“The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway.”
Tag culture
5 min read
Growing a Revolution: How Community Gardens are Changing Your Neighborhood!
To leave a legacy that helps the world, you need only go as far as your local empty lot! By bringing gardens back to the empty spaces in NYC's neighborhoods, Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy started a movement that brought life to formerly desolate spaces, and their work is still flourishing all around the city's residents today.
5 min read
The Green Book: Why a 1950’s Travel Guide is Important Today!
In a time before the internet and GPS, Victor Green connected people all across the United States! He created a revolutionary travel guide that made the tradition of family road trips explode across the country! Here's how the Green Book changed history—and why you've probably never heard of it.
33 min read
Generations of Love Sewn into the Quilts of Gee’s Bend
In a tiny community tucked in a bend in the Alabama River, quilters are carrying on a tradition over a century old. In the past few decades, their quilts have moved from bedroom cupboards to the walls of museums across America! Here's their beautiful story.
5 min read
The Joy of Sharing Ageless Wisdom with the Next Generation
Whether you're just starting out on your journey or you've become a master of your craft, you can be a part of a cycle that goes back millennia. What is this ancient cycle and how can it apply to our lives today? Let's head to the hills of Colorado and find out!
1 h 3 min watch
Solutions for an Underserved Workforce: Nursing Parents Rejoice! with Sascha Mayer (Episode #201)
Sascha Mayer is the founder of a company called Mamava, the Vermont business behind an entirely new product that stands out, not only for its brilliance, but also for its retroactively obvious necessity: Private pods for breastfeeding mothers.
56 min watch
How One Woman Saved 40,000 Acres of Land Around Chicago with Kaaren Oldfield (Episode #198)
Kaaren Oldfield is a true unsung hero in Urban conservation. She’s helped preserve over 40,000 acres of green space around Chicago by spearheading 14 voter-approved referendums, raising more than $1 billion for forest preservation—creating a healthier, happier place to live in more ways than you’d expect.
5 min read
How to Make Meditation Work for You
Does meditation feel like an impossible chore? Here's how to reframe your way of thinking about your practice, and make meditation work for you.
5 min read
Why is the News so Negative?
You hear the complaint all the time, "Why is the news so negative?". The answer may have more to do with us than the actual state of the world.
11 min read
What Are Conductors Even Doing?
Most of us have pretended to be an orchestra conductor at some point in our lives. The interesting thing is, we actually understand, on some level, what we're doing, even if we know nothing about music! This is a fascinating and fun window into a world we never knew we shared.
5 min read
What’s Wrong with Being Angry?
Anger seems to be running rampant in society, but what's wrong with being angry? Here's a different way of looking at anger that may help us heal.
55 min watch
Transform Your Life with Timeless Wisdom—Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Th.D (Summer Series #4.8)
Transform Your Life with Timeless Wisdom—Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Th.D (Summer Series #4.8) Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde is a visionary Pastoral Counselor, author, and Community Dharma Leader with a Doctorate in Theology and a passion for community care. Dr. Yetunde provides…
17 min read
Meet the Hindu Bagpipers Bringing Cultures Together
It's easy to look back and see that some of the best innovators in history brought together two things that no one had ever thought to combine. For the best kind of ingenious fun with that concept, take a look at The Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band: a worldwide organization of Hindu bagpipers who blend Indian and Scottish music in a brilliant cultural mashup!
Follow Us
Positive news for curious people.
There is a wave of goodness and progress well underway, all around the world.
