01Jun 2016 by Leah Feor No Comments

Why a Restorative Economy Is Worth Investing In

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Have you ever read work by an author that moves you? It was a chapter in a book edited by Darian Rodriguez Heyman that first opened my eyes and mind to Paul Hawken. "Welcome to the Movement" His words jumped off the page, and I breezed through the chapter. I needed to learn more, so I looked him up online and found that he is a seasoned writer with a variety of books covering the sweet spot where ecology meets economy. It’s been over ten years that I have felt a calling to bridge the gap between the environmental and economic world. Hawken has been doing it for much longer. What an inspiration. Through his books, I found a teacher. He introduced the term restorative economy to me for the…

20Mar 2016 by Leah Feor No Comments

Why World Water Day Becomes Twice as Important Each Year

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Do you practice water conservation at home? Once you become mindful of water use, you begin to notice how easy it is to save clean water from being wasted. Here we are – a third of the way through the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the UN – Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Water is a basic human right, accessible, clean water, is a birth right that has been taken from the reach of far too many citizens and living creatures on this planet. As water becomes more polluted across the globe, the injustices associated with it become crystal clear. A portion of the population has taken this resource for granted; a growing population is deprived of it. While I did learn about water conservation growing up from…

10Feb 2016 by Leah Feor No Comments

We Can Learn a Lesson Anywhere & Find a Classroom Everywhere

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Do you believe you can learn a lesson beyond a classroom limited by four walls? I see education as a two way street with many stops along the journey. What I put into it, I get out of it. Over the years I have found different ways to learn, many of them outside the four walls of an academic institution. That being said, I am extremely grateful for the two decades I spent in school at the primary, secondary, and post-secondary level. Those twenty years were a blessing, and I am very fortunate to have had the opportunity. Of course the reality is that despite the fact that we can learn anywhere, there is still a large part of our global population that does not have the means or the…