we are the people

agua, por favor

What if water grew scarce? What if polar icecaps melted, glaciers shrank, crops failed, the oceans rose, and water itself became a source of power? What would the world look like then? We have a story for you. You can read all about it here.

water

what’s on your plate?

Fiction is a beautiful way to stick a finger in the eye of complacency, don’t you think?  In a debut novel that is both funny and disturbing, Stephan Eirik Clark jumps feet first into a pool of what might be satire, taking a lingering look at how, as consumers of unnatural “food,”  we might unintentionally be the makers of our own undoing. Is it possible? Is industrial food safe? Or is it just funny?

You decide. Read the review here.

sweetness

time and time again

The time we’re most familiar with is a unit of measurement and the way in which we experience the advancement of our lives. Religious pundits have for centuries described time as a circle, ever evolving upward. Yet every year we experience a birthday, an anniversary, a holiday, making our perception of time both circular and linear. Confused yet? If so, then you need to read Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Ageby Gregg Braden. Braden’s perception of time is more like an ever-repeating, ever expanding circle that ripples out into infinity, both a wave and a spiral, like Fibonacci, where each rotation looks very much like the last, but more of it.

READ MORE HERE

Digital Universe

give me water

there is something very compelling about something so simple as water. get enough of it? take if for granted? watch this vid and change your mind about water. forever.

tote your own bag

Living green can be an intensely personal decision. . .or it can gain such momentum socially that it actually moves into legislation. The state of California is considering oulawing plastic bags. It’s become a status symbol to be seen toting your own canvas or other upcycled bag into the store, and why not?  As consumers we have the choice to affect not just our own small corner of the world, but the entire planet. Is that hubris? It is what it is.

 

meeting me, meeting you

Have you ever noticed how meetings run your life? Sometimes it seems that meetings have a life of their own and libraries of books have been written on the subject. But what if you had a crystal ball? Would that change how you show up at your meetings?

 Our friend the Fundraising Strategist doesn’t think that’s necessarily a good idea  . . . and she has a little something to say about it.

photo via businessweek.com

bee my honey

We all love a good story. We sit around a campfire and tell stories. We sit in a large, dark, room full of strangers just to see/hear a good story. As our friend  Abraham-Hicks says, “The story. . .the story!”  This is a story in dance:

follow the frog

we love it when a nonprofit gets all edgy with a pinch of grace and splash of humor.

grantwriting 101

fundraising has turned into something of an art in the last decade. Along with the art has come plenty of competition. Why wouldn’t you do all you can to get your grant funded? It’s more than just luck, according to the Fundraising Strategist. Yep.

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