All News Tagged 'compassion' (61)

The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy and Compassion Launches the  'Empathy Cafe Magazine'

see the front page at:

http://cultureofempathy.com/References/NewsPaper/…

I've heard some people suggest that the Green movement should emphasize the relevance of environmental initiatives to people, so that it's not about doing something for the Earth but for people.  One should stress the impact on health, for example, in order to get people engaged.  In our consciousness, the Earth is still something separate from us, and so we still need lessons in how we are literally bound up in its welfare; it is not an automatic response.  (Or perhaps the response is being…

More than 10,000 Appleton art students are sharing their individual ideas of what compassion means through the Appleton Compassion Project, a wide-ranging initiative that aims to spur discussion in the community about compassion, encourage students to embrace compassion in their daily lives and possibly become a springboard for a first-of-its-kind classroom curriculum on teaching about compassion.…

April 5th is Golden Rule Day!

In addition to remembering to practice the golden rule ourselves, here are a few simple things we can do today: 

1. Check out the video and resources for Golden Rule Day on the Charter for Compassion Facebook page.
2. Watch a TED…

Risky? Natural? Is it in my interest? A matter of choice? Is it crazy?

Do you wish you had time to discuss the values of empathy, respect, non-violence and compassion with the students at high school?

Take part in isitcrazy.com, a real life blog for 13 to 19 year olds.

If you're a teacher, with just two hours, including preparation, you are invited to take part in the isitcrazy teen blog between now and 13th…

3/22/11

 Lakeport, CA :

Lake County, CA Board of Supervisors issued a proclamation endorsing the Charter for Compassion. More here: http://ning.it/h3y91U

Link to…

The Compassionate Action Network would like to thank 19-year-old Gabriel Trainer for editing the Stories of Compassion video at http://www.vimeo.com/18377568. Here's a description of the video: "In 2008, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama attended a five-day event in Seattle called Seeds of Compassion. Two years later, the community recorded personal stories of compassion…

A new group has just formed in the city of Robin Hood... Nottingham.

Their vision - articulated on through a campaign on The Point, amongst other places - is to build a place where people support each another. A place where people aspire to treat others the way they wish to be treated. A place where people recognise the interconnected nature of our world.



They hope that this will provide the basis for cohesive communities, sustainable policies and effective…

Global Citizen Journey is a tiny, grassroots, all volunteer-run operation that has generated giant miracles and touched the lives of hundreds of people. Our challenge right now is to take advantage of a $10,000 matching grant from the Foundation for Global Community. This grant will enable us to launch our Liberia Peacebuilder Initiative. We have only a few weeks to come up with $8,000. Please consider making a…

Here is a report from Susan Partnow, who was recently invited to create a compassionate and safe space for the Jewish community in Olympia to hold a dialogue. In mid-July, the board of the Olympia Food Co-op, located in the capital of Washington State, decided that the co-op would join an international boycott of Israeli products. This decision provoked…

In finally announcing its support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, New Zealand has acknowledged that indigenous people must have full freedom to use their lands and resources as they wish.

The Declaration calls for states to acknowledge indigenous peoples’ right to

self-determination and demands that private…

Why is it always men who think of these "solutions" but can't see the disastrous consequences?

Do they have such a deep hate of the sacred feminine that they can seriously consider these measures as 'problem solving'? …

In November of 2009, 90 retired U.S. military leaders, including former NATO Supreme Commander General Wesley Clark, 2 former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 6 other 4-star generals and admirals, announced their plans to cultivate another demographic to fight future imperial wars — pre-schoolers. According to Rear Admiral Barnett, “Our national security in the year 2030 is absolutely dependent on what’s going…