Bear - A fable about change, by Carlos Lopez Estrada
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master composter, worm translator, urban advocate, organic pioneer ...
“i have a policy of composting. i will compost any organic matter anytime and anywhere. it, composting, will not change the world as we know it but i believe that if continue to try, it will add up and make a difference.”
— maurice small
Born into a world of numbers, an oppressed Zero discovers that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something. Zero is a stop motion animation written and directed by Christopher Kezelos and produced by Christine Kezelos.
BRILLIANT Interpretation
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Girls, Barbies, Harlem 1970
Photo-documentarian Camilo José Vergara has captured the changes in cities like Harlem, Camden, and Detroit for approximately 40 years, often revisiting the same buildings and streets numerous times over the passing decades.
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The Bicycle City. Trailer from Greg Sucharew on Vimeo.
“What happens to an impoverished developing nation town when you flood it with 20,000 bicycles? You lift three times that number of people out of poverty. Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades and the transformation has been incredible.”
I like this, good to see. Help fund the film; thebicyclecityfilm.com
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Wheels of Change: How The Bicycle Empowered Women
As much as we love bike culture and everything bikes stand for, we may have underestimated the profound significance of the bicycle as a cultural agent of change. Thanks to a brilliant new book, we no longer do. National Geographic’s Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) tells the riveting story of how the two-wheel wonder pedaled forward the emancipation of women in late-19th-century America and radically redefined the normative conventions of femininity.
“To men, the bicycle in the beginning was merely a new toy, another machine added to the long list of devices they knew in their work and play. To women, it was a steed upon which they rode into a new world.” ~ Munsey’s Magazine, 1896Read more at The Atlantic
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
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Hardest thing in life is change. Pruning is part of the process. Sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts. When your life is guided by your emotions, you’ll always be up and down. Be still. Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others. Growth inside fuels growth outside. Manage your thought life daily and then you can manage your life. BeGREAT!
