Posts tagged be the change

Geoff Lawton, Permaculture Greening the Desert 

~ Taking a strip of desert located in between Israel and Palestine Geoff Lawton has done some amazing work the harkins right out of Frank Herbert’s Dune by turning it into a lush water retaining garden. The video here is horribly produced by graphics standards but the content is too cool.

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TED Talk: Amy Cuddy, Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

~ Pay attention to how you are holding yourself. Make a few adjustments, it will be worth it. I had to fix my posture while I watched this a few times and even before typing this. Always worth it.

New Zealand Legislators Serenade Gay Marriage Amendment into Law

~ This is so effing beautiful. Last week New Zealand became the thirteenth country to legalize gay marriage after their Parliament voted 77 to 44 to amend their 1955 marriage laws. Upon the formal announcement, many people in the crowd as well as some of the lawmakers spontaneously burst into song, singing the traditional Māori love song Pokarekare Ana. Don’t you just love those Kiwis?

Training Montage Super Cut

~ Get psyched, it’s Monday.

To This Day - by Shane Koyczan

~ A moving piece of animated storytelling turned spoken word that is well worth the 7 plus minutes to watch. Perhaps you had your own childhood hardships. Perhaps you can relate. Beautiful.

The Power of Quiet by RSA Animate

~ Extroverts get a lot of credit for driving society, yet it is the introverts who put in most of the hard hours that really get things done. With there powers combined innovation happens.  

The Guy with a Train in His Basement

~ It’s good to have a dream and to work toward it to perfection. Perhaps you have heard of Jason Shron, lover of VIA Trains in Canada. Shron’s love has run so deep that he has replicated a train car in is basement. In short his wife must clearly be amazing, patient and have a good sense of humor. Maybe your passion isn’t train cars, but imagine all you could achieve with such an amazing wife/husband?

Mad Love - by Meghan Currie

~ A whole other level of yoga here. This woman is simply awesome in her display of strength and grace. Her dynamic workout is inspiring. If nothing else it helps me improve my posture. 

What If Money Was No Object? - by Alan Watts

~ What would you do differently? What would you create? Alan Watts is poignant as ever in this beautiful montage. Perhaps it may inspire you to make that big life change, or maybe you have already made the leap and are making your dreams happen.