2009 January « Zoe Weil

Desire ≠ Wisdom, Part 1

Posted on January 30, 2009 by zoeweil

Last week I was back visiting the 7/8th grade class I taught for a week last November. During our humane education block in November the students had completed their individual MOGO Action Plans and together had decided to create a donation jar into which they would each put $1/week to donate to different causes each [...]

Filed under: MOGO (Most Good), positive choices, values | Tagged: desire, humane education, Inner Peace, instrospection, integrity, MOGO choices, positive choices, principles, right livelihood, values, wisdom | Leave a Comment »

Upcoming Book Tour and MOGO Workshops

Posted on January 28, 2009 by zoeweil

I will be traveling to the west coast for a book tour for Most Good, Least Harm and to lead two MOGO workshops, Feb. 1-10, and will try to publish a few posts while I’m gone. Here’s my schedule for those of you who might be in these regions: Feb. 3 – MOGO workshop for [...]

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Zoe Article in Earth Matters: Living Simply by Necessity and Choice

Posted on January 27, 2009 by zoeweil

Zoe has a new article in the Winter 2008/09 edition of Earth Matters, the newsletter of the Northwest Earth Institute. In “Living Simply By Necessity and Choice” (PDF) Zoe talks about how to reframe your life, embrace simplicity and community, and thrive with less. Zoe uses the lifestyle of IHE Executive Director Khalif Williams — [...]

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Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing the World

Posted on January 26, 2009 by zoeweil

I’ve written about the PBS series, The New Heroes, and about social entrepreneurship in previous posts (such as here and here), and I want to share with you another website and book that profiles social entrepreneurs who are making a difference. WilfordWelch has written The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing the World, [...]

Filed under: books, resources, websites | Tagged: books, citizen activism, community building, New Heroes, resources, social entrepreneurs, Tactics of Hope, websites | Leave a Comment »

WebSpotlight: KarmaTube

Posted on January 23, 2009 by zoeweil

Check out www.karmatube.org, a site with videos about people and projects to improve the world. Here’s a bit about them from their site: “KarmaTube is dedicated to… using the power of video and the internet to demonstrate and multiply acts of compassion, generosity and selflessness…. While the stories produced may be polished and professional or [...]

Filed under: changemakers, citizen activism, websites | Tagged: change the world, changemakers, citizen activism, films, systemic change, videos, websites | Leave a Comment »

After the Inauguration: Let’s Embrace Responsibility

Posted on January 21, 2009 by zoeweil

Thomas Friedman has an opinion piece in the New York Times today, which discusses the tremendous challenges to systemic change embedded in our constitution and politics. On the heels of my previous blog post about systemic change, it was both sobering and yet inviting. Take a look at Friedman’s essay, and if you agree with [...]

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The Invisible World Made Visible

Posted on January 21, 2009 by zoeweil

I have spent quite a lot of time in Acadia National Park (a short drive from my home) over the past 13 years that I’ve lived here, and I can easily count the times that I’ve seen wildlife other than birds and squirrels. I see deer now and then; a few times I’ve seen baby [...]

Filed under: MOGO (Most Good), reverence | Tagged: Acadia National Park, animal protection, animal tracks, animals, Environmental Preservation, Maine, natural world, nature, respect, responsibility, reverence, snow, wildlife | Leave a Comment »

For a Truly New and Better World, We Must Change Destructive Systems

Posted on January 19, 2009 by zoeweil

So much rides on tomorrow’s inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States. There are so many hopes wrapped up in the promise of his administration, but as we have already seen during the past two months since the election, many systems in government and society are flawed, and those flaws exacerbate individual [...]

Filed under: changemakers, citizen activism, systemic change, values | Tagged: Barack Obama, change, change the world, changemakers, citizen activism, inauguration, integrity, Martin Luther King Jr., President of the United States, principles, systemic change, values | 1 Comment »

What’s My Life For? Purpose, Meaning, and the MOGO Principle

Posted on January 16, 2009 by zoeweil

I began Most Good, Least Harm with these sentences: “During my sophomore year in college I embarked upon a quest for inner peace. I yearned for relief from a persistent lack of purpose and meaning in my life.” In my blog posts, I’ve periodically asked, “What is _____ for?” I’ve filled in the blank most [...]

Filed under: Inner Peace, MOGO (Most Good), values | Tagged: better world, contentment, films, fulfillment, happiness, Inner Peace, meaning, MOGO principle, principles, purpose, service, values | Leave a Comment »

Register Now for Our New Online Courses

Posted on January 15, 2009 by zoeweil

We have two new online courses that we’re launching this spring. Registration is now open to take part in our 30-day courses. We hope you’ll join us! MOGO Online Assess your life, examine your deepest values, and explore new information so that you have the tools and commitment to make the best choices for yourself [...]

Filed under: humane education, Institute for Humane Education, MOGO (Most Good) | Tagged: citizen activism, distance learning, education, humane education, Institute for Humane Education, MOGO, online courses, principles, Sowing Seeds, teachers, values | Leave a Comment »

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