Recent research links cynobacteria to ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimers. Cynobacteria are found in all lake algae so if you’ve been taking chlorella or blue-green algae, this research may give you pause. Just threw out our bottle.

To read the research, click here.

In this extraordinary and touching interview, Tony Robbins interviews 108 year young pianist Alice Sommers Herz who tells us to be grateful and optimistic even through life’s most challenging times and so much more. I hope this soulful and empowering interview will be viewed and appreciated by many more people searching for answers on how to live a life with meaning and no regrets.

Just received this info on a new film, Money and Life, and want to share it with you because of its importance to this moment in our evolution. It is a continuation of the thinking of Charles Eisenstein’s Sacred Economics…

John Fullerton is Founder and President of Capital Institute, a transdisciplinary collaborative space dedicated to exploring and effecting economic change. The Institute’s mission is to help create “a more just, resilient, and sustainable way of living on this earth through the transformation of finance.”

In our candid interview with John, he shared his own transformative journey that lead him from Wall Street, where he managed capital markets worldwide at JP Morgan, to establishing himself as a thought leader in the “new economy” space.

In this 5 minute clip, John speaks soberly yet with optimism about the immense challenge of our time: the biospheric reality that is forcing us to re-think economics as we have known it, which is as John states “essentially our religion today.”

Watch, listen, comment and share!

John Fullerton: The Biospheric Reality from Katie Teague on Vimeo.

And here is another clip with David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule and Agenda for a New Economy.

David Korten: Walking Away From the King from Katie Teague on Vimeo.

Here is the trailer for the wonderful film these clips are taken from.

Money & Life trailer from Katie Teague on Vimeo.

The producer and director of Money & Life, Katie Teague, is seeking $50,000 to complete this important documentary that demystifies and questions the broken institution of money. No small undertaking. The heart of her message is that debt creates scarcity and her film is an empowering wake up call to end the vicious cycle and liberate us and money from its capitalist constraints so we can celebrate abundance instead and co-create a system that serves people and the planet. And, as you can see, through her interviews, she is touching on the soul of the issue with intelligence and compassion.

“My hope is that we can create an economy where we can do what we love, where we can be rewarded for doing what we love,” Teague said. “It’s idealistic, but it’s only limited by saying it’s impossible. The movie shows that money is a human artifact. It doesn’t grow on trees or fall from the sky. “We created it, and over time it’s changed. We are living in a time of significant shift. Things change and the main institution that needs to change in our lifetimes is money.”

Please join me in helping Katie complete her project.

To read a great story on Katie and her film and ideas, click here.

REMEMBER, TO WATCH THE CLIPS CLICK ON THE YELLOW LINK TO NPD’S WEBSITE.

Flash Sales for Charity Reinvigorate the Philanthropic Lifestyle Brand Concept

Thanks to the success of TOMS Shoes, it seems like a new lifestyle company putting charitable giving at the center of its brand debuts every week. Jewelry, rugs, and eyeglasses have all been transformed into instruments of philanthropy, supporting causes from clean oceans to rural development in Afghanistan.

So Sevenly, a newcomer in the crowded space, may appear to be riding the coattails of other ideas and businesses that have come before it. But several tweaks to the clothes-for-good business model make Sevenly stand out. Every week, the company posts a new T-shirt and hoodie design to its site: Each seven-day flash sale benefits a different charity. Every $22 t-shirt sold offers $7 to the charity of the week, 30 percent of the revenue. Just seven months after launching, the Fullerton, California-based company has already sold nearly 27,000 T-shirts and raised about $200,000 for charity.

“Sevenly is a connector,” says Ryan Wood, the company’s director of public awareness and partnerships. “What our customers appreciate most is that we connect them with charities and causes they wouldn’t otherwise know about. A T-shirt is simply the vehicle for what we hope is a lifetime connection and passion for a charity and cause.” Wood says Sevenly first selects important causes to fund, then finds a specific charity that seems to be operating most effectively in each cause’s space. This week, proceeds will fund research and advocacy group Autism Speaks—in the past, Sevenly’s given to everyone from the Breast Cancer Foundation to the anti-slavery organization Somamly Mam Foundation. Charities aspiring to work with Sevenly can apply here.

How to Get More Stuff Done Faster

Procrastination slowing you down? Marketer Michael Fortin shaes 6 tips on how to achieve more in less time.

Organics Delivere to Your Door

Green PolkaDot Box, a new company that offers affordable nationwide delivery of natural, organic and GMO-free foods has just opened for business. They offer savings up to 60% off. To explore their site, click here.

The Shadow Side of Education

The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America is a book that you may want to read if you have children in school or may want to recommend to anyone you know anyone who does. It’s available as a free download now. It’s a #1 Bestseller in Barnes & Nobel’s History of Education category.

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