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5 Minute Changemaker: Break the Habit of Mindless Habituation
by Marsha Rakestraw You know how you’re lying in bed listening to the urban surf outside, and pretty soon you don’t even notice it? Or how we all ignore car alarms? Or how our eyes sort of skip over...
View ArticleWhat’s New Wednesday 11-9-16: News and Resources for Humane Educators and...
Each week find a round-up of selected resources, news stories, and commentary related to humane living, global ethical issues, and positive solutions. Here’s some news to know for this week: Huffington...
View Article5 Assumptions We Should Try to Make About Everyone
by Marsha Rakestraw The recent US election has highlighted a significant divisiveness. And the media and social media have been awash in hate speech and arguments, calls for healing and moving on,...
View ArticleWhat’s New Wednesday 2-22-17: News & Resources for Educators & Changemakers
Each week find a round-up of selected resources, news stories, and commentary related to humane living, global ethical issues, and positive solutions. Here’s some news to know for this week: National...
View ArticleThe Power of Positive Peer Pressure
by Marsha Rakestraw A 2012 survey of teen volunteers revealed that the main reason teens volunteer is because their friends are doing it. As social animals we pay attention to what those around us are...
View ArticleWhat’s New Wednesday 8-23-17: News & Resources for Educators & Solutionaries
Each week find a round-up of selected resources, news stories, and commentary related to humane living, global ethical issues, and positive solutions. Here’s some news to know for this week: Via The...
View ArticleWhy We Don’t Care About Mass Atrocities and What We Can Do About It
by Marsha Rakestraw A recent report from the UN and other agencies emphasizes that 80% of Yemeni children need humanitarian aid. At the end of 2016, more than 65 million people worldwide have been...
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Help Students (and Others) Draw Better Conclusions With the Ladder of Inference
by Marsha Rakestraw and Barbara Fiore We all make assumptions and draw conclusions. And often not positive (or correct) ones. We’ve been cut-off in traffic, and we assumed the person who did it is a...
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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About...
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Dey Street Books, 2017 357 pgs Everybody Lies upends what we think we know is true, letting what author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz calls “big data” – derived from our internet...
View ArticleDo We Really Know What We’re Talking About? Tips to Help Us Verify Facts and...
by Zoe Weil Sometimes, I really don’t know what I’m talking about. Like everyone, I have opinions about all sorts of things based on my worldview and beliefs, and occasionally I’ll catch myself...
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Teaching Students What to Say When We Bump Up Against People’s Opposing Views
by Marsha Rakestraw “Even if I find an opinion downright abhorrent, I keep asking more questions to gain better insight into that person’s perspective. It’s like conducting a scientific inquiry. The...
View ArticleBrené Brown: The Power of Vulnerability
by Brené Brown TED, 2008 20:49 min Ask many people about vulnerability, and they’ll tell you it’s something scary to be avoided. Vulnerability means weakness. It means loss of control. It means you...
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