Articles tagged with: good news
The Good News — by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Good News
They don’t publish
the good news.
The good news is published
by us.
We have a special edition every moment,
and we need you to read it.
The good news is that you are alive,
and the linden tree is …
Five minutes with Seema Singh, Wellington on ‘What’s good for you right now?’
From the last one-year my husband and I have been working on reducing the amount of material things we buy. This process has allowed us to think twice, maybe thrice before we buy anything for …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – 309 – My Fun, Green eBook is Helping Great Community Organisations Stay Strong
Just a quicky today. I said I’d focus more upon my goals over the remaining fifty or so blogs and I’m glad I did because it’s very much on my mind. I would like to …
A Positive Attitude to Impossible Circumstances
Before Jamie Dove was five, he’d had more health problems than most of us get in a lifetime.
Jamie, 25, has faced death many times in his young life but thanks to a positive attitude, and …
Whangarei: The Awakening
It feels that a wind of great energy is blowing over Whangarei (New Zealand) at the moment, with each new week being the start of a positive eco-orientated initiative. The once dormant city of the …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#148 – The Benefits of Working with Wild Abandon
Introducing: some graphics I just drew. All by myself. And scanned. Just like a grown up. Though not really. These are for the soon to be released ebook that I refer to every one …
Trowel Power!
By Rebecca Toon – New Zealand
The hour of the trowel has come. Jules Dervaes is pioneering a revolution from his backyard that will change the way you feel about this humble tool and your own …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#142 – Rebecca Toon’s debut on Happyzine: Thrilling
Ok, I’m keeping it brief today. I’m feeling very excited to introduce this piece of writing to you. You have got to check out another positive writing graduate’s first ever article on Happyzine: Trowel Power. …
Earthquake and Good News – Guest Blog from Heather Hapeta
There is a lot of good news with the earthquake that needs saying as its very easy for us locals (and the media) to be all doom and gloom ‘when bad things happen’.
Here are just …
Nominations Sought for Local Heroes
Nominations are being sought from around the country for ‘Local Heroes’ as part of the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards 2011. Kiwibank Local Heroes Awards recognise those everyday people doing extraordinary things in …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#112 – My Life as a Computer Geek Rocks!
Today I had the enormous pleasure of leading part one of a two part work-shop about how to build and run your own blog. It was a rainy, cold day here in Golden Bay, a …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#109 – Three Golden Bay Leaders Who Make Our World More Beautiful
Here in Golden Bay I find myself working more and more with the movers and shakers of this place. I want to tell you about three of these people -
Joanna Piekarski – Joanna and her …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#102 – Thirty Four Years Dinosaur
I’m relaxing after a hectic day of answering facebook happy birthday messages, relaxing in the sun while my friend told me not to do any work, and consuming appropriate amounts (ie bountiful) of food at …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#102 – Old Man in a Ute
So today I found myself rumbling along in the cab of an old Ute beside ‘Gordy’ the mechanic-come AA-Road-Side Rescue guy. Had I, just moments before, been on the road-side, in the pouring rain and …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#100 – Hurrah! Jeanette Fitzsimons Has Joined the Happyzine Green Energy Generation Design Team!
What’s my more-than-cool, simply amazing news of the day? Jeanette Fitzsimons has agreed to be a judge for our upcoming and yet to be officially announced sustainable energy design competition! Waking up to her email …
First Rooftop Garden
My dream of turning Auckland’s rooftops green is one step closer to reality, with planting of the first Urban Pantry rooftop vegetable garden taking place on Monday. The lucky rooftop is on the building I secured last …
PlanBig – The Community that Helps Great Dreams Fly
Got a plan? Need help? Just PlanBig it!
Ever had an idea that you didn’t quite know how to make happen? Ever had a dream that you needed help to make into reality? Ever wanted to …
Energy Booster Workshop
LIFE’S A LOAD OF BALLS!
ENERGY BOOSTER WORKSHOP
Put the bounce back in your life …
Improve your health and learn to juggle life’s demands
without stressing out
Fun interactive workshop designed to energise and empower you from the …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#95 – Our National Parks Shall Remain Intact: Nice One
I’m writing this blog in a state of utter exhaustion – yes – computer exhaustion. The cause: hours and hours spent writing my positive environmentalism e-book! Ironic? Yes, and not in the Alanis Morissette sense …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#93 – Yeah, She Earths Out With Cows
So today, I want to share this gorgeous tale from Rebecca Reider as a taster for my up-coming e-book, because it’s beautiful and authentic and surprising. Rebecca wrote the book Dreaming the Biosphere, and is …
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