Posts in PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
How Ireland’s Nollaig na mBan evolved from a day off housework to a celebration of women’s achievements
FEMININE, YES WE CAN, PRACTICE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUAL, LOCALISMpat kaneireland, christmas, celebration, women, fe ], feminism
Are life coaches and fitness classes, aiming to get those on long-term sick leave back to work, coercive or liberating?
Thinking like Gaia is more than the sum of the cards, says planetary coach Tom Mansfield
PRACTICE, PLANETARIAN, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LEARNING, INGENUITY, FUTURES, ARTISTSpat kanegames, cards, gaia, play
Alternative Editorial: School ban on phones may stop a bigger evolution
Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and Ayn Rand all felt ‘different’ in the world – and changed the way we think
“The more multi-faceted your job, the less risk of it being automated out of existence”. Lessons from working with ChatGPT
"Hunger doesn't wear club colours." These food pantries organised by football supporters are a lifeline - and a rising political front
Teachers see eco-emergency, AI/tech, and polarisation as their kids’ future. 85% are not confident education is preparing them for it
Want to be a “paradigm-shifting cultural explorer, peacekeeper, and mental health champion”? Then try some “listening as rebellion”
Why young workers are leaving fossil fuel jobs – and what to do if you feel like ‘climate quitting’
Can you see like a superorganism? In polarised, antagonistic times, Richard Bartlett shows us how to perceive our “macro-beings”
YouthXYouth’s Ila Malhotra Gregory on the need for a global (r)evolution, led by youth, for education
"Toxic masculinity" is moving to "amalgamated masculinity" - open about emotions, admitting to vulnerability, egalitarian on housework. But still...
Chris Smaje thinks local food production will save us: George Monbiot responds that too much risks global starvation. An advanced localism is at stake
COMMUNITY, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICS, 4TH SECTOR, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PLANETARIAN, REGEN ECONOMIES, YES WE CANpat kanefood politics, food, george monbiot
Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel peace prize
“In any given situation, how might you increase the amount of freedom that’s available to you?” Sophie Scott-Brown’s version of anarchism
What would a “social healing architecture” look like? What structures would we need to treat collective trauma, asks Thomas Hübl
Be open to surprise, make space for difference, do self-care: 3 things to make you and your community project thrive
Intensifying the everyday—by making a scent garden for migrants in Gateshead, and by weirding a toy shop in Ayr High Street
“You are stuck in a daydream…the machine was not made for you”. A starkly beautiful journey, by means of dance and film, through our illusions about reality