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THIS IS WATER, & Other Best Commencement Speeches Ever.

by Waylon Lewis on May 4, 2013

Seven Great High School & College Graduation & Commencement Speeches. A new version of a longer classic: “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” ~ Malcolm Forbes 1. You are not special. “Before you run off and get your YOLO tattoo, let me point out the illogic of that expression. [...]

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One Village. {Poem} ~ Amber Howard

by elephantjournal.com on May 1, 2013

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5 Top Reasons Why Yoga Could Work Wonders For Your Kids. ~ Katinka Sætersdal Remøe

by elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2013

How yoga can be just as great a gift for children as it is for grown-ups.

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Eco-Urban Dance Video for Kids.

by Lynn Hasselberger on Apr 22, 2013

Please share this wild urban dance and nature dance video to raise awareness of the campaign—let’s go spiral for the kids!

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Man of Steel: Official Superman Trailer [HD Video]

by elephantjournal.com on Apr 16, 2013

Superman is back. As a former American boy, I will be attending the reunion of my first hero and the big screen. This looks quality. A trailer that doesn’t give the plot away, a beautiful score, and a superhero rendered in human detail. We will join him in the sun:

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A View from the Summit. ~ Jacob Joens-Poulton

by elephantjournal.com on Apr 13, 2013

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Heal Ourselves, Heal Our World.

by Lynn Hasselberger on Apr 11, 2013

If we tell stories that illuminate, inspire and transform our relationship with the natural world and one another, we heal ourselves and the planet.

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Top 10 Easy Earth Day Activity Ideas.

by Carolyn Scott on Apr 10, 2013

Earth Day is just around the corner. Have you thought about what you might do to celebrate this big blue and green marble we call home? Well, here are some ideas for some earth friendly activities that you can do with friends and/or family for a fun and green Earth Day! 1. Go Meatless! Combine [...]

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“Don’t grow up! It’s a trap!”

by Peg Mulqueen on Apr 2, 2013

So once again, this Easter, as part of the White House Easter Egg Roll—I did not actually teach the kids anything they didn’t already know … but the kids reminded me of lots I’d managed to forget.

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The Banana Police. {book review} ~ Rebecca Schwarz

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 29, 2013

“Everyone was talking about what it would be like without so many elephants around all the time. It was all anyone could think about.” ~Katy Koontz What if you grew up in a village lush with bananas grew everywhere and elephants roamed freely? What would happen if there were no elephants to eat all the bananas? If [...]

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The Quote that helped me Recover from Growing Up Buddhist.

by Waylon Lewis on Mar 27, 2013

I’m in Halifax, presently, visiting my mom. Halifax is a center for Buddhism in the West, and I’ve been running into all kinds of folks I’ve known all my life. I ran into one gentleman at the Shambhala Meditation Center, today, where we were practicing the beautiful Sadhana of Mahamudra. And this gentleman asked me [...]

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Hank D & the Bee: Bee, a Good Friend.

by Joe Mohr on Mar 20, 2013

Catch up on the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green goings-on, follow Joe on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Like elephant green on Facebook. Ed: Kate Bartolotta

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How to Meditate: A Talk for Young People by Chögyam Trungpa.

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 18, 2013

Has anybody talked to you about meditation? The basic idea of the sitting practice of meditation is that it is what the Buddha did, and because of that, he attained enlightenment. That’s the basic point. And we have been told how to practice that way too, so that in turn, we can attain enlightenment. One [...]

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Son, I Love You Right Up to the Moon and Back. ~ Karla Rodas

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 14, 2013

Son, “I love you right up to the moon and back.” When you’re struggling son, know that I love you. When you’re hurting son, know that I care. When you’re questioning son, know that I understand. When you’re wondering son, know that I’m there. When you’re lonely son, know that I’m close. When you dream [...]

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Girl Rising: An Empowering Movie Calling for Change.

by Jennifer S. White on Mar 9, 2013

Last night I saw Girl Rising. This movie is about the unbreakable spirit of girls living in situations that most American girls couldn’t even fathom. It’s about their need for help as they fight oppression; fighting for things that we take advantage of daily—things like education and choice. This gripping film is directed by [...]

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Surrendering Dorothy: A Mother’s Love Story. ~ Sarah Rosenberg

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 8, 2013

You’d think she’d just announced that our planet had been invaded by bodysnatchers or that someone had drunk the last of the chocolate milk I horde to put in my morning coffee.

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The Darkest Fairy Tale, Ever.

by Karl Saliter on Mar 1, 2013

“No!” she cried. Nobody listened.
The doctors refused to return the baby to the mommy.
The hospital became a prison.

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10 Signs you’re a true Hipster.

by Waylon Lewis on Feb 18, 2013

(Click above for Hipster Buddhist) In Defense of Hipsterism. Update: a rebuttal. Hipsters aren’t all good-looking stylish superior trustafarian talented lazy party-addled self-doubting snobby multi-sexual artistes. Just the ones you read about, and Alex. The media has a thing out for hipsters. And, frankly, hipsters have been asking for it. But we got a problem [...]

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What one little girl did for her birthday party to inspire hundreds of other boys & girls.

by Waylon Lewis on Feb 16, 2013

Via Reddit: “I work at an animal shelter; a young girl named Emma asked for all her presents at her birthday party to be food/toys for the animals at the shelter instead of toys for her…look at what she gave us today!!!” Not: click above or below to read the helpful, inspiring and wise comments [...]

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5 (okay 6) Love Lessons from My Dog. ~ Terri Tremblett

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2013

Once the word “love” enters the picture, it changes everything… and that’s a good thing because love stretches us and shapes us in ways that we could never imagine.

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Sandy Hook Children’s Choir & Jennifer Hudson Sing “America the Beautiful.” {VIDEO}

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 3, 2013

Sandy Hook Children’s Choir & Jennifer Hudson Sing “America the Beautiful.” {VIDEO}

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The Chakras as Explained to a Child. {Video}

by David McConaghay on Feb 2, 2013

“You must gain balance within yourself before you can bring balance to the world.”

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Boy Scouts, bowing to “grassroots” pressure, may allow Gay Scoutmasters, Scouts.

by Waylon Lewis on Jan 28, 2013

Looks like I might be able to send my future hypothetical sons to one of America’s great institutions, after all. “The chartered organizations that oversee and deliver scouting would accept membership and select leaders consistent with their organization’s mission, principles or religious beliefs,” according to Deron Smith, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts’ national [...]

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Week 1: Stop Waiting for That Muse (2/365)

36 Life Lessons for My Daughters. ~ Dawn Meysel

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 21, 2013

What if something happens to me and I don’t get to be around to tell the Girls all the things they need to know? So I wrote “Life Lessons for my Daughters.”

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Love is Louder Than Self-Harm: A 13-year-old’s Anti-Suicide Letter.

by Francesca Biller on Jan 8, 2013

Source: Uploaded by user via ROAR pro on Pinterest *Note from the author: The following post about suicide was written by a young teenage girl in my family who cares deeply about those who suffer from depression. She has started to write about the effects of depression and pain that so many young and older [...]

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Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2012. ~ Rhett Butler & Jeremy Hance

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 6, 2013

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Misconception: Prayer is Illegal in Schools.

by Waylon Lewis on Jan 4, 2013

(Not) Breaking News: contrary to rumor (image/quote in blog has been shared 20K times) or Fox News…individual or even group prayer is, and always has been legal in schools. Just not mandated by The Man. 95,000 folks have shared this image and the text below, decrying the godlessness of our country and the malevolence of [...]

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I Am a Mother of the World. ~ Alli Akard

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 4, 2013

“Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.” ~Marianne Williamson I am a mother of the world. I am also a mother of three vivacious children. Having my own children and [...]

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A New Year’s Tale: Maddie & the Man with Two Faces. ~ Kathy Kottaras

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 30, 2012

“Tell me the story about New Year’s Eve,”my five-year old daughter demands from the back seat. “What do you mean, honey?” “Tell me the story,” Maddie says. “Like about pilgrims. Or like Santa Claus. Or like George Washington or, like, whatever,” she says in her best pseudo-teenage-wannabe inflection. “Like, what happened, you know?” I fumble. [...]

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Bring Yoga Recess Day to Your School.

by Donna Freeman on Dec 27, 2012

Join thousands of school teachers, parents and passionate yogis and pledge to bring mind body exercises, breathing and stretching into classrooms everywhere.

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Consumerism: They’re Selling Us a Dream of Who We Can Be. Let’s Wake Up! {Macklemore}

by Waylon Lewis on Dec 23, 2012

Just Don’t Buy into It. Wings. What we Buy is not Who we Are: it’s a lesson hard won, particularly for advertising-inundated, impressionable children…a lesson beautifully chronicled in this here video via Macklemore. Loving this man. I was like this, my friends were like this. We played bball, we treasured our kicks. Luckily, I never [...]

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I Believe in Santa Claus.

by Kate Bartolotta on Dec 23, 2012

Yes, elephant readers, there is a Santa Claus.

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Breathing Compassion: Helping Children Cope with School Tragedy. ~ Lisa Flynn

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 22, 2012

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“President Barack Obama pretends to be caught in Spider-Man’s web as he greets the son of a White House staffer in the Outer Oval Office, Oct. 26, 2012.”

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2012

Humor. And a sense of humor about oneself. Without it, all the power in the world…and life is miserable. “…And then secret service moved in and apprehended the kid.”

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Politicizing Tragedy: Why It’s a Good Thing. ~ Linda Pecone

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2012

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Four Furry Children. ~ Edith Lazenby

by Edie Lazenby on Dec 16, 2012

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How to Talk to Kids about Tragedy According to Mr. Rogers.

by Kate Bartolotta on Dec 14, 2012

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,‘ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are [...]

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The Courage of the Stay-at-Home Mom. ~ Amy Cushing

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 14, 2012

“Oh, you’re a stay-at-home-mom? Hmph.”

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Quote of the Day: “You are all stardust.”

by Kate Bartolotta on Dec 7, 2012

It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics…

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Marley & Rita: A Love Story. ~ Jennifer Townsend

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 5, 2012

Warning: Sickeningly Cute Animal Video.

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Smiling Sun Sees Me: A Children’s Yoga Book. ~ Tanya Maria Mah

by elephantjournal.com on Nov 30, 2012

Why do I believe in kids yoga? Just because… Because every child deserves calm and happiness. Because the earlier they learn good habits, the easier it is to keep doing them. Because I love yoga. Because it is a special gift that is not bound by language, nationality, religion or politics. Because growing up is [...]

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Photo of the Day: This is Why We Are Here.

by Kate Bartolotta on Nov 30, 2012

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Is this Lion pose or Baby pose?

by Waylon Lewis on Nov 16, 2012

Photo of the Day. Via Reddit, where there’s a bunch of hilarious puns.

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The Girl God: A Divine Love Story for Our Daughters. ~ Alyscia Cunningham

by elephantjournal.com on Oct 30, 2012

For as long as I can remember, hearing everyone refer to God as “He” has not sat well with me. At church we prayed to the Father and the Son. Before mealtime we prayed, “God is great, God is good, let us thank him for our food.” Before bedtime we prayed, “Our Father, who art [...]

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Green, Black & Orange: An Eco-Smart Halloween.

by Jill Barth on Oct 30, 2012

Can your celebration can still align with eco-smart values and curb over-consumption?

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The 2 Year Old Yoga Teacher. {Video}

by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2012

With thanks to our sponsor, MyYogaOnline.com for sharing: 2 year old Lincoln James began practicing yoga at the age of 6 months PB (Pre-Birth). His first poses in the womb were Warrior 1 and Shoulder Stand. Needless to say, it was not too comfortable for his mother. A year after his birth, Lincoln completed his [...]

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Photo of the Day.

by elephantjournal.com on Oct 23, 2012

“Deer visits cat every morning.” {Photos} Via Reddit, via this Blog (click for more photos). Join our Page: Animal Rights for more awww, inspiring, photos, videos and causes.

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A note from your mama, reminding you of everything you need to know. ~ Emily Azad

by elephantjournal.com on Oct 11, 2012

my dear child, you will find these letters when you are quiet. you will see them, notice their dance across the page, and they will soothe your eyes as so many words have soothed mine. somehow i know you will find this note when you need to be reminded. of the joy that lives in [...]

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Describe Your Inner Butterfly. ~ Tracy Johnson

by elephantjournal.com on Oct 8, 2012

Using color imagery and the chakra system is a great way to work with children on an energetic level. By encouraging them to imagine colors and then discuss them you, as a teacher or parent, can gain insight into where a child is emotionally and energetically so that you can be sensitive and responsive to [...]

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