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Michael Norton: How to buy happiness | Video on TED.com

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:01:26 +1300

Michael Norton: How to buy happiness | Video on TED.com:

This TED talk is about how the way you spend your money affects your happiness. It’s not about how much you spend, or what you spend it on, but WHO you spend it on…

99 Life Hacks to make your life easier!

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6 habits of happiness

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:52:56 +1200

6 habits of happiness

I’m totally loving the Story of Change, the latest video...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:56:50 +1200

I’m totally loving the Story of Change, the latest video from the Story of Stuff Project. It’s all about how we can strengthen our ‘citizen muscles’ so we can start to see some of the changes we want to see in the world. The video is only 6 min long. Watch it, I think everyone will get something from it. After you watch the video you can go here to do a 2 min quiz to find out what kind of change-maker you are. ♥

Last week it was Jane McGonnigal, today here’s a video...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:57:02 +1200

Last week it was Jane McGonnigal, today here’s a video from her twin sister Kelly about the science of willpower :) I’ve also been reading her book The Willpower Instinct, which goes into this in more detail and is really interesting.

A game that could add 10 years to your life? Awesome....

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:04:00 +1200

A game that could add 10 years to your life? Awesome. I’ve been playing Jane’s game, Superbetter for a few weeks now. It’s pretty cool. You can find it at superbetter.com.

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Look after the trees, they are busy saving the world! :)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:03:39 +1200

Look after the trees, they are busy saving the world! :)

Portia Simpson-Miller Gay Rights Win!!!

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:03:57 +1200

Portia Simpson-Miller Gay Rights Win!!!:

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:59:01 +1200

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Awesome milk vending machine

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:09:16 +1200

I’m not a fan of cow’s milk, it gives me weird skin problems and other unpleasant side-effects. But I do love zero-waste packaging, or even better, zero packaging. Some people in Golden Bay have created an awesome vending machine to sell milk at the side of the road that creates no waste.

It’s kind of like those little coffee machines where you put in your coins and coffee and milk and sugar come out. Except in this one only cold milk comes out. And you bring your own container, hence the zero waste. Imagine if you could buy all sorts of things from vending machines in your own container? Peanut butter, shampoo, cooking oil… you just fill up all your containers and pay and off you go. It would be kinda like bulk bins but more high tech I suppose. What do you think?

Imagine if that $1trillion was spent on growing renewable energy...

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:55:41 +1200

Imagine if that $1trillion was spent on growing renewable energy sources! Please join the twitterstorm to show world leaders at Rio+20 we want them to end fossil fuel subsidies. #Endfossilfuelsubsidies reached #2 worldwide but we need it to stay up there. Share this picture and join in at http://endfossilfuelsubsidies.org/twitterstorm/

I have been lending money to people overseas who are poor to...

Thu, 10 May 2012 00:08:00 +1200

I have been lending money to people overseas who are poor to help them start micro-enterprises and such with Kiva. It’s great cos you choose who your $25 goes to and they repay it over a period of time and then you can lend it to someone else. So far I’ve lent to 3 different people - a couple of different girls who were starting/growing their own businesses selling burritos and last week to a woman in Burkina Faso who buys large bags of flour and sells it to her neighbours. It’s really cool to know a bit about the people your lending to.

Someone has just donated a load of money to help more people get into Kiva loans, so if you want to, you can lend $25 for free and try it out for yourself. I hope you’ll look into it, I think it’s good to be reminded of these people in other parts of the world and remember that they are real people with dreams and aspirations for a better life, and I think this is a great way to help some people.

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Generation Waking Up is a global campaign to ignite a generation...

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:48:00 +1300

Generation Waking Up is a global campaign to ignite a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable world. This video is part of the Generation Waking Up Experience - called a ‘WakeUp’ for short - a multimedia educational workshop that inspires young people to transform their lives and communities. Learn more at http://generationwakingup.org

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"Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they..."

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:00:06 +1300

“Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.”

- Author unknown

Energise your life, keep a gratitude diary.