transform. october 2011

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where's your wall street | transform. | october 2011

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welcome

what's new Happiness Ninjas Have a

"In the process of helping the earth to heal, we help ourselves." ~ Wangari Maathai [April 1, 1940 - September 25, 2011]

House Leah Pearlman and John Grader

In India, banyan trees are called trees of knowledge and trees of life, a fitting symbol for our October theme, sustainability, which by definition is "the capacity to endure." In a world out of balance we have to rediscover equilibrium in areas that seem bereft of money, spirit, wisdom, social consciousness, etc. It may begin with trees, or forgiveness; with the capacity to see ourselves in others, or finding patience; with taking a stand or taking care of the earth beneath our feet. For Wangari Maathai trees represented that endurance. To date her organization, the Green Belt Movement, has helped to plant 47 million trees in Kenya, reviving the environment as well as helping folks living in poverty. In October, celebrate both Latino and LGBT history months.

found a way to physically set up a space based on the gift [image: courtesy The Happiness Institute]

economy--a place that people could come to realize their own

individual gifts, their own individual happiness. Less than 3 months old, this is a brand new organization that.... Read more... The Happiness Institute

in SIGHT Howard Rheingold | Who Said Collaboration Wasn't Sustainable?

"Charging Bull" Wall Street, New York City.

No video? Click: http://www.ted.com/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html

As humans--being extremely complex, very intelligent, and oftentimes, narcissistic creatures--we often forget

where's YOUR wall street?:

that we are animals. Looking back at a time in which

taming the raging bull

against each other, we are now beginning to realize...

INcite with angel Kyodo williams

survival of the fittest meant that humans competed

In this month's in Sight, Howard Rheingold elaborates on the biological forces of collaboration, and how the

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