This week Awesome Stories brings you the power of storytelling, transforming education, and celebrating nature. Unleashing Imagination Listening to a storyteller is to take a trip into the land of the right brain where imagination, myth, past, and present coalesce. ~ Charlotte Du Cann Martin Shaw talks about the power of good storytelling to unleash our…
This week Awesome Stories brings you open source seeds, heart habits, and renewable energy myths. Seeds for All Numerous organizations are working to create more diversity and access to seeds. Currently, a few companies like Monsanto dominate the market which has dramatically reduced the variety, increased price, and limited access. The Open Source Seeds group…
This week Awesome Stories brings you Bhutan’s success, depression, and kindness. The Humanizing of Depression What hurts you blesses you. Darkness is your candle. ~ Rumi This article by Parker Palmer touched me deeply. Like Parker, having gone through a long bout of depression, I relate to his take on finding meaning from the experience.…
This week Awesome Stories brings you mile high beauty, stone balancing, electronics recycling, and creating community. Mile High Beauty Santiago Borja is an Ecuadorian pilot who loves to photograph from the high altitudes in South America. On his days off, he photographs the magnificent storms and vistas afforded by traveling at mile high altitudes. His website offers…
This week Awesome Stories brings you SkyGlow, writing tips, circles, and inner greenspace. SKYGLOW Timelapse filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan have created beautiful videos and a book called SKYGLOW to capture the magnificence of the night skies and the threat of artificial light pollution. Very few places are left where we can still see the stars…
This week Awesome Stories brings you better teaching, preserving silence, miracle messages, and comfort cases. Better Teaching In this article, Parker Palmer shares what he had learned as a teacher, educator and group facilitator. His core premise is that teachers need to bring their whole person to their teaching. In most education systems the personal…
This week Awesome Stories brings you the Venus Project, compassion, Random Acts of Flowers, and healing our democracy. The Venus Project The Venue Project is a bold project to redesign the culture of our world in a sustainable way that elevates the quality of life for humans while protecting the planet. The cornerstone of this dramatic…
This week Awesome Stories brings you better communication, better teaching and better friendship! Call-Out Culture I’m glad to see the media addressing the issue of our call-out culture. Asam Ahmad offers a very insightful look at the harm we do to each other in the name of calling out mistakes, problems and bad behavior. The…
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