Becky Blab

An article in the Huffington Post poses the question: Does Technology Reveal a Hidden Imperative Toward Empathy?
Christakis and James Fowler, associate professor at University of California-San Diego in the Department of Political Science, are coauthors of the recent book Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives. They have shown that [...]

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Isha has been highlighted in Huffington Post Impact section (what a great surprise!):
For today’s Volunteer Spotlight (and since Earth Day is just a week away), we want to recognize the incredible achievement of the Isha Foundation, who organized over 400,000 volunteers to plant two million trees on a mountain in India in just 25 days. [...]

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Please vote for Isha Vidhya by the end of today!! Or volunteer to help the project, which will offer free technological help to the top-voted non-profits.

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Just returned from Delhi, where around 600 people participated in the Inner Engineering with Sadhguru program. Though Delhiites have a reputation for being tough city-dwellers, I think Sadhguru managed to crack their shells.
Volunteering for this program that touched so many people was such a fulfilling experience that I cannot do it justice in words. My [...]

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“The question is not about the volume of what you do; the willingness with which you breathe, and walk and live, that makes you a volunteer.”
And in a recent article, Learning to be a volunteer:

It means to give openly without expecting anything in return. Once we do this, we’ll acquire a different kind of strength. [...]

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