Charter for Compassion
On November 12, 2009, Karen Armstrong, author, commentator and ex-Catholic nun, unveiled her Charter for Compassion. This is the Charter…
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Trees as Metaphors
If we are struggling to understand a concept we often find it useful to compare one thing with…
Ever wondered what babies think about?
I didn’t see this when I was writing about creativity – it is brilliant – watch it if…
Creating Our Futures
British education expert, Ken Robinson describes creativity as, The process of having original ideas that have value. We…
Limits
We have come to believe that having complete freedom is the road to complete happiness – but is…
Women Transcending Boundaries – A Butterfly Effect for Change
In 2001, after the bombing of the World Trade Centre, Betsy Wiggins, speech therapist and wife of a…
Desmond Tutu’s Message on Child Marriage
A message to men and boys about child marriage A few months ago, in Northern Ethiopia, I met…
Village Earth…
Everybody is talking about globalization. People love it, hate it, fear it, worry about it – reactions to…
The Trouble with Genocide
The trouble with our definition of the crime of genocide is that it doesn’t go far enough. Don’t…
Threshold of Goodness
Nobody is born evil. Nowadays we tend to connect evil with suffering insofar as we explain away acts…