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Doors Opening For Female Electricians

… (and other traditionally male professional trades) … According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 2% of electricians are female. And, according to FamilyHandyman.com, women make up less than 10% of skilled trade jobs  in the U.S.  This low representation in trade professions is not limited to the United States, or to electricians. According …

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Work From Anywhere-For Humankind

Work from anywhere, and make a real difference giving back at the same time? No, it is not too good to be sure. Living a digital nomad life keeps getting better and better.   June 26th Lenovo announced its expanding its remote work initiative “Work for Humankind” to  Raleigh North Carolina via a collaboration with nonprofit Birdlife …

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Say You Dream Of Running A Farm?

The National Trust Cymru is looking for someone develop a farm business on the 134-acre Lords Park Farm site. With sea views, BBC News as described it as “the stuff of dream homes.” The property is surrounded by  meadows and woods. It includes a 4-bedroom 19th century farm house an annex and  what BBC News describes as “traditional …

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Redefining Work Can Lead You To A New Financial Future

According to the United States Census Bureau,  those that work remotely have higher income and education and better health. U.S. Census Bureau also found that prior to the Coronavirus working from home was a luxury of the relatively affluent. To generalize, in the U.S., this was mostly knowledge workers, executives, IT professionals, financial analysts and some …

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Airbnb Helps Hosts Go Green

Following  Airbnb’s launch of similar programs in France and the U.K. last year the company put in place a pilot program this month, with a deadline of June 15th, 2023, to help hosts in Massachusetts go green. The program offered eligible hosts in the Bay state up to $2,500 in grants. According to Airbnb, the program’s …

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Repurpose Your YouTube Videos

… as eLearning classes … If you haven’t been sleeping under a rock you know of the plethora  of reasons for leaping into  creating online classes and becoming an eLearning content creator. And the reasons include; ·      Lifestyle benefits such as a better quality of life ·      Work remotely ·      Travel the country, or the world, living the digital nomad …

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Digital Nomad

In a recent post I spotlighted  how  the Covid Pandemic led to a number of trends accelerating and converging in remote work,   eLearning and off-the-grid digital nomad lifestyle. I am a proponent of online course creation (fulltime or parttime) as a new business pursuit that changes both one’s lifestyle and financial circumstances. The  possibilities for who can choose …

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Sarvodaya Institute – Urban Farming And Environmental Responsibility

In 2013, watching the documentary Urban Fruit by Roman Zenz. I was fascinated by the story of Rishi Kumar a highly educated engineer by training who gave up a promising career in information technology to choose a different path. Along with his mother they had transformed their once wasteful and nonproductive meticulously landscaped yard into …

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