I had a great little conversation with a person called Joy down at Warrnambool the Sunday before last. Apparently they have a WhatsApp group that plan their own worship and they are always looking for new ideas! How could I resist? So I joined the group and sent off a whacky idea – a fun, …
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There is a lot for a Westerner like me to learn from how everyday people in other countries are adapting their cultures to the new age into which we are moving. Consider 50 to 100 motorbikes converging on an intersection that has no traffic lights, each rider with his or her own idea of where …
James Plunkett was recently appointed Chief Practices Officer at Nesta with the Behavioural Insights Team.Nesta is a UK innovation agency for social good: We design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better. That’s pretty ambitious! And interesting… So what is the Behavioural Insights Team?At BIT we improve …
Many of us are sad to hear of the death of Irish singer-song-writer Sinead O’Connor this week. Understandably, the world has showered accolades on her for her music and particularly her voice. But ironically, she refused to be a pop star; she refused to cash in on her natural beauty. For her, music was simply …
Our Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, was on the radio this morning, having just returned from an international meeting to see if there could be global agreement on eliminating plastic pollution. I had almost forgotten that I had written a song about this, fifty or so years ago. It was inspired by a speech by environmentalist …
I did not know Fr Bob Maguire. I never met him.But when a State Funeral was offered for him, I immediately made plans to go. I wanted to honour him; and particularly his absolute commitment to the poor and needy. On the way to St Patrick’s cathedral yesterday morning, the irony of a memorial service …
Today, this first Monday in October, many workers in Australia return to their offices, virtually empty during the COVID period. Some organisations are allowing their workers to transition from working at home these last two years to working at the office three days and at home the other two. They are aware that many workers …
Contributors: Rose and Sandy from Facebook. Fun_Owl 1 April Ukraine… art by Vika Krokhina, a first-year student of the Poltava Technical University, Ukraine. UniteWomen.org 1 April Anja Rožen, a 13-year old elementary school student from Slovenia is the winner of the international contest Plakat MIRU. She was chosen among 600,000 children from all over the world. “My …
According to Wikipedia: Jeremy Rifkin (born January 26, 1945) is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. Rifkin is the author of 21 books about the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His most recent books include, The Green New Deal (2019), The Zero Marginal Cost …
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