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Seeds of compassion and understanding grow from empathy - Lifestyle, Frontpage - Independent.ie
In an era that is so driven by emotion we rarely hear of empathy while words such as love, anger, hatred, self-fulfillment are part of our daily discourse. Yet without empathy we would be unable to relate to others or sow the seeds of compassion, gentleness or understanding that is so vital to harmonious co-existence.
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HEALTH, WORLD PEACE AND THE VEGETARIAN DIET « NEXUS
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People all around the world are turning to a vegetarian diet. The reasons range from health and economics to ethics and religion. In North America alone there are over ten million people who now consider themselves vegetarian.
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Gandhi urged us to “live simply so others might simply live.” Over two thousand years ago, another wise man,Socrates, said much the same thing: “And with such a vegetarian diet they may be expected to live in peace and health to a good old age, and bequeath a similar life to their children after them.”
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Wade Davis on endangered cultures | Video on TED.com
With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.
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Believe-Nothing---Buddha-Magnet
Too often we forget to use our common sense. If we would just listen to the voice inside us, unfiltered, we might all be better off.
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Welcome - Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education [Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, Dalai Lama, Vancouver, Dialogues, moral education, Nobel lecture, Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Jimmy Carter, Mairead Maguire, Vaclav Havel, Tendzin Choegyal, do
The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is committed to the Dalai Lama’s vision "to develop the heart, be compassionate, work for peace in your heart and in the world."
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An Introduction to Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh is Vietnamese. By his engagement, he is a world citizen. In Saigon in the early 1960s, he founded the School of Youth for Social Service, a grass-roots relief organization that rebuilt bombed villages and set up schools and medical centers, resettled homeless families and organized agricultural co-ops. Rallying over ten thousand student volunteers, the school based its work on Buddhist principles of non-violence and compassionate action.
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Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly
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How to make your home more eco-friendly
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There are other ways of helping the environment without incurring huge costs, and this week aboutproperty has found a few small solutions to make every home a little greener.
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World's Most Eco-Friendly Phone
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Samsung F268 named most eco-friendly mobile by Greenpeace International
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Samsung Electronics today announced that its F268 handset has been named as the "Greenest Mobile Phone" by leading environmental campaigning organisation, Greenpeace International.
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Green Power Lines
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Lifeline for Renewable Power
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Tapping energy from remote wind and solar farms will require more high-voltage transmission lines like these, near Yermo, CA, which link southern Nevada with Los Angeles.
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Is Your Microwave Eco-Friendly
A counter-intuitive article on how using a microwave could be better for the environment.
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Why You Should Use Your Microwave
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As long as you aren't microwaving food in plastic containers, using your microwave can be an eco-friendly choice. Mainly because it is more efficient than your oven or stovetop in most cases.
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What Do You Do If Your Spouse Loses A Job
Unfortunately more and more people will be dealing with this situation. This article is worth reading.
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Frugal Finances: What To Do When A Spouse Loses Their Job
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Do you know someone that has lost their job? Like me, you probably do. There have been a lot of layoffs happening due to the recession.
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Arctic Circle - A Global Warming Comic Strip - Environmental Humor - thedailygreen.com
It's always good to finish with a little humor.
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Arctic Circle - A Daily Global Warming Comic
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Students Build First Ever Eco-friendly Mouse-trap Model Car
The Mouse trap model car competition saw students compete to design and build a model car using only recycled materials and a toy mouse trap. The Eco-model tournament featured 126 student teams aged 10 – 15, from a number of schools, to demonstrate how easily recycled products can be incorporated into daily lives. To win, the model car had to be designed well and also successfully tow a smaller toy car along a 10m track. The winning car was made by Chang Pui Chung Memorial School fought off stiff competition to claim the top spot.
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Biden task force pushes ‘green jobs’ | csmonitor.com
Talking about the millions of jobs that will be created by accelerating our transition to a clean energy economy offers more than a good defense against industry attacks: it’s a frame that moves the environmental movement away from apocalyptic global warming scenarios that tend to create feelings of helplessness and isolation among would-be supporters.
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