Transforming
Our World — Micro to Macro
Each seemingly small yet positive move forward in thought
and action possesses true transforming power. Building upon that with other such moments will significantly
improve your overall life and the world around you.
"A defining human trait is the capacity to be more skilled, more resilient, more nurturing,
and more tolerant than we are at any given moment." (1)
What
can each family do to foster a soulful center and prevent its absence’s negative ripple effects in the world at large?
All positive, potentially widespread change can begin with us when we as individuals and families commit to
the challenge. Personal accountability, truth and humility are the key.
Nelson Mandela
eloquently addresses this issue:
"… The first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never
have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself...Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, [of]
humility." (2)
Howard
Zinn On Hope
“To
be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that history is not only
a history of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, and kindness. And if we do act in however
small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopia in the future. The future is a succession
of presents. And to live now as we think human beings should live in defiance of all that is bad around
us is itself is a marvelous victory.”
The Global Empathy
Movement
The Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin is
"the first book to explore how empathetic consciousness restructures the ways we
* organize our personal
lives
* approach knowledge
* pursue science and technology
* conduct
commerce and governance
* orchestrate civil society
The development of this empathetic consciousness
is essential to creating a future where we think and behave like the whole world matters." Quoted
from the Teach Empathy website
For more information and a video lecture by Jeremy Rifkin, visit:http://teachempathy.com Link
to the book:http://www.amazon.com/Empathic-Civilization-Global-Consciousness-Crisis/dp/1585427659
Do You Burn
Fires in Your Fireplace as Responsibly as You Could Be?
For example, if you choose to use
Duraflame firelogs instead of traditional firewood, here's what you'll accomplish:
*
Save trees, since no trees are cut down to produce Duraflame firelogs, and they're made with 100% recycled/renewable
resources
* Over a 3-4 hour period, 80% less fine particulate matter up your chimney and into the air
* 75% less carbon monoxide
* 90% less hazardous air pollutants
* 70% less
greenhouse gas emissions than gas fireplaces or gas logs
You'll significantly help the environment plus the
many individuals with respiratory problems in your area.
For more information: http://www.duraflame.com
AIR POLLUTION & ASTHMA
 An excellent online resource is the website
for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: http://www.aaaai.org/(1) Joann Ellison Rodgers, Psychology Today article,
November/December 2006 issue, page 74.
(2) Nelson Mandela as quoted on the Oprah Winfrey website.
NOTE: Text for the Transforming section above
is excerpted from the book: "Inspirations for Thriving in Our Troubled World." See the Products page of this
website for more information.
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Strategic
Consumer Activism Made Simple
If you have always wanted to use products
that you're sure have positive health, environmental, and social impacts, there is now a way.
University
of California at Berkeley and its expert partners have developed a revolutionary consumer tool known as GoodGuide.
You can check out their website at www.goodguide.com.
If you're unable to make the significant time commitment to research and actually locate
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More information about "Personalized Healthy & Eco Products Reports" here: www.qualityoflifenews.com/id9.html
Modern Abolitionist Movement Currently Building
There
are some 27 million slaves in the world today, more than in any other time in human history. Find out about the documentary
film CALL+RESPONSE, and what you can do to help.
* Sex slaves (a startling number under age 10)
* Labor
slaves
* Child soldiers
*
Child slaves
www.callandresponse.com
"Justice is what love looks like in public." — Cornel West
Organ & Tissue
Donation
FACT:
"Your organ donation could save the lives
of eight people, and your tissue donation could enhance the lives of another 50 people." — www.DonateLifeCalifornia.org
Three of our family members are registered future organ and tissue donors. Do consider
the gift of donation yourself today.
For more information about becoming an organ and tissue donor: http://OrganDonor.gov/
"Changing a life begins with a single step."
— Blake Mycoskie, Founder of TOMS Shoes
I am ashamed to say that I didn't know that most children in developing countries grow up barefoot. The
fact that they have no shoes results in many negative impacts, not the least of which is their exposure to
soil-transmitted parasites which are the leading cause of disease and often amputation in many countries.
The
TOMS Shoes company donates one pair of new shoes for every pair purchased. As of January 2010, TOMS Shoes has supplied
400,000 pairs of shoes to needy children around the world.
"Conscious
capitalism" and social change at its best: http://www.tomsshoes.com/content.asp?tid=227
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