2010 International Year of Biodiversity

Jun 23, 2010 No Comments

The United Nations has declared this year, 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity.  With all the images of oil-covered wildlife we’ve been seeing in recent weeks due to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, may our collective awareness be raised enough to turn our attention towards fulfilling the objectives of this worthy program.  Learn [...]

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Saving By Going Green

Jun 23, 2010 1 Comment

Big Green Purse is sponsoring a “Be One in a Million” campaign designed to get one million women to intentionally shift at least $1,000 of their existing budget to environmentally-friendly products. If achieved, that adds up to a noticeable impact of one billion dollars in the marketplace.

One New York woman, Nancy, who pledged to be greener saved far more than $1,000. By her calculations she actually saved more than $10,000! Learn more about what made this shift for Nancy so successful and, if her story inspires you, take the One in a Million challenge yourself.

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Connie Pierce – Supporting Real Life Weight Loss Solutions

Jun 23, 2010 No Comments

Connie Pierce is an individual of clear-sightedness, wisdom and compassion!  And, when it comes to the issues of body image and obesity she has ‘walked the talk’ and overcome multiple challenges in her own life.  She recently wrote about her own weight loss in a new memoir, My Journey of Real Life Weight Loss, and [...]

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An Altar in the World

Jun 04, 2010 No Comments

“Do we build God a house in lieu of having God stay at ours?” This question by author Barbara Brown Taylor sums up the whole book! …

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Four Years. Go.

Jun 04, 2010 No Comments

Four Years. Go. is a growing coalition of organizations and individuals with deep commitments to producing a transformational shift for humanity. It is a rallying call asking us to become change agents for sustainability. Check out this amazing and video and pledge your next step: …

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Praying for the Gulf of Mexico

Jun 03, 2010 1 Comment

The situation is horrific. Like the BP CEO – we all want our lives back.

But here we are in an awful mess. This mess isn’t a “spill.” It’s much larger than a spill. It isn’t a “natural disaster.” It is a human-made disaster. And, the clean up deserves our utmost humility, consecration and love. …

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