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An open letter to Ted Kuntz, Vancouver psychotherapist, author of Peace Begins With MeBy Hélène LabergeDear Ted Kuntz,I recently received your book Peace Begins With Me: An inspirational journey to end suffering and restore joy. First, I must first that the title reminded me of all those bestsellers, mostly American, which offer naïve recipes for happiness. And my first reaction was...

Belonging to a tradition reinforces and nourishes our sense of belonging to nature, to life, and to humanity. We know this or, rather, we believe we know this, and then we meet someone who really does know it, and who speaks about it candidly, concretely. And we are amazed; we marvel at meeting a contemporary, who talks with Marcus Aurelius as naturally as Marcus Aurelius talked with his master...

The Center for Ecoliteracy is dedicated to education for sustainable living. In the words of CEL cofounder Fritjof Capra, We do not need to invent sustainable human communities. We can learn from societies that have lived sustainably for centuries. We can also model communities after nature's ecosystems, which are sustainable communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Since...

PLAN is a not-for-profit charity created by and for families who have a relative with a disability. Our goal is twofold: to ensure a safe and secure future for your relative with a disability and, in the process, to provide you and your loved ones with peace of mind. In pursuit of this goal we're inspired by a simple but powerful vision: the vision of a good life for all people with...

Tyze is a new online service that makes it easy to reach out to friends, family, neighbours and caregivers. It helps you to build a network of care – make plans and share stories – and make a real-world difference in the quality of life of someone you love.

L'Arche is a unique vision of care giving and community building that fosters inclusion, understanding and belonging. In nearly 200 small homes and day settings across Canada, caregivers.

[2009-03-19]  Friendship, Town, Community
Philia is the Greek word for neighbourly love - the bonds of friendship that bind us together in community. More formally, we define philia as "the reserve of human warmth, enthusiasm and generosity that nourishes and stimulates the fellowship at the heart of civic life." By "reserve" we mean that these qualities already exist in our communities; we just need to draw them out. In other words,...

 Developmental evaluation ''Each of the stages in the Panarchy Loop is a distinct phase with unique dynamics. Reorganization is an exploration phase which is characterized by trial and error and can appear chaotic and random. Only when ideas crystallize can a more orderly,predictable exploitation phase begin. Exploitation – or an entrepreneurial phase – takes invention and turns it...

A Human Future is a 4-page e-quarterly (we call it a "thought sheet") that seeks to contribute to the public conversation about values and the shaping of the social ethos in which we live. It draws on the L'Arche experience of many years living together in community as a diverse group of people, with different abilities and from various ethnic and religious backgrounds and...

Environment Canada's Accessibility, Accommodations and Adaptive Computer Technology Program (AAACT) mandate is to assist with the integration into the workplace of persons with visual, mobility, or sensory impairments who require computer access People with disabilities may find that their access to certain jobs is limited because an employer might assume that such a candidate is unable...

«The difference between traditional enviromentalists and ''sustainability folks is the ability (of the sustainability folks) to keep the welfare of both humans and the environnement in focus at the same time, and to insist on both.» Donnella Meadows 1995. Accordingly, the CSI has developped the concept o of Social footprint as a necessary complement to the ecological foot prints

[2009-01-26]  Places, Scotland, Beauty, Memories, People
The scottish photographer Andy Hall, author of  A sense of belonging to Scotland writes: «Through my photography, I explore the relationship between the landscapes of Scotland and its people. To native and adopted Scots and also to friends of Scotland, many of whom are far from home, there is often an indefinable feeling of longing for and belonging to a favourite place...

[2009-03-10]  Loneliness, Social housing
While homelessness is not just a housing problem, it is always a housing problem. For many households there is a large gap between the cost of housing and the money available to pay for housing. Homelessness has escalated exponentially since federal and provincial governments have stopped funding social housing construction. In more cities, homelessness is also directly related to low...

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Loneliness affects one in ten people in France

ONE in ten people in France lives in solitude and a quarter have only the most basic links to family or friends, a new report has revealed. The issue of solitude came up in 2003 after the...

Preventing Home Foreclosures - a Promising Innovation in Philadelphia

Between June 2008 and May 2009, of the 4,690 homeowners who were able to negotiate with their banks through this program, 2,776 succeeded in holding on to their homes.

 

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The editor of L'Encyclopédie de L'Agora and well known newspaper chronicler and philosopher, analyses actuality through the looking glass of Belonging.
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