I always wondered what attracted me so deeply to plants . As a confessed tree hugger I must say not only do they bring me joy but I can’t live without them. I need plants around me like other people need the sun. When deprived of lush green I get anxious . Since I was […]
Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. TAGS: BULLIES, CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD, PHILANTHROPY, YOUTH I intended to write this column next October, but why wait? As President Obama observed last week, we’ve been through a tough time. And as the Boston Marathon bombing continues to be headline news — and gut-wrenching […]
Great article from Harvard Business Review my daughter just pointed out to me. I agree that when we work towards transforming Big Problems into meaningful solutions we are “the happiest”. The Happiest People Pursue the Most Difficult Problems by Rosabeth Moss Kanter | 9:00 AM April 10, 2013 Lurking behind the question of jobs — whether […]
The news today responds to rating criteria as much as Soap Operas, Realities and cat fight Talk Shows. These are some of the headlines for today: Kim Kardashian Picks Baby Names, A Snow Storm Hits Central US, Teenager’s Pro-Arms Video Gets 2.3 Million Hits, in the midst of immigration reform The GOP Looks For Ways […]
Ok, so you think classical music is boring. I get it. It makes you want to fall asleep. What if you were a baby again and you heard a playful waltz by Chopin or the Carnival of the Animals by Saint- Sains or Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev … You would probably be jumping […]
… the rhythmic pitter patter of rain drops… a perfect circle drawn by a pebble dropped in a pond… the symmetry of leaves . The universe “is written in the language of mathematics” Galileo Galilei . Math is everywhere. We find it in quantity, frequency, colors, angles and in the geometry of nature. Math smells […]
You can live in a city surrounded by cement or be part of the change. Be proactive. Just make some modifications. Grab a shovel, seeds or plants and start! Use your imagination. Plant a live wall or a vegetable window planter. Grow your roof, plant your terrace or help develop a community garden. Green is […]
