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This week:
Working on Purpose
Many of you know I have been working, with a little help from my friends, on blending the art and science of purpose for well over a year; standing up a Chamber of Purpose, co-chairing a Purpose conference, establishing Purpose awards for our community and finding my purpose while helping others find theirs.

This week enjoy some great links to advance your purpose agenda, both personally and professionally…

Purpose is the Ladder between Matter and Spirit:
https://medium.com/@brandonpeele/purpose-is-the-ladder-between-matter-and-spirit-75866bfb0035

BlackRock CEOs Annual Letter -from the Largest Hedge Fund on the Planet!
https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter

If we were to be a Purpose Sentinel City…
http://www.ensouled.life/sentinel-city-project.html

The Power of Purpose Driven Companies
https://bit.ly/2z5k6na

Purpose Metrics Matter
https://bit.ly/2EGLR3d

Threads of a New American Identity:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/threads-new-american-identity-brandon-peele/?published=t

Why Doing Good Is Good for Your Design Business https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-doing-good-your-design-business-justin-ahrens

And for our kids
5 Reasons NOT to Find Your Purpose in Your 20’s:
https://medium.com/@brandonpeele/five-reasons-not-to-find-your-purpose-in-your-20s-7d42d33eaa4

Stay purpose-filled and pay it forward!

Love,
Neville

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“There comes a time when the mind
takes a higher plane of knowledge
but can never prove how it got there”
— Albert Einstein

This week: Vuja De’!
The BEST Way to Improve the World Around Us

You ARE an original.
How do you master the creative process and separate self-doubt from idea-doubt?
How do you navigate bureaucracy and solve problems others can’t?
How do you take incredible hardship and transmute the pain and suffering? How do you manifest originality in your world of work?
Does your choice of browser tell us something about your creative prowess?
The only thing worse than fear of failure is failing to try…

The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers:
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies “originals”: thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals — including embracing failure. “The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they’re the ones who try the most,” Grant says. “You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones.”
https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers

Here are a couple of powerful examples…

Feeding Puerto Rico:
While bureaucracies fumble, original thinkers solve complex problems.
Jose’ Andre’s has some 30 popular restaurants across the US, but he barely stepped foot in them after Hurricane Maria.
He and an army of chefs and volunteers were serving the people in Puerto Rico and their story is mesmerizing…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feeding-puerto-rico-60-minutes/

The Art and Craft of StoryTelling:
Deah, Yusor and Razan- Suzanne Barakat explains how her brother, his wife and sister were murdered by their neighbor (Trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of racial violence)
https://themoth.org/stories/deah-yusor-and-razan

Being Original in Your Work:
At Mission Fed, we try to be original in our work right here in our community; blending financial performance with social purpose
Here is creative video of our annual report:
https://www.missionfed.com/report

Thanks to all you original thinkers that don’t let reality get in the way of possibility, and don’t accept the default option handed to you.
If you have a dream, bring it to reality, spread the love and pay it forward

No regrets…
The world needs YOU!
Love,
Neville

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“Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.” – Victor Frankl

This week:

How do we Celebrate Beauty in Diversity and Cultural Competency Not Just Physical Appearance?

Is There Still a Place for Miss America?

Miss America has always been a competition synonymous with physical beauty. But a recent announcement from the organization’s new chair Gretchen Carlson is shaking up this paradigm. On Tuesday, Carlson announced that Miss America would drop its swimsuit competition from the lineup and would no longer judge women on their physical appearance. The swimsuit portion of the competition has been around since the very first Miss America pageant back in 1921. And cutting it entirely is just one of a series of changes for an organization that’s had a scandal-plagued year. Nina Davuluri provides her take on all this. She is Miss America 2014 and the first Indian-American to win the competition. https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/new-day-miss-america

More On The Decision To End The Swimsuit Portion Of Competition:
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/05/617250142/miss-america-contest-to-end-swimsuit-portion-of-competition

Serena Williams Steps up As A Superhero To New Moms:
“It feels like this suit represents all the women that have been through a lot mentally, physically with their body to come back and have confidence and to believe in themselves,”…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2018/05/30/serena-williams-new-mom-fierce-candid/655546002/

If you are local…
As Mission Fed continues to both deepen existing bonds and build new ones where our members live work and play, we are excited to share the latest newsletter that reflects those efforts.
We hope you’ll take pride in reading about our community-driven campaigns, events and sponsorships that celebrate our community.

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/60480547/7171-mfcu-summer-newsletter-2018-single-page

 

Conscious Connections Roundtable

Higher Purpose and Corporate Social Responsibility

Join us at WD-40 to experience a roundtable conversation with local conscious business leaders about how to stay true to the higher purpose behind our Corporate Social Responsibility activities and keep our good intentions from being co-opted for commercial purposes. This will be a real-life display of the tenets of Conscious Capitalism in action, and show conscious leaders facing the resistance and opportunity of raising organizational consciousness.

Agenda: 5:30-6:00 PM
Networking 6:00PM-7:00 PM
Roundtable Conversation 7:00PM-7:30 PM Networking

When: June 26, 2018 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Directions and Parking:
WD40 – 9715 Businesspark Ave San Diego, CA 92131 Parking is free and is in the adjoining building.

Pricing: Member – $15 Non-Member – $30

New Member: Become a member today and  get this event FREE! – $100

Click here to RSVP so we know how many to prepare for.

 

Thanks this week go to amazing women in our lives everywhere!

Please pay it forward…
Love,
Neville

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“The champion wins first, then walks into the arena.
Everybody else walks into the arena and then tries to figure out what to do.”
— Jim Fannin

This week:

As we remember Robert F Kennedy, 50 years after his passing, here are some memorable moments and lessons that remind us that “leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence”…

The Busboy Who Cradled A Dying RFK Recalls Those Final Moments:
In an interview with StoryCorps, Romero, now 67, remembers meeting Kennedy the day before the assassination. He helped deliver Kennedy’s room service. It was the first of two brief encounters that left Romero struck by how present and considerate Bobby Kennedy appeared with guests.
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/01/615534723/the-busboy-who-cradled-a-dying-rfk-recalls-those-final-moments

Robert F. Kennedy “Ripple of Hope” Speech:
Robert F. Kennedy‘s Day of Affirmation Address (also known as the “Ripple of Hope” Speech) is a speech given to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966, on the University’s “Day of Reaffirmation of Academic and Human Freedom”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jnoYOUPUkg

Looking Back On The Life Of Robert F. Kennedy, 50 Years After His Assassination
“What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.”
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/05/617250032/looking-back-on-the-life-of-robert-f-kennedy-50-years-after-his-assassination

If you’re local…

A community conversation with Imam Taha Hassane,
Director of the Islamic Center of San Diego

Monday, June 18, 2018 | 6:00 PM

KPBS Copley Telecommunications Center

5200 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182

How can we foster more civility in public discourse? Join us for an in-person interview with Imam Taha Hassane and Mark Sauer, host of KPBS Roundtable. Then take part in a facilitated conversation about civility in politics led by the National Conflict Resolution Center.

Refreshments provided.

Space is limited – RSVP required at: www.kpbs.org/heroes

Sponsored by the Malin Burnham Center for Civic Engagement at The San Diego Foundation.

Here’s to conscious leaders everywhere!

Please pay it forward
Love,
Neville

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

This week:

• Make Every Day World Environment Day
• Best Parks in the US by State
• Class of 2018, Doing the Right Thing is Your Job
• 30 Minutes to Amplify Greatness

Make Every Day World Environment Day – This year it was June 5^th 2018 :

• A Platform for Action World Environment Day is the UN’s most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries.
• The People’s Day Above all, World Environment Day is the “people’s day” for doing something to take care of the Earth. That “something” can be focused locally, nationally or globally; it can be a solo action or involve a crowd. Everyone is free to choose.
• The Theme Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that focuses attention on a particularly pressing environmental concern. The theme for 2018 is beating plastic pollution.
• The Host Every World Environment Day has a different global host country, where the official celebrations take place. The focus on the host country helps highlight the environmental challenges it faces, and supports the effort to address them. This year’s host is India.

 

This Is the Best Park in Every U.S. State:
Environmental Literacy – Enjoy some of America’s most naturally beautiful, energizing and abundant environments…
http://time.com/money/5290198/best-park-in-every-us-state/

New Beginnings- Commencement: Class of 2018, doing the right thing is your job
Graduation speakers from President Trump to Chance the Rapper advise graduates how to commence…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/28/notable-commencement-addresses-class-2018-column/609418002/

If you are local…
Make Every Day National Philanthropy Day!
Deadline for nominations has been extended to June 15 if you know anyone that should be nominated…
Please help spread the word so we can amplify greatness here in our community!

30 Minutes to Amplify Greatness!

It only takes 30 minutes to honor a person or organization that has done so much for our community. Step up and be a part of National Philanthropy Day!  Nominate for an Outstanding:  Philanthropist  Development Professional  Philanthropic Corporation  Grantmaking Organization  Organizational Volunteer  Fundraising Volunteer  Youth/Student Volunteer

Be Part of San Diego’s Philanthropy (Sizzle Video)

 

Thanks this week go to all the grads and dads committed to creating a better environment by doing the right thing!

Please pay it forward
Love,
Neville

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“You don’t stop having fun when you get old. You get old when you stop having fun.”
~Rita Ghatourey

“The education of attention would be an education par excellence.” –William James

This week:

In an age of constant information and infinite distractions, how can we pay more attention to our … attention?
What do we pay attention to?
If one definition of altruism is “self-handicapping” then the first story exemplifies the best in humanity, but also tempers it through the societal lens/bias towards migrants all over the world.
The second story revisits “handicaps” and invites us to rethink our limits and possibilities
The set of Ted talks might take a bit more time, but they will “buy” you a lot more quality time right back in your time starved life
The purpose of Memorial Day reminds us to notice and support members of our Armed Services, whatever your political persuasion

Now more than ever, it’s time to set up daily practices to help us get some soul space back!
Focus. Notice. Re-engage.

Paris ‘Spider-Man’ Saves Young Boy. Cue Debate on Migrants:

Do we have intrinsic value as humans or is our value based on contribution to society and should this be a determinant in migrant policy and inclusion decisions?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/world/europe/paris-migrant-hero-spiderman.html

Here is the vid if you haven’t seen it yet…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2fGxefFBh4

 

I Want to be the First Wheelchair User in Space:
In his own words, Eddie is “unapologetically brilliant, black, queer and disabled”.
He recently graduated from Oxford, the first African with a disability to do so…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p066pss2

More inspirational outlooks where that came from:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ydg2t

 

Attention Please
In an age of constant information and infinite distractions, how can we pay more attention to our … attention?
TED speakers explore the battle for our awareness during the digital age.

• How our attention is packaged and sold as a commodity
• Has constant stimulation replaced boredom?
• Can we pay better attention to our attention?
• What is the cost of infinite distractions?
• How can we repair the mistakes of the digital era?

https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/

 

The Purpose of Memorial Day with Brandon P:

Memorial Day Weekend May 25-28, 2018
Letter from the Editor: The Purpose of Memorial Day

The purpose of Memorial Day Weekend is to honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces.  Regardless of your politics or knowledge of the veracity of America’s foreign policy, the legitimacy of our leadership, the impact of our military or how the American government treats its veterans, those who served in the Armed Forces, served a purpose AND STILL DO!  They developed themselves as warriors and public servants, many laid down their lives, and all suffered immense physical and psychological hardship to protect America and our ideals abroad.

This weekend I invite you to transcend any judgments you have, reach out to the active duty military and the veterans in your family and community and thank them.  Buy them a beer, comp their meals, share with them what their service means to you and make an offering from the heart, from your purpose, e.g., I donate my time to help them transition out of the military through free purpose workshops for the Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and offer scholarships for active duty and veterans to do my purpose courses.

Enjoy these Memorial Day Weekend reads: “Threads of a New American Identity”, “Are You Impact-Driven or Purpose-Driven” and “Purpose Rips Through Academia” and join us for LIVE and online events to deepen your connection to your purpose.

In service,
Brandon Peele
Editor in Chief, The Purpose Times

 

LEAD STORY: Purpose Rips Through Academia

I had an amazing experience on Tuesday leading 25 Undergraduate and Graduate Stanford students through my work and a powerful purpose exercise. This place is a hot bed of purpose, with Dustin DiPerna, Aneel Chima, Mikey Siegel’s courses on finding purpose and designing for human flourishing, Bill Damon’s Youth Purpose Project, Patrick Cook-Deegan’s Project Wayfinder, Jennifer Aacker’s Purposeful Business Work at the Graduate School of Business.

I also met a staffer running purpose courses for Stanford employees, and a MS Ed student developing purpose/ tribe/ initiation/ mindfulness curriculum for junior high school students.

While Stanford isn’t the only place where the research is happening (http://scienceofpurpose.org), and where this work is taking flight, e.g., Laurie Santos’ work at Yale, Tal Ben-Shahar’s work at Harvard, Martin Seligman’s work at UPenn, Bill Johnson ‘s work at UNC – Greensboro, Ben Nelson’s work at Minerva University, my courses at Cal Berkeley, Aftab Omer’s work at Meridian University and Jonathan Gustin and Susan Mashkes’s work at JFK University, Stanford seems to be ground zero for purpose in academia. This is not surprising given their long standing orientation towards purpose and wholeness of their students (students double major in a science and a liberal art discipline).

Such an amazing experience! So excited for all that is to come!

Thanks this week go to self-handicapping souls that are paying attention everywhere!
Please pay it forward purposefully!
Love,
Neville

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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”.
– Mahatma Gandhi

This week:

 Living the Last 24 Hours of My Life:
In the past 20 hours I have suddenly lost two friends and colleagues on opposite ends of this continent, reminding me that life is precious, finite and fleeting…
How would you spend your last 24 hours?
The second vignette will touch our heart…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUkNmLIMzzo

How to Hire with Company Culture in Mind:
If you are on either end of the interviewing table, these are thoughtful high calorie questions that will garner a deeper insight into what makes you or a prospective new member of your tribe both tick and triumph!
https://www.fastcompany.com/40567005/this-former-netflix-hr-execs-culture-focused-interview-questions

7 Habits of Incredibly Happy People:
It’s the little things that can have an outsized impact…
·         Be busy but not rushed
·         Have 5 close relationships
·         Don’t tie your happiness to external events
·         Exercise
·         Embrace discomfort for mastery
·         Spend more money on experiences v. material goods
·         Don’t ignore your itches
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/374fGJ/:rRG7Ah$2:qPzEfvGP/99u.adobe.com/articles/22557/7-habits-of-incredibly-happy-people

Thanks this week go to Stan S for the first link, and to all members of our global tribe that strive for purpose, positive community/culture and fostering happiness!
Love,
Neville

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It is never too late to be what you might have been.
— George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist

This week:
Are You a Person who Cares about Freedom and the Truth?

Today journalists and their profession more often than not get a bad rap.
Last week by sheer serendipity I happened to be channel surfing and caught this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner on C-SPAN.
Little did I know it would be so controversial but wit and vim can cut both ways- we just don’t like it when the knife is turned in our direction.

If you are sensitive or incensed by foul language or barbed humor you might want to skip Michelle Wolf’s scathing remarks. (in the 3^rd link below)

But if you value freedom of speech and want to see a courageous display of speaking truth to power and as Colin Powell’s leadership primer states, “leadership sometimes means pissing people off”, then here is a remarkable example of the courage to speak your mind.

Regardless of whether I put wings under your sails or pricked your balloon with this topic, I would invite you to watch the introduction by the President of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Margaret Talev which regrettably got overshadowed by the Michelle Wolf powerful and incendiary remarks.

Margaret reminds us about the role of journalism in a democratic society and when she speaks of her own families travails at the end of her remarks -at the 13 minute mark in the 15 minute opening in the second link-you see the purpose in both her and other’s work to live up to and preserve the legacy of the 1^st amendment.
This alone is worth it!

 

How do you stand the heat and fallout once you’ve stepped onto the ledge?
Terry Gross Interviews Comic Michelle Wolf on the Correspondents’ Dinner:
“I wouldn’t change a single word. I’m very happy with what I said, and I’m glad I stuck to my guns.”
http://freshairnpr.npr.libsynfusion.com/comic-michelle-wolf-on-the-correspondents-dinner

 

WHCA President Margaret Talev addresses the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

Margaret reminds us about the role of journalism in a democratic society to and preserve the legacy of the 1^st amendment.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4727103/whca-president-margaret-talev

 

If you are game, put on your seatbelt and brace yourself for
Michelle Wolf COMPLETE REMARKS at 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner (C-SPAN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDbx1uArVOM

 

Plus… 4 Brain Tattoos by Robin Sharma:

Brain Tattoo #1: No idea works unless you do the work.

–A lot of winning starts with beginning. Ideas are awesome but you absolutely must start the process of acting on the ideas you learn to get the results. Otherwise, it’s all just a fantasy.

Brain Tattoo #2: All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

–Often, we start to install a new habit and then quickly retreat at the first sign of discomfort. But please remember that our growth–and mastery–is built around our discomfort, not our ease. –Change is hard at the beginning as you tear away old patterns and ways of being. And then it gets messy as you’ve let go of all you were yesterday for the sake of someone even better tomorrow. But—after 66 days [remember The 66 Day Rule of Habit Installation based on the recent research at University College London], you’ve reached automaticity. And the habit becomes automatic.

Brain Tattoo #3: The finest way to get respect is to give respect.

–It speaks to a beautiful truth: treat people incredibly well and you’ll give them a reason to treat you incredibly well.

Brain Tattoo #4: To have what few have, do what few do.

–To rise to world-class, each of us on this path we’re on must leave the cult of mediocrity and enter The Club Of Mastery. And think, behave and live as very few are willing to do. Yes—the world will then call us eccentric and different. But all progress depends on those of us with the guts to pursue our own paths.

Speak YOUR Truth, Pay it Forward & Love your MOM!
Love,
Neville

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It is never too late to be what you might have been.
— George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist

Happy Soul Food Friday! May the Fource Be With You…

This week:

If an integral part of fulfilling the American Dream is Upward Mobility then wouldn’t you like to know how we are doing and what we can do to increase it?
Structural racism is part of many country’s history and the US is no exception.
Know thy history and then seek ways to create a more equitable and just world for all!

 

Did you know…

In America in 1940 your likelihood of having a better quality of life than your parents- measured in upward mobility- was 90%
In 1980 just 40 years later this dropped to 50% -basically a coin toss
Most recent data from 2016 indicates it is down to 7.5%!
Statistically, this means less than 10% of Americans living today, will have a better quality of life than their parents.

Is this the future you want to leave for your kids and theirs?
What will it take to reverse this trend for future generations?

This week we get a glimpse into the caste system from South Asia, and ways to realign our livelihood, values as well as the promise and possibility of education to advance upward mobility in the US.

1. Recognize structural racism and historical realities that we carry forward by default or design…

When Caste Discrimination Comes to the United States- Equality Labs Commissions Caste Survey for South Asians in the US:
At over three thousand years old, caste hierarchy is one of the oldest forms of social stratification in the world: the community you’re born into in places like India, Pakistan and Nepal has designated where you can work, who you can marry, and what your reputation is in life. “Caste in the United States,” finds that caste discrimination is playing out in the United States as well…
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/04/25/605030018/when-caste-discrimination-comes-to-the-united-states

2. Cultivate 21^st century leadership skills

How to be a Conscious Leader- Cultivate Wisdom, Love & Courage:
A conscious leader organizes and influences people to achieve meaningful results, but with a particular spirit and mode of conduct.
You’ve got to love it when the Wisdom Traditions and Neuroscience intersect!
This article is especially poignant as both the author Eric and the featured conscious leader Matt are dear friends of mine…
https://consciouscompanymedia.com/personal-development/leadership/how-to-be-a-conscious-leader-cultivate-wisdom-love-and-courage/

3. Reinvest in the power and promise of education

Why Bill and Melinda Gates Invested $1B to Put 20,000 Students Through College:
America, built on the dream of upward mobility, has become a country of deepening divide between rich and poor. The surest way to narrow the wealth gap is to earn a college degree. Now major universities like Princeton are working to lower the price of admission through a new kind of affirmative action, not based on race, but on low-income status.
It began with two of America’s wealthiest parents, Bill and Melinda Gates. They spent more than a billion dollars putting low-income minority students through college
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-tuition-why-bill-and-melinda-gates-put-20000-students-through-college/

4. Reimagine the nature of work, and work with nature not against it

Responding to Changing Circumstances and Aligning One’s Passion and Purpose with a Sustainable Alternative:
Turning to the Sea as a New Frontier When Over-Fishing is No Longer an Option…
Increasing numbers of fishermen, scientists, and foodies in this country are starting to look at seaweed very differently — as a promising source of food, jobs and help cleaning ocean waters.
With rising global populations and limited space to expand agriculture on land, they are turning to the sea — and its “weeds” — as a new frontier…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seaweed-farming-and-its-surprising-benefits/

5. Stay in the positive and be the change you want to see

“See the Change You Want to Be in the World
Be the Change You Want to See in the World”

 

If you are local:

30 Minutes to Amplify Greatness!

It only takes 30 minutes to honor a person or organization that has done so much for our community. Step up and be a part of National Philanthropy Day!  Nominate for the following categories:

Outstanding Philanthropist Outstanding Development Professional Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation Outstanding Grantmaking Organization Outstanding Organizational Volunteer Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer Outstanding Youth/Student Volunteer

Be a Part of Philanthropy in San Diego
(Enjoy this short Sizzle Video)

 

Thanks this week go to Eric K, AFP, and warriors for social justice everywhere that extend themselves in love and kindness and choose to serve as change-makers for a better society!

Please pay it forward with purpose
Love,
Neville

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“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” ~ Buddha

This week:

7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day:

Our understanding of Earth — and how we’re changing it — just keeps expanding…

• The plastic problem is even worse than we thought
• We lost the last male northern white rhino
• A few species have bounced back. And we discovered some brand new ones
• Greenland’s ice is melting faster than we realized
• Seagrass is re-growing in the Chesapeake Bay. And humans can take credit
• We’re woefully unprepared for disasters. And we aren’t learning enough from them
• We’re getting closer to finding another Earth out there

We’re stuck with this planet, so let’s take care of it while we have the good fortune to be here.

https://www.vox.com/2018/4/21/17247994/earth-day-2018-plastic-climate-change

You Say Goodbye & I Say Hello..
(Wish) You Are Here: Scientists Unveil Precise Map Of More Than A Billion Stars
Wednesday this week was the day astronomers said goodbye to the old Milky Way they had known and loved and hello to a new view of our home galaxy.
This scientific breakthrough will give you perspective on how tiny and insignificant we are in the cosmic scheme of things…
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/25/605622779/you-are-here-scientists-unveil-precise-map-of-more-than-a-billion-stars

The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It!
Making Ideas Into Reality at MIT’s Future Factory:
Back in the 1980’s a laboratory of misfits foresaw our future. Touch screens, automated driving instructions, wearable technology and electronic ink were all developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a place they call the Media Lab. It’s a research lab and graduate school program that long ago outgrew its name. Today it’s creating technologies to grow food in the desert, control our dreams and connect the human brain to the internet. Come have a look at what we found in a place you could call– the Future Factory.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mit-media-lab-making-ideas-into-reality-future-factory/

Where un-seeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions
The Callout from Invisibilia:

A lot of communities today are taking a hard stand against sexual harassment and assault. Using social media shaming, ostracism, professional excommunication, whatever punishment is painful enough to shift the moral code by brute force. Through one incident in the Richmond Virginia hardcore music scene, we chronicle a social media callout and ask what pain can accomplish. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains obscenities and descriptions of sex and violence.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia

 

Protect Mother Earth, Keep Expanding Your Universal View & Invent a Better Future While Being Mindful of Invisibilia

Thanks this week go to all stewards of our blue planet and creators of better!

Please pay it forward with purpose…
Love,
Neville

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