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Leigh Adams is a former children’s librarian and outdoor education teacher who is passionate about providing learners of all ages the opportunity to explore and acquire new skills. She disseminates her creativity through instruction, demonstration and implementation of an array of hands-on fine arts crafts and environmentally sustainable gardening and landscaping projects. Leigh is a …
My friend Damona Hoffman is a brightly shining star. And, as are all of the women I will be featuring over the next everal weeks in my “Women In The Spotlight” post series, an example of someone not defined or guided by the status quo. Like the others I am featuring she is someone who has …
That’s right, Helsinki Finland. According to Mat Trewern of BBC Radio Manchester, the city has used a groundbreaking program to virtually eradicate homelessness. According to the newscaster one thing that stands out as unusual at Helsinki’s central train station on a bitter cold night is that are no homeless sleeping…. And no one begging. And …
Roslyn Young-Daniels is Founder and Director of The Daniels Network, LLC, a marketing solutions and strategic insight consultancy serving the pharmaceutical and health care sectors. She is also President and Founder of, Black Health Matters (BHM) launched in 2003 and the BHM website, a video centric educational network that provides health care professionals and consumers …
Awhile ago I posted about a narratively digital article by Megan Giller about the indigenous women in the background of some of south America’s most prominent male chefs. One was Patricia Perez who uses her grandmother’s ancient map to forage for plants and herbs in the desert no one else can access. With the link …
Many aspire to make a personal positive impact on climate change and our human impact on our environment. Some aspire to de-stress and embrace lifestyle alternatives living off-grid. Rather than my usual blog post this month I will share a video that will surely inspire. I discovered this video on the YouTube channel Growing Small …
What am I …. what are you … waiting for? We can often be the ones to talk ourselves out of living a passion or changing our path. It’s sad and self-defeating when someone says “ But I can’t I’m __ (You fill in the blank with an age) .” I think, actually I know because there is …
… (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 …
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 …
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 …
