VIDEO | The Girl Effect – The Clock is Ticking
The Girl Effect | The Clock is Ticking is a must-see short video for anyone concerned about the plight of young girls in the world. Created by the Nike Foundation’, the video brings to life the alternative futures girls face when they reach adolescence – and the impact child marriage has on their life chances.
Kosmos Community News | March 2017
Dear Community.
Wow - 8,300 Members! We are really growing, thanks to all of you. Here's what you need to know about your community for the month of March:
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EcoSattva Training – Kosmos Learning Group Forming
For all Kosmos Community Members
We have made a special arrangement with OneEarth Sangha to take their asynchronous online course together as a special group. Founders of the course will join us for key sessions. Any Kosmos Community Member is welcome to join at a greatly reduced rate. If you are not already a Member of Kosmos Community, you can join here for as little as $12/year.
“What…
Are We Leaving Nature Behind?
By Peter Kareiva, via UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Extinction is happening all around the world, but it’s happening in a way that barely touches the lives of the world’s children—most of whom live in cities.
The crisis is taught in classrooms with phrases such as “species are being lost at one hundred times the background rate.” But concepts like 'background…
Why Have We Imprisoned Our Children?
Special note: Our Call for Essays deadline is coming up, March 1. Anyone can submit an essay. How are you called to action in these times? Your voice is needed, especially now.
Dear Reader,
It's heartbreaking. When I see a toddler who can barely speak, screaming for her parent's smartphone or tablet, I'm filled with sadness. My own children, now young adults, were the first 'wired-in'…
8 Ways School Leaders Can Practice Empathy in Listening
By Valerie Brown, JD, MA, ACC, via Getting Smart
“…when we learn how to listen more deeply to others, we can listen more deeply to ourselves.” ~ Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness
Research on listening indicates that the we spend about 80% of our waking hours communicating:
Writing 9%
Reading 16%
Speaking 30%
Listening, to people, music, TV, radio, etc. 40-50%
About 75%…
The Evolutionary Potential of Adolescence
By David Marshak, an excerpt from Evolutionary Parenting, (Fairhaven Spiral Press, Bellingham WA). Copyright 2016: All rights reserved.
When we consider adolescence in the context of evolution, we know first that our sub-species, Homo sapiens sapiens, evolved from archaic Homo sapiens about 200,000 years ago; the oldest fossil record of anatomically modern humans are the Omo remains that date…
Kids and Screen Time
By Mark Bertin, via The Garrison Institute
Kids and screen time cause considerable parental angst these days—and for good reason. Research shows children spend on average seven hours a day glued to computer, tablet, smart phone, or television screens. This reality has created such a stir that last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its decade-old recommendation on…