Lifelong learning should inspire and motivate us to be good, do good, and grow. We should be good stewards of our time, talents, insight, and resources, and create opportunities for:
* Cultivating an open mind and a good heart
* Strengthening resilience
* Nurturing imagination, creativity, and curiosity
* Improving health, well-being, and quality of life
* Healing, reconciliation, restoration, and renewal
* Advancing economic, financial, business, and entrepreneurial literacy
* Increasing self-reliance
* Increasing civic literacy
* Growing a community of support for ongoing learning, discovery, and renewal
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution
Check out "51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution: What you can do, alone and with others, to share life" by Jay Walljasper. Click here:
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-resilient-community/51-ways-to-spark-a-commons-revolution
My favorites include:
1. Challenge the myth that all problems have private, individual solutions.
3. Take time to enjoy what the commons offers. As the radical Brazilian educator Paulo Freire said, “We are bigger than our schedules.”
6. Become a mentor—officially or informally—to people of all ages. Be prepared to learn as much as you teach.
12. Treat commons spaces as if you own them (which, actually, you do). Keep an eye on the place. Tidy things up. Report problems or repair things yourself. Initiate improvement campaigns.
14. Get out of the house and spend some time on the stoop, the front yard, the street—anywhere you can join the river of life.
17. Conduct an inventory of local commons. Publicize your findings and suggest ways to celebrate and improve these community assets.
24. Barter. Trade your skill in baking pies with someone who will fix your computer.
27. Watch where your money goes. How do the businesses you patronize harm or help the commons?
29. Oppose cutbacks in public assets like transit, schools, libraries, parks, social services, police and fire, and arts programs.
31. Take every opportunity to talk with elected officials and local activists about the importance of protecting the commons. Do the same with citizens groups, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, professional societies, and business leaders.
39. Roll up your sleeves to restore a creek, wetland, woods, or grassland, or beautify a vacant lot.
44. Patronize and support your public library.
50. Launch a commons discussion group or book club with your neighbors and colleagues, or at your church, synagogue, or temple. (onthecommons.org)
Read all 51: Click here: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-resilient-community/51-ways-to-spark-a-commons-revolution
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-resilient-community/51-ways-to-spark-a-commons-revolution
My favorites include:
1. Challenge the myth that all problems have private, individual solutions.
3. Take time to enjoy what the commons offers. As the radical Brazilian educator Paulo Freire said, “We are bigger than our schedules.”
6. Become a mentor—officially or informally—to people of all ages. Be prepared to learn as much as you teach.
12. Treat commons spaces as if you own them (which, actually, you do). Keep an eye on the place. Tidy things up. Report problems or repair things yourself. Initiate improvement campaigns.
14. Get out of the house and spend some time on the stoop, the front yard, the street—anywhere you can join the river of life.
17. Conduct an inventory of local commons. Publicize your findings and suggest ways to celebrate and improve these community assets.
24. Barter. Trade your skill in baking pies with someone who will fix your computer.
27. Watch where your money goes. How do the businesses you patronize harm or help the commons?
29. Oppose cutbacks in public assets like transit, schools, libraries, parks, social services, police and fire, and arts programs.
31. Take every opportunity to talk with elected officials and local activists about the importance of protecting the commons. Do the same with citizens groups, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, professional societies, and business leaders.
39. Roll up your sleeves to restore a creek, wetland, woods, or grassland, or beautify a vacant lot.
44. Patronize and support your public library.
50. Launch a commons discussion group or book club with your neighbors and colleagues, or at your church, synagogue, or temple. (onthecommons.org)
Read all 51: Click here: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-resilient-community/51-ways-to-spark-a-commons-revolution
10 Ways Our World is Becoming More Shareable
We’re sharing more things, more deeply, with more people. Why sharing is the answer to some of today’s biggest questions.
Our world is inherently shareable, though it’s easy to take that for granted. We are already historically connected by climate, roads, fisheries, language, forests, culture, and social networks, all of which are part of the commons. But in recent decades, the rules of access and ownership have started to shift in new directions, making sharing more convenient, necessary, fulfilling, and even profitable. Here are ten ways that our world is becoming more shareable.
Read more & see the whole article here: 10 Ways Our World is Becoming More Shareable by Neal Gorenflo, Jeremy Adam Smith
Our world is inherently shareable, though it’s easy to take that for granted. We are already historically connected by climate, roads, fisheries, language, forests, culture, and social networks, all of which are part of the commons. But in recent decades, the rules of access and ownership have started to shift in new directions, making sharing more convenient, necessary, fulfilling, and even profitable. Here are ten ways that our world is becoming more shareable.
Read more & see the whole article here: 10 Ways Our World is Becoming More Shareable by Neal Gorenflo, Jeremy Adam Smith
A Personal Strategy for Engaging and Building Your Resilience
How do we deal with difficult events that change our lives such as the loss of a job, serious illness, loss of a loved one, and other challenging life experiences? Many people react with a flood of strong emotions and a sense of uncertainty. Yet, people generally adapt well over time to life—changing situations and stressful conditions. What enables them to do so? It involves “resilience,” an ongoing process that requires time and effort, and engages people in taking a number of steps.
The rest of the article is here:
http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/assist/article/a-personal-strategy-for-engaging-and-building-your-resilience/
The rest of the article is here:
http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/assist/article/a-personal-strategy-for-engaging-and-building-your-resilience/
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