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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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Wind farm

WHERE’S THE SOLIDARITY?: Climate change talks and Cochabamba

Niyati Shah·June 9, 2012
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PEACE PADDLE: Pro surfer Laird Hamilton raises awareness for the world’s oceans

Contributing Writer·June 6, 2012
pots

CONTAINER GARDENING: How to grow lettuce if you’re short on space

Megan Philipp·June 1, 2012
New York City skyline

URBAN SUSTAINABILITY: Sustainable development must start in cities

Niyati Shah·May 30, 2012
Xeriscape garden

LUSH AND DRY: Learn how to xeriscape a garden to minimize water use

Contributing Writer·May 29, 2012
Farm

HOW TO COMPOST INDOORS: The Japanese bokashi composting method

Contributing Writer·May 28, 2012
Heated up Earth

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS: The underlying cause of global warming

Jerry Kvasnicka·May 24, 2012
Eco home

BUILD ON A BUDGET: Make a straw bale eco-home for under £4,000

Contributor·May 19, 2012
Plastic bag in tree

USING REUSABLE BAGS: Humour at the checkout line

Contributing Writer·May 5, 2012
Hands in soil

DROP THE GLOVES: Get your hands dirty and connect to your garden

Contributing Writer·May 1, 2012
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BEING VEGAN: A personal essay about veganism

Contributing Writer·April 29, 2012
Water drop

RYAN’S WELL: The inspiring story of a 6-year-old who set out to solve the world’s water problem

Contributing Writer·April 17, 2012
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SEED LENDING: Saving and sharing seeds at seed libraries

Contributing Writer·April 1, 2012
Toilet Earth

LOOK IN YOUR BACKYARD: Discover the hidden perils of indifference

Jane Olivier·March 30, 2012
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THE MONEY COLLAPSE: A return to the natural gift economy

Contributing Writer·March 24, 2012
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EMBRACING RECESSION: Follow the natural rhythm of economic cycles

Jerry Kvasnicka·March 21, 2012
Pots with herbs

INDOOR HERB GARDENING: How to plan and maintain an indoor herb garden

Contributing Writer·March 1, 2012
Cal-Earth home

INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE: Living in harmony with the environment

Contributing Writer·February 26, 2012
Sentient plant - Mimosa Pudica

DO PLANTS FEEL?: These sentient plants show that plants have feelings too

Contributing Writer·February 25, 2012
Earthship home

EARTHSHIP HOMES: A blueprint for the green life

Contributing Writer·February 15, 2012
Blue denim jeans

DISTRESSED DENIM: Fashion that puts the Earth under stress

Contributing Writer·February 12, 2012
Seal stuck in plastic pollution in the ocean

A WORLD OF WASTE: Effect of poor waste management on the planet

Rachel Walls·January 29, 2012
The Infinite Games: Breakthrough approaches to organizational change

THE INFINITE GAMES: Generative capacity-building as a core organizing strategy

Contributing Writer·January 22, 2012
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URBAN FARMING: Growing healthy food in cities—a food revolution

Rachel Walls·January 7, 2012
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