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World Peace Game Foundation

World Peace Game

“John stands as a shining example of what a dedicated teacher can accomplish. Focused on equipping his students with the skills they’ll need in order to face the problems and uncertainties of the real world, he has developed a unique learning program he calls The World Peace Game.”     The World Peace Game is a hands-on political simulation that gives players the opportunity to explore the connectedness of the global community through the lens of the economic, social, and environmental crises and the imminent threat of war. The goal of the game is to extricate each country from dangerous [...]

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Nipun Mehta – Designing For Generosity

Nipun Mehta

Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly Charity Focus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to an global ecosystem of over 350,000 members that has delivered millions of dollars in service for free. Nipun has received many awards, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the President’s Volunteer Service Award and Wavy Gravy’s Humanitarian award. He is routinely invited to share his message of “giftivism” to wide ranging audiences, from inner city youth in Memphis to [...]

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Bunker Roy – Barefoot College

Bunker Roy

    Sanjit “Bunker” Roy is the founder of Barefoot College, which helps rural communities becomes self-sufficient. Development projects the world over run into one crucial point: For a project to live on, it needs to be organic, owned and sustained by those it serves. In 1972,  Sanjit “Bunker” Roy founded the Barefoot College, in the village of Tilonia in Rajasthan, India, with just this mission: to provide basic services and solutions in rural communities with the objective of making them self-sufficient. These “barefoot solutions” can be broadly categorized into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people’s action, [...]

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Life Vest Inside – Kindness Boomerang

Life Vest

Our Mission By creating an exciting and accessible kindness experience, we will become more aware of the opportunities that surround us and recognize our potential to change the world, simply by changing ourselves. Our Vision By living kindly and believing in the inherent good of each individual, change is POSSIBLE! What We Stand For Charity work and community service are invaluable tools for bettering our world, but kindness is more than good deeds or volunteerism alone. Kindness is empathy, compassion, and human connection; it’s a smile, a touch, or a comforting word. Even the smallest gesture can brighten a dark [...]

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Values.com – The Foundation for Better Living

The values we live by are worth more when we The Foundation for a Better Life began as a simple idea to promote positive values. We believe that people are basically good and just need a reminder. And that the values we live by are worth more when we pass them on. What is The Foundation for a Better Life? The Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, started in 2000. Our sole objective is to promote positive values, using print and broadcast media. Why are you doing this? We want the stories we share about the positive actions and values [...]

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A Gift Economy at Karma Kitchen

Karma Kitchen

Imagine a restaurant where you pay-forward for the person after you. How long might the chain of generosity last? At Karma Kitchen, in three cities around the United States, it has gone on for close to 25 thousand people — and is still going. Katie Teague provides a thoughtful and hopeful portrait of how gift economy can work. Karma Kitchen from StormCloud Media on Vimeo. Karma Kitchen: An Experiment in Generosity   Posted on October 11, 2011 by VeggieNextDoor On Sunday morning, after watching the start of the Chicago Marathon on TV, Mike and I hopped on the Brown Line [...]

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Playing for Change – Episode 54: United

Today’s video is titled “United,” and was created in partnership between Playing For Change and the United Nations Population Fund. We spent two months on the road recording and filming musicians across the globe and this video serves as an example that no matter how many things in this life divide us, MUSIC will always be there to bring us together. Enjoy the music and share it with everyone you know– thanks! One Love, Mark The Playing For Change website is  http://playingforchange.com Playing For Change Explained The Inspiration Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and [...]

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Playing for Change – La Tierra del Olvido

Episode 53 La Tierra del Olvido This video features over 75 musicians across the country of Colombia. Throughout our journey we have learned that music is the greatest tool for healing broken countries, cultures and hearts. With this video we set out to unite and inspire the people of Colombia so they can move forward from years of conflict and create a positive future. Listen to the music, see the smiling faces, and remember that we are going to make it as a human race!! Related Musicians Carlos Vives Bogota, Colombia   El Sexteto Tabalá… Palenque, Colombia   Felipe Carmona [...]

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THRIVE – The World is Waking Up

Thrive

SYNOPSIS THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future. INTERVIEWS in THRIVE Duane Elgin, Nassim Haramein, Steven Greer, Jack Kasher, Daniel Sheehan, Adam Trombly, Brian O’Leary, Vandana Shiva, John Gatto, John Robbins, Deepak Chopra, David Icke, Catherine Austin Fitts, G. Edward Griffin, Bill Still, John Perkins, [...]

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Drew Dellinger – planetize the movement

Drew Dellinger

drew dellinger    planetize the movement Drew Dellinger (Ph.D. candidate) is an internationally sought-after speaker, poet, writer, and teacher who has inspired minds and hearts around the world, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, and compassion. He is also a consultant, publisher, and founder of Planetize the Movement. Dellinger has presented at over 1000 events across the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences–including Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions–as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship. He has [...]

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