In October of 1982 one hundred and eleven member states of the United Nations signed the UN World Charter for Nature. A few nations did not vote and some abstained, but only one country voted against this document: the United States. Currently, the full document for this charter is unavailable on the United Nations website. […]
I made this for sharing. <3
This cartoon says almost everything I said in a lengthy article. Brilliant! I just wish I knew who the artist is. Clearly an Australian.
by Thomas Hobson “We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning […]
How do you value art “objectively”? Part of the point is that it’s deeply personal. What needs to happen is for works to be appreciated authentically. You pay the money because you feel a genuine connection with the work: not because it costs a lot of money, not because it’s famous, not because lots of […]
And it’s failing us. by Matt Haney Whether in our schools or the justice system, our instinct has often been to punish first, ask questions later. It is time that we as individuals, as a community, and as country stop giving punishment a free pass. When I started as a School Board Member in San […]
Peace and kindness, Katherine
by Joe Brewer I’ve been talking with a lot of my friends recently—in private where they felt comfortable letting their guard down—about the dirty little secret no one is supposed to talk about. The shame people feel when they can’t find a job… …or pay their bills. …or go to the dentist. …or that they […]
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