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Building Bridges

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Learn about our commitment to a global model for change.

[Mini Session] Seeing Systems: Peace, Justice, and Sustainability

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Iceberg Model

Explore a model for Systems Thinking.

[Mini Session] Choices for Sustainable Living

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If COVID has taught us anything, it is that when people work together, they can increase their power and impact for positive change. Engaged and inspired world citizens, working together, can interact with the systems we’ve created on multiple levels to make them better and more ecologically sound. Thousands of people have already been doing this all around the globe — crowd-sourcing solutions and impacting their communities positively. Today, in your communities, find a way to answer the call of need from a neighbor or loved one, if you have the resources to do so! Now more than ever, sharing really is caring. #takeactiontuesday #sharethelove

Day 2️⃣ of Earth Day Ecochallenge! So good to see so many people taking action, even while we socially distance ourselves. Introducing the action categories available for you to take action... This first one was designed in response to help us even in the time of COVID. We can build resilience for ourselves and our shared home. Have a look at the BUILDING RESILIENCE actions available. Link in bio!

It begins! and it’s happening allll month long. Take action during Earth Month to express your love for our home and all the life it sustains. Even from our confined spaces, we can make a difference. It’s possible that we’re all also finding it difficult to focus as we once did. Take it easy and just pick 2-3 actions you can focus on, and go from there. Link in bio. Join us! Make your actions count for Earth. 🌏🤗

Repost from @givingtuesday • #Repost @oliverjeffers ・・・ This virus doesn’t care about your passport or your bank balance. It can affect any of us. But hopefully not all of us if we act in unison to defeat it. Be safe. Be sensible. Be sensitive. One in, all in. Wash your hands. Keep your distance, but keep your hysteria in check too. Be kind to each other. Support local businesses. Keep in mind those less well off than you. Listen only to reputable sources (like @who ) We can do this, Earth.

Repost from @sustainablebk • It’s the everyday working class folks including the educators, the activists, the artists, farmers , healers, garment workers and so many more. We applaud you all 🖤 | RP @wetheurban . . . #healing #wellness #selflove #selfcare #wellbeing #community #corporations #america #sustainability #eco #green #covid_19

When times are uncertain, we can find ways to tame the chaos by taking action and staying connected to each other and our beloved Earth. Explore Earth Day Ecochallenge actions we’ve added to the action track: ⭐️Building Resilience⭐️. These actions are doable from our homes and safe spaces while we practice social distancing. In such a short amount of time, wild flora and fauna are reclaiming land and water and air usually heavily-trafficked by humans. This brings us hope that we haven’t desecrated this planet beyond return. Let’s continue to help our shared home recover, reclaim, and restore. Celebrate Earth Month with us. Join Earth Day Ecochallenge for all of April! 🌈🌏🌍😘😌 Link in bio. • Repost from @earthdaynetwork • We no longer can physically #climatestrike, but that won't stop us 🙌🌎⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Instead, we are going #digital 📱💻 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ By definition, striking requires a physical presence and sacrifice — one must have a routine or activity that they are striking from.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ But the #coronavirus #pandemic has changed how we live our lives. In the face of this global outbreak, those in the #environmentalmovement and the #youthclimatestrike movement are forced to shift and pivot.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As we prepare for the first #digital #EarthDay, we are talking to the founders of @fff.digital, @itz.george_zhang and @iris4action, to grasp what #digitalstriking really looks like.

We can help our local businesses get through this uncertain time!

Repost from @leavenotracecenter • The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly altering our daily life. People are turning to the outdoors for some relief and it’s important to keep up to date on changes to how we can safely spend time outside. To keep ourselves, our communities and our outdoor spaces safe and healthy during this time, please consider the Leave No Trace Center’s recommendations, link in our bio. We will keep you all updated. #EnjoyYourWorld #LeaveNoTrace

Repost from @nextshark • @jlin7 has spoken.

Hundreds of thousands of people have participated in an Ecochallenge and bettered their lives with new, eco-friendly habits. Not to mention, together we've created immense, measurable change for the sake of a better shared future.⁠ ⁠ Create change with us! 15 days until we begin our Earth Day Ecochallenge. Join us and select actions you'll commit to. > earthday.ecochallenge.org (link in bio!!)

Repost from @goodlifeproject • [art @charliemackesy] Anxious times. I get it. Back in 2011, I published a book called Uncertainty. One of the things I described was something I call "Certainty Anchors."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ It’s about creating and sustaining experiences, activities and moments, rituals and habits, that serve as psychological anchors no matter what else remains groundless.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Thought it might be helpful to share a short excerpt. It’s couched in the context of creative endeavors, but I’d invite you to read it in the context of the broader moment we’re in:⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ "A certainty anchor is a practice or process that adds something known and reliable to your life when you may otherwise feel you’re spinning off in a million different directions. Rituals and routines can function as certainty anchors; their power comes from the simple fact that they are always there. They are grounding experiences to which you can always return, no matter what’s going on. Their consistency makes them effective tools to counter the anxiety that comes not only from living in uncertain times, but from embracing endeavors that ramp uncertainty even higher.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ For the creator, whose very existence depends on the ability to spend vast amounts of time living and operating in the ethereal sea of uncertainty and anxiety that is creation, rituals in every part of life serve as a source of psychic bedrock. They provide just enough of a foundation to allow you to free up that part of your brain that needs permission to run unencumbered in the quest to create the greatest possible something from nothing."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Broader lifestyle routines serve as a salve to calm a bit of the anxiety of creation and to drop an anchor to which we can tether our creative lines, knowing we can float higher up into the clouds and stay there longer, trusting that we’ll be able to find our way down.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ My invitation, for now, is to explore deepening your commitment to existing Certainty Anchors and, if you don’t have any right now, explore simple ways to create and integrate them into your daily life.

Repost from @thedailyjames • How to properly wash your hands. This message brought to you by one of the most fierce, relentless, resourceful individuals we know—a Mama Hummingbird. Stay safe and healthy, dear friends. #washyourhands #20seconds #preventativehealth #hummingbird #nikond7500 #birdbath #hummingbirdsofinstagram