Archive for February, 2011

Feb/18/11//IISC//Featured, Inspiration

Havel on Hope

Hope

HOPE

Either we have hope within us or we do not.

It is a dimension of the soul and is not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world.

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Feb/17/11//Curtis Ogden//Sustainability

The Economics of Happiness


-Brooke Jarvis, YES! Magazine Web Editor




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Feb/16/11//Curtis Ogden//Learning Edge

Worldview Literacy

There is some exciting work happening through the Institute of Noetic Sciences called the Worldview Literacy Project.  This initiative seeks to help students understand from a relatively young age what a worldview is, where worldviews come from, and the potential for switching and/or holding multiple views.  Given that fundamental change is rooted in our mindsets and preconceived notions about what is and can be, this project would seem to hold great promise.  Judge for yourself by listening to these remarkable young people and future (or perhaps current) change agents.

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Feb/15/11//Cynthia Silva Parker//Collaboration

Social Transformation – Inside and Out!

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Photo by: John Baez

As we continue to explore the inner side of collaboration and social change, I wanted to share a few highlights from a recent conversation with my colleague Roy Martin. I met Roy in my role as a faculty member of the Massachusetts Institute for Community Health Leaders program sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts. He spends his days (and nights!) intervening in the lives of young people who are caught up in the drug trade and gang-related violence. He knows them intimately, loves them deeply, and puts himself out there personally to guide them towards a positive future.

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Feb/14/11//IISC//Featured

Rubberband Connection

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Thomas Rice, founding Board Chair of IISC, draws the rubber band connecting vision and mission.

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