Friday, February 6, 2015

Happy Birthday Bob Marley!


Jamaicans around the world, rasta men and women, and people who believe in equality and love for humanity are celebrating the Earthstrong of Bob Nesta Marley!  Happy bday Bob!

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The World is as BIG or as small as You Make It.

If you ever wondered how to travel without leaving your own home, you might want to speak to an awesome group of kids from around the globe featured in a Sundance Short Film with the title of this article, and recently featured on Upworthy.  

Thanks to some incredible teachers, and their own interest and participation, they've been making the world a smaller place, pulling themselves closer to one another.  Once a week, they are given time to connect and communicate with students around the same age from different cities and countries across the globe.  They sometimes speak the same language, and sometimes they'll use interpreters.  They share pictures and videos of where they are from and what they like to do.  

What they have is better than any generic movie one could see in the theater; they are essentially virtual pen pals.  These students have a unique "tour guide"-type system that shows them around the world through the perspective of other students their own age from every corner of the planet.  It is beautiful to see their connections, their smiles, and their stories.  I love hearing their honest questions to complete strangers and the answers that bring them closer, until they become friends.  They've never met in person, but they know more about one another than some of their own neighbors probably do.  It is a beautiful and shocking reminder:

The world is as big or as small as you make it.