • Visions Desirable, Present and Future

    Mark Tovey
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am
    Mark Tovey: Here at WorldChanging, we often have conversations about how best to envision desirable futures. Not just on how to collaborate on designing them, or accelerate...

  • Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (December 2009 - January 2010)

    Mark Tovey
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:32 am
    Mark Tovey: Top stories from our Canadian blog: Tokyo's Transforming Tower | Madeline Ashby "I wish there were a way to combine these shutters and some...

  • Where Did We Go Wrong on "Green Jobs"?

    Alex Steffen
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:12 pm
    Alex Steffen: I was in a meeting today with some smart folks that got me thinking again about "green jobs," specifically Van Jones' message about the intersection...
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    Ode Magazine

  • Thorkil Sonne: Autism entrepreneur

    4 Feb 2010 | 2:34 pm
    President of the Party of European Socialists and former prime minister of Denmark, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen nominates Thorkil Sonne for his work in helping those with autism thrive in the workplace. Thorkil Sonne. Founder, Specialisterne. Copenhagen, Denmark. Photo: Thorkil Sonne Thorkil Sonne is an extraordinary personality. He shows that private business can have a very human face. He just doesn’t accept that people who have another entrance to life cannot be treated in a normal way and be given normal chances. His idea has been—and still is—to put all his efforts and…

  • Dr. Denis Mukwege provides hope to women in Congo

    2 Feb 2010 | 11:12 am
    Playwright and female activist Eve Ensler nominates Dr. Denis Mukwege for his compassion and courage to protect and heal women in his native home in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Denis Mukwege. Founder and director, Panzi Hospital. Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Paula Allen Compassionate. Tender. Humble. Graceful. Dr. Denis Mukwege is a brave visionary, humanitarian and healer who has stood on the frontlines of a brutal regional war for control of mineral resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a war that has left close to 6 million dead and hundreds of…

  • Grannies with a mission

    26 Jan 2010 | 12:22 pm
    Lucky 13: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers travels the world connecting hearts and minds. Photo: Marisol Villanueva “The greatest distance in the world,” Agnes Baker Pilgrim is fond of saying, “is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts.” Grandmother Aggie, as she is known, is the oldest living female of the Takelma Band of the Rogue River Indians in Oregon. She is also a member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, a group of grannies with a mission. Facing a world in crisis, these wise women believe…

  • Danny Kennedy: Solar energy entrepreneur

    15 Jan 2010 | 10:26 am
    Actress Cate Blanchett applauds Danny Kennedy's work in the solar power industry. He helped in turning the Sydney Theatre Company into a green building. Danny Kennedy. Co-founder and president, Sungevity. Berkeley, California. Photo: Najib Joe Hakim I first met Danny through my husband, Andrew, and have followed his work on clean energy for years. We’ve always shared a common concern about climate change and politics, which has only become stronger as we’ve both had children and further realized the importance of preserving the planet for their future. When Danny told us he was…

  • Xavier Helgesen and Kreece Fuchs: Promoting literacy through Better World Books

    14 Jan 2010 | 2:04 pm
    Book enthusiast and actor, Levar Burton, nominates the founders of Better Word Books, a company with a mission to support global literacy. Xavier Helgesen and Kreece Fuchs. Co-founders, Better World Books. Goshen, Indiana. Photo: Andy Warzon I was lucky. I grew up in a house where reading was like breathing. My mother was an English teacher, and as such, reading was not an optional activity in her household. Where my mother was concerned, you either read a book or got hit in the head with one. Not only did my mother read to my sisters and me when we were young, she was constantly reading…
 
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    Ode Magazine

  • Tips for making peace with Valentine’s Day

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    By: PeaceCorso V-Day isn’t always a delight for everyone. Not everyone has drunk the koolaid of our couple society. More to the point, a lot of us are d-o-n-e with coupledom. What to do? Tip #1: Acknowledge how you feel about Valentine’s Day even if it’s only in your bathroom mirror. Don’t dwell on it, but tell yourself the truth about it. There are as many responses to this holiday as there are souls. Your feelings are yours, and they’re legitimate. Tip #2: If you must, throw a pity party for yourself. I mean it. Wallow in how sad, how lonely, how much you fear this will never…

  • Save Our Sisters promotes social change for disadvantaged women around the world

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:21 am
    By: PaulaW Save Our Sisters (SOS) is a non-profit organization that promotes urgent social change for extremely disadvantaged women all over the world. Through activation of small, women-to-women groups, we empower U.S. women with an awareness of vast global injustices to women and girls all over the world. We inspire SOS members to action, and show them how, by impacting small and seamless changes in their own lives, they have the power to impact women all over the world. We seek to support members in cultivating compassion within their own children and within their cirlce of influence.

  • Book reviewers wanted for the New Consciousness Review

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:21 am
    By: JulieKay The New Consciousness Review was created for people with a lively curiosity about things outside the mainstream: things like a direct connection to our spiritual source; alternative health practices; how science and consciousness interact, cosmic laws like karma and the Law of Attraction; inter-dimensional travel; being the best you and making a better world. Our goal is to guide you to the most interesting, inspiring and even life-changing books and films through our reviews and those of holistic bookstores, magazines and readers around the world. Book reviews are at the heart…

  • The Esperanza Project: The carbon offset conundrum

    5 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm
    By: tracybarnett Much has been written about the pros and cons of carbon offsets. The idea, if you haven't been following, is that you pay money to a nonprofit organization to plant trees or invest in renewables or otherwise reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere in an attempt to offset the carbon you've generated. There are many calculators online that help you to figure out how much carbon you've generated and where you should donate it. Carbon Footprint is a nice flexible one that lets you calculate individual aspects of your life as opposed to doing a whole audit - both can be…

  • Reflections inspired by 12 Angry Men

    5 Feb 2010 | 12:47 pm
    By: KTopakian Last night, my partner Peg and I watched the 1957 Sydney Lumet classic, 12 Angry Men. It's about 12 jurors. All men. Who must determine the guilt of a young man accused of killing his father. All but three minutes of this 96-minute film take place in a 16 by 24 foot jury room. On a day that is predicted to be the hottest on record. Each of the three windows sits closed unless two men can heave them up and open. The single wall mounted fan remains still. And the stifling New York City heat permeates. They sweat and sit and talk; pontificate, lecture and question and accuse until…
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    Green Tech

  • Toyota adds 2010 Prius to global recall list

    Reuters
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:27 am
    Recall to affect more than 400,000 hybrid models, including the latest Prius, as Toyota seeks to fix a problem with the regenerative brakes, which help charge the cars' electric batteries.

  • Survey: More people looking for help on recycling

    Lance Whitney
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:26 am
    Report from Earth911.com shows more people with questions on how and where to recycle in 2009, with PCs, batteries, and TVs topping the list of search queries.

  • Areva buys solar-thermal start-up Ausra

    Martin LaMonica
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am
    Strong in nuclear power, Areva purchases concentrating solar-power company Ausra to expand its renewable energy portfolio.

  • Israeli gas stations to swap Better Place car batteries

    Martin LaMonica
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am
    Electric-car services company Better Place forges ahead with plan to install tens of thousands of charging stations and battery-switching locations in Israel by next year.

  • Turn your office expense reports into toilet paper

    Tim Hornyak
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    Ever feel like the paper you handle at work every day isn't worth wiping your butt with? Well, a Japanese machine can turn it all into toilet paper. Magically. Originally posted at Crave
 
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