By Lynnaire Johnston

Brandon Bay's story of recovering from a large tumour and then helping many thousands of childrens and adults worldwide overcome their issues, whether serious illnesses or creating a more powerful life is a compelling tale.

The Color Orange movement highlights the violations of the human rights in China on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing August 2008.

The idea is both sophisticated and simple: We want to introduce The Color Orange as a symbol of the protest against the human rights violations in China. The strict censorship can ban the use of obvious symbols of human rights, but the use of The Color Orange cannot be banned.

So we will encourage sports people and spectators to make vast and creative use of the color for clothing and all sorts of accessories. It can be anything, like an orange hat, camera bag, tie, pen, paper, dress, suit, bag etc. Even pealing an orange will be considered a poignant statement.

http://www.thecolororange.net/uk

The "Making a Real Difference" project was originally inspired by a group of friends, who all recently had the pleasure of experiencing the deep sense of truth and beauty that the Journeywork (pioneered by Brandon Bays) offers. With the exception of Laurie Collins (The Journey Australasia) who spearheaded the project, the rest of us had no idea this stuff was out there!

As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.

Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains two essentials of Buddhist practice: developing mindfulness and learning consideration for others. If we could truly learn to think of the happiness of others, could we really think that everyday life has no meaning?

Dominic Miller is one of the world’s top session guitarist have played on more than 150 albums. He has also been Sting’s guitarist. He is an inquisitive soul.

流動生命 ( LifeFlow )
是一個無宗教或政治背景、不接受經濟支持的非牟利靈修團體，
旨在推廣生機活潑、冥合萬化、身心靈提升的生活方式。

by Mattie Porte

Richard Heinberg, Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

From the Positive Energy Conference this Easter in the Findhorn community

Richard Heinberg is one of the world’s foremost peak oil educators. He is a Research Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, a member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and a core faculty member of New College of California where he teaches a programme on Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community. He is the author of seven books including The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies.

Simon Chau from Club O and Surdham from Flow are combining to present LifeFlow in Central. Here's a summary of what they are offering

LifeFlow aspires to promote a dynamic lifestyle in happy communion with the universe and being well in body, mind and spirit.

HHK receives regular requests for natural birthing articles so we're reprinting a few articles from our archives on this theme. First of all Natasha Clausen describes the birth of her daughter. This is followed by the Father's story of giving birth by Richard Clausen.

...and other reflections on the local health care system

by Sophie Dassy

Reprinted from November 2002 issue of Holistic Hong Kong in response to continued questions about birthing in Hong Kong.

Father Joe Pereira is returning to Hong Kong in July.

Holistic HK is re-running an interview with this fascinating priest we ran in 2002.

When I asked Father Joe how the Church had reacted to his yoga practice he recalled a story; "My vicar-general was very concerned about my yoga. One day he had to go to a doctor for surgery to remove his varicose veins. The doctor told him, 'If you go to this priest I know who teaches yoga you won’t need surgery for this.'

via our good friend Maureen Chen

I want to tell you about a global, not-for-profit project that's taking an innovative, "inside-out" approach to peace - once each meditator on this planet can have a role to play in.

It's called Million Meditators. The website actually lets you see who is meditating at any particular time. Eventually you will be able to see which people (unidentified) in which countries are meditating.

The 2006 World Children's Prize, or as it is more widely known, the Children's Nobel Prize, has been awarded to Craig Kielburger, for his tireless 11 year-long campaigning for the freedom and empowerment of young people around the world.

by Elisa Peduto

The largest reggae festival in Europe and the longest running music event in Italy, Rototom Sunsplash, brought together 10,000 people last July.

Global Dimension globaldimension.org.uk

Global Dimension is a unique website for teachers and educators. It is a helpful guide to books, videos, posters and websites which bring a global dimension to teaching. From climate change to poverty, water to fairtrade, you can i nd resources for all age groups and subject areas. The site also includes other features, which can help you to develop a global dimension within your school curriculum, such as teaching ideas, curriculum information and contact details for local centres and school speaker services.

by Martha Hammond

When Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield first set up Ben & Jerrys in 1978, they believed that their ice-cream business should have a social conscience and be responsible to the Vermont community it served.