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Beyond Drugs: Health as a Path to Happiness

Greater Good Yobo Member
January 27th, 2012

Andrew Weil is best known as a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine—a healing-oriented approach to health care that integrates the body, mind, and spirit.

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Advice to Aspiring Social Entrepreneurs

Echoing Green Yobo Member
January 26th, 2012

How do I know if a business is the right way to make the difference to the area I want to explore? I’d say let it grow organically.

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Three creative ways people are bringing hope and healing to Sendai

Ode Magazine Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

Even though the initial intensity of the March 11 disaster has subsided, many people still feel a deep tugging to help Japanese disaster victims. Since that subtle pull is strong and persistent, people are finding very creative ways to bring hope and healing to this part of the world.

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Connecting Across Religious Divides: Program Update from Sri Lanka

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

I recently returned from two weeks in the Sri Lankan city of Trincomalee, where we had earlier launched our year-long reconciliation program with a series of workshops within Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and Hindu religious communities.

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Info Session on NEW Science and Sustainability Expo in Greenfield

Greening Greenfield Yobo Member
January 23rd, 2012

Editor’s Note: From time to time we feature a particular event like this one in Greenfield, MA, USA Jan. 26, 4:00 – 5:30pm for 4th to 12th Grade Educators GREENFIELD, MA – This spring there will be a NEW Western MA Science and Sustainability Expo in Greenfield offering opportunities for 4th- 12th grade youth and [...]

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The 12 Most Hopeful Trends to Build On in 2012

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
January 27th, 2012

2011 was full of surprises, many of them the good kind. But which ones will matter in the coming year? Here’s our pick of trends to watch.

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Permaculture pioneers — Stories from the new frontier

Our World 2.0
January 26th, 2012

In these days of increased concern over food security, resource scarcity and deteriorating ecosystems, the system of design known as permaculture is an important part of finding sustainable solutions.

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May Boeve: Friendship to Carry Us Through Crisis

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
January 25th, 2012

15 extraordinary people transforming the way we live: The worldwide climate-change movement started with the dreams of a few college friends.

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Grassroots Peace Photojournalism Helps Young People Find their Voices

Yobo Yobo Staff
January 24th, 2012

We have all been told that a picture is worth a thousand words, but graduates of Peace In Focus’ Grassroots Peace Photojournalism program know that some pictures are worth much more than that.

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The Challenge of Meditating with Wolves

Earthfire Institute Yobo Member
January 20th, 2012

Sometimes when people call us in the morning they comment we seem rushed. This is our current early morning schedule, which starts about 7 am – we are at the moment a two-wolf two-dog cabin.

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