Tag: coronavirus

Free Online Documentary on Homeschooling for View on Thursday, April 9

April 8, 2020

Now that almost all US families are homeschooling, thanks to school closing sure to coronavirus, there is a lot of anxiety about children learning at home. There is also some poor information floating around about the reality of homeschooling. To provide some information and reassurance, the producers of a documentary on homeschooling called Class Dismissed … More Free Online Documentary on Homeschooling for View on Thursday, April 9

What If We Believed that the Aftermath of this Disruption Could Be Good?

April 5, 2020

The Second ComingW.B. Yates Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at … More What If We Believed that the Aftermath of this Disruption Could Be Good?

Hear Bill Gates and Sal Khan Speak on Responses to Coronavirus This Afternoon

April 3, 2020

This afternoon (Friday, April 3), Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the Gates Foundation, and Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, will discuss how the world is responding to and changing with COVID-19 on Sal’s Daily Homeroom. Their conversation, which takes place LIVE at 12:00 pm PT / 3:00 pm ET on Facebook and Youtube, … More Hear Bill Gates and Sal Khan Speak on Responses to Coronavirus This Afternoon

Online Talk Series on Combining Spiritual Practice and Social Activism Starts Tonight

April 1, 2020

I hear a lot of people say, especially during this time of global pandemic, that they don’t follow the news because if they do, they can’t maintain their spiritual mindset. But is that true? Does a deep engagement in spiritual practice require turning away from the ills of society? After all, two of the greatest … More Online Talk Series on Combining Spiritual Practice and Social Activism Starts Tonight

Social Media Sunday

March 29, 2020

Sundays are the days when the majority, although certainly not all, of religions or spiritual communities in the United States have their major services or gatherings. As in so many organizations, these institutions are struggling to continue serving their communities in a digital way that protects public health and safety and abides by increasingly strict … More Social Media Sunday

Turn off your lights at 8:30 PM tonight for Earth Hour

March 28, 2020

For all of us who are living under quarantine or governmentally-mandated stay-at-home orders, there is still something we can do today to demonstrate our commitment to the environment. At 8:30 local time on Saturday, March 28, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other conservation organizations are asking for businesses and individual to turn off all … More Turn off your lights at 8:30 PM tonight for Earth Hour