Wish I was in DC next week…

because the International Environment Forum is integrating its annual event into the annual conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies – North America, and is co-organizing several plenary and breakout sessions. The International Environment Forum is a Bahá’í-inspired professional Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) whose members from the Bahá’í Faith and the wider community promote the application [...]

Tynedale UNA

UNA stands for United Nations Association and today I met the secretary of the Tynedale branch. Interesting chat about their activities and I’ll go to their next committee meeting in August. I’ve offered to talk about my experiences at the UN’s Commission on Sustainable Development in 2008 and 2009, so I’ll see if they take [...]

Pianos!

“Play me I’m yours” fun with many thanks to Luke Jerram!

31 pianos : 30 in London & 1 in Allendale

“Play Me I’m Yours” – street pianos
Touring the globe since March 2008, Luke Jerram’s artwork ‘Play Me I’m Yours’ is a public art installation where pianos are located in public spaces, squares, train stations, bus stops, even on ferries, and pianos are set to be placed all around London for anyone to play or decorate.
Luke’s [...]

Service – dienstbaarheid

We had a lot of snow (20-25 cm) on Sunday night. Thinking I was smart, I’d left my car at a friend’s house in the village. I’d driven home slowly from a cluster reflection meeting due to a very dodgy exhaust which had already required AA assistance that day. I just didn’t want to risk [...]

Service as a First Responder

I’m just back from my monthly training session of the Allen Valleys First Responders group. It’s just a bunch of local volunteers willing to serve their community. I know, a lot of people serve their communities in many different ways. And yes on the surface it is ‘just’ being of  service to our local community.
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