recommended resources

-- Recommended Resources -- 

I really enjoy sharing resources, links, networking opportunities here in this section for anyone interested in having a positive impact with their time on this earth. Lately, I've been studiously going through the thousands of lectures put out by the TED institute's participants. It's a popular site. I look at it as free education, but more on the enlightening, inspiring, awe-striking knowledge and possibilities for our future. There are a surprising number of online educational and inspiring sites like this. It is exciting to see how much work is being done to create a better world. We can do our part by sharing the info we enjoy. So - why don't you help me by spreading the word about this blog, or sharing links to specific posts you enjoy? Or leave a comment, question or invitation for networking on the wide array of topics our blog offers. Perhaps you have an article, resources you'd like to share, or quotes that have inspired you. Maybe you are a poet. If so I'd love to hear from you and would definitely consider publishing it here on this blog to help you reach out to more people. But readers need to do their part too, by sharing / liking our blog - or starting a topic on something they've learned of / were reminded of. 

Today's theme of all three of these talks below: The truth about today's rate of violence, and finding ways to deal with conflict without violence:

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions

In the Maasai community, cattle are all-important but despite open killing of lions, lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.

http://www.ted.com/talks/israel_and_iran_a_love_story#t-178512

Even with a long history of tribal wars, long before the present conflicts, one artist discovers that his "enemy" is really a loving friend. 

http://www.facebook.com/lillian.brummet 

http://www.linkedin.com/in/ldbrummet

http://www.consciousdiscussions.blogspot.com

https://plus.google.com/u/0/110939008901230737529