Jeremy Rifkin is blowing my mind today. Here’s a very tiny excerpt from his new book The Empathic Civilization: For the Internet generation, “quality of life” becomes as important as individual opportunity in fashioning a new dream for the 21st century. The transition to biosphere consciousness has already begun. All over the world, a younger [...]
Archive for February, 2010
BEADS!
February 11th, 2010
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BEADS!, originally uploaded by timbrauhn. I really enjoy making beads out of polymer clay. There, I said it. Honestly, it’s a kind of meditation for me. Best of all, I can listen to things like podcasts and university lectures while I bead. Someday, I’ll make the world’s most amazing bead and all the Beadpeople of [...]
The volunteering religious (noun)
February 10th, 2010
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I stumbled upon this nifty little chart through Andrew Sullivan’s blog at The Atlantic. 63 million people, or 27% of the population, volunteered last year. That’s an incredible statistic. It shows just how involved Americans are in helping their communities/the world. What’s even more telling is the proportion of volunteers by type of organization. Look [...]
