Image Credit: United Nations COVID-19 Response As communities began shifting into “Phase 2” of COVID-19 response way back in spring of 2020, we began hearing
In the drylands of northern Ethiopia, climate change is a formidable foe to the communities who make their home across the rugged landscape. In one
In mid-April of 2011 I traveled to Onagawa, a town of 10,000 on Japan’s northeast coast. On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 in the afternoon
Small communities can be amazing and High River, Alberta, Canada is at the top of my list right now. I’ve been with people in community
Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times was this year’s Summer Gathering theme, taken from the title of Paul Born’s new book on community.
It has been a month of stories. First story: I’ve spent more than 15 hours on the phone, in chat sessions, and on-hold. I’ve had
I recently came across this lovely blog on Edutopia.org about the choices we can make in our lives. It was written for teachers, talking about
I’m a little surprised to have my first blog on the new New Stories website be about someone else’s work. It took me about 2
I’ve just spent 8 out of the last 10 days in Future Sessions with people from all over Japan — Fukushima, Tokyo, Kyoto, Shikoku, Kyushu.
In April I was one of the keynote speakers for the STIA+ conference in Seattle. The video of my presentation, at the left, arrived today
I had very interesting night on March 7th! I was asked to speak at TEDxTokyo Teachers on Learning Resilience. The presentation, itself, was a
Dear Friends, I spent yesterday in the new FutureCenter in Minamisoma, a community 25km south of the reactors in Fukushima that had a population of
