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    Person wearing watch, grabbing puzzle pieces - How to Reduce Your Brain’s Blind Spots With Simple Training

    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

    Senior couple walking down trail in fall - Exercise as Play: A Small Shift Makes a Big Difference

    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

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    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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    Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

    TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

    Joe Biden with other world leaders - Political Power: 3 Ways Democratic Voters Can Battle Fascism

    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE HEART: Drumming is the song of who we are, our home and creation

Contributing Writer·February 8, 2013
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ECO-FRIENDLY GARDENING: 8 ways to creatively reuse old household items in the garden

Megan Philipp·February 4, 2013
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GREEN CLEAN YOUR HOME: Natural alternatives to harsh chemical products [infographic]

Kiva Bottero·February 2, 2013
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INTERNET EXPLOSION: From asking “What is the Internet?” to Technological Singularity

Michael Myers·January 29, 2013
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PAPER NO MORE: How a paper book addict turned to ebooks and never looked back

Jane Olivier·January 27, 2013
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THE BIG PICTURE: David Suzuki’s thoughts about putting a price tag on nature

Contributing Writer·January 26, 2013
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WASTED: NRDC report finds that Americans waste 40 percent of all food

Kiva Bottero·January 23, 2013
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THOUGHT FREEDOM: Why copyright is backwards in a world of One

Contributing Writer·January 23, 2013
Map of Africa - Why is Africa so poor yet rich in resources

STEALING AFRICA: Why is Africa so rich in resources yet so poor?

Contributing Writer·January 21, 2013
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FIRST LANGUAGE: A journey into animal communication

Contributing Writer·January 18, 2013
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LETTER FROM CHINA: An NGO worker tells her story of the limitations she encountered

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2013
SEEDS OF FREEDOM: Securing our food sovereignty [Documentary]

SEEDS OF FREEDOM: Securing our food sovereignty [video]

Jane Olivier·January 12, 2013
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WATER WISE: How water gets wasted and how to conserve it [infographic]

Contributing Writer·January 7, 2013
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A QUAKER LIFE: Simplicity, unity, worship, justice, community

Contributing Writer·January 6, 2013
garden - live sustainably

LIVE SUSTAINABLY NOW: How to garden using techniques that mirror the natural world

Contributing Writer·January 3, 2013
nature - the global tree

THE GLOBAL TREE NETWORK: Reconnect with nature at Damanhur eco-society

Contributing Writer·January 1, 2013
THRIVE: What on Earth will it take [documentary]

THRIVE: What on Earth will it take

Contributing Writer·December 31, 2012
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START A SCHOOL: State-funded Free Schools in the UK

Contributing Writer·December 21, 2012
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OVER THE TOPULATION: Reassessing our identity to overcome the #1 issue of today

Jerry Kvasnicka·December 20, 2012
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IN SOIL WE TRUST: Alternative currency backed by food, not oil, a possibility

Contributing Writer·December 17, 2012
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LEFT BEHIND: The African woman’s uphill struggle

Contributing Writer·December 14, 2012
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GOING SLOW: Lessons from a broken down car

Kiva Bottero·December 11, 2012
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DOOMSDAY OR AWAKENING?: December 21, 2012—where do we go from here?

Michael Myers·December 11, 2012
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‘TIS THE SEASON: 4 ways to take commercialism out of your holiday festivities

Melissa Venditti·December 9, 2012
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