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 healthy body image, clean energy, singing for hope, and better relationships. Embrace your Body Taryn Brumfitt wants to help everyone love and embrace their body. Too many people (especially women) feel shame, loathing, and other painful feelings about their bodies. Taryn has taken an amazing journey to get to…
This week Awesome Stories brings you nuclear hope, healthy food for all, virtue and happiness. A New View on Nuclear I’ve slowly changed my view on nuclear energy, moving past my fears and prejudices to find the truth of comparative energy sources. It helped to have a friend who is an informed advocate for responsible nuclear.…
This week Awesome Stories brings you email addresses for trees, mixed marriage, beauty, Arkansas inspiration and a solar village. Arkansas Inspiration Here is another peek at some inspiring places and photos from around Arkansas. See Dorothy, we aren’t in Kansas anymore! What’s your favorite photo? Mine is Soul Enlightenment with a close second for September…
This week Awesome Stories brings you a living church, joyful connections, net-zero offices, empowering photography and a sewing service. Living Tree Church Barry Cox created a 100 seat church made from living trees. He carefully trained the trees to grow into the design he wanted for his outdoor church building. It looks wonderful and I…
This week Awesome Stories brings you creativity, happy habits, harbor cleanup, granting wishes and community gardens. Creative Connecting Designer and artist Mariëlle Coppes likes feel-good projects to brighten people’s day and inspire them to be courageous and act on their dreams. Her fun idea was to make 1000 origami cranes, with a note inside, to pass out…
This week in Awesome Stories we find courage, dedication, connection and mushrooms. Winter Arrives Early! We don’t get much snow in Northwest Arkansas, so the 6″-8″ dusting we received was a pleasant surprise. Yesterday I was out walking, playing and photographing. Here’s my humble abode covered in a blanket of snow. Happy Winter! Cynthia I’m…
Creativity or awesomeness, which comes first? Luckily I don’t have to decide. This week in Awesome Stories, I explore creativity, amazing eco-projects and general awesomeness. Creative use of old buildings There is a whole movement to re-purpose abandoned buildings. Sadly, there are 1000s of abandoned big box stores in the US. Big box stores, let alone…
More awesome stories celebrating beauty, innovation, bikes and freedom. Beautifully Imperfect! Wow! What a beautiful and poignant perspective. May this beautiful video inspire you to see the beauty in your partner, children and relationships in general. Awesome! Empire State Building Inspires More Efficiency! The retrofit of the Empire State Building was so successful that it has inspired…
Let’s start this week’s Awesome Stories with my vow to you. I vow to bring the most awesome stories that I can find each week to Inspire, Connect and help us Thrive Together. 4 Times the Power, Less Risk. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Labs have created a new process for batteries that could transform…
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