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Photos, Food and Fabric: Use Your Unique Passions and Skills to Create a...

One of the great things about living a MOGO life is that it encourages you to create positive change in the world according to your strengths and passions. It doesn’t require you to mold yourself into...

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Desire and Will

I was reading an excellent essay by Eknath Easwaran in the Blue Mountain Journal, titled “Will and Desire.” He begins: “Desire is the key to life, because desire is power. The deeper the desire, the...

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Be the Campfire, Not the Forest Fire

There’s a metaphor I like to use when talking to fellow activists. I ask them to imagine two fires. The first is a campfire in an opening in the woods. The fire is warm and bright and draws people...

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Colin Beavan: “Becoming Your Real Self to Help the World’

We’re fans of No Impact Man Colin Beavan, and recently he shared a terrific post on his blog about “becoming your real self to help the world,” highlighting an exchange he had with a high school...

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Save the Shoes: An Inspiring Call to Ordinary Heroism

In this 4-minute TED talk, volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos, offers a funny, inspiring, and simple call to action: don’t wait to make a difference: After watching this video, before sharing it on...

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When Desire and Will Compete

Note: This is a repost from 10/19/2009. Enjoy! I was reading an excellent essay by Eknath Easwaran in the Blue Mountain Journal, titled “Will and Desire.” He begins: “Desire is the key to life,...

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Be the Campfire, Not the Forest Fire

We’re swamped with some exciting projects (stay tuned), so please enjoy this repost from 11/17/10. There’s a metaphor I like to use when talking to fellow activists. I ask them to imagine two fires....

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Are You a “Multipotentialite” Changemaker? (video)

Image screenshot via Emilie Wapnick’s TedxBend talk. by Marsha Rakestraw In her forthcoming book, The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries, IHE president Zoe Weil...

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