Future Generations

Marriage Rocks -- or Does It?

Sherri Edwards | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Marriage, Single Parents, Love and Relationships, Valentine's Day, Teenage Girls, Teen's Views of Marriage, Future Generations, Teenagers, Generation Gap, Parents, Parents News

I also understand marriages can fail. Yet for those of us continuing the soon antiquated practice of marriage, every union has strengths and flaws.

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The Phoenix Generation: The Rise of Those Who Will Change the World

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Youth, Consciousness, Transformation, Spiritual Awakening, Society, Future, Millennial Generation, Perception, Future Generations, Healthy Living News

The world we live in now is changing rapidly. The normal state of affairs is not the static and stationary that we sometimes view our lives to be, but of flux and flow.

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How To Thank The Women Who Paved The Way

Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Greatest Generation, Health, Equal-Rights-Amendment-Women, Future Generations, Mothers, Grandmothers, Property, Great Depression, Women News

The next time you sign a legal document that makes you a property owner or receive a degree, stop for a moment and say a silent thank you to the women who came before you.

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5 Ways To Make Your Travel Sustainable

Winnie So | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Voluntourism, Volunteer Travel, Local Guides, Jose Ramos-Horta, Philanthropic Travel, Sustainable Travel, Future Generations, Travel News

By the end of a 10-day trip that took me from Nairobi to the Laikipia District to the Masai Mara, I was a looking at the world through a different lens. Most empowering was the idea that travel can change lives. By bringing travelers into the lives of local communities, the lives of both are transformed.

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Eating Well Now Can Help Your Great-Grandchildren Live Longer

Scientific American | Sarah Fecht | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Dna, Longevity, Epigenetics, Stanford Center on Longevity, Health, New Research, Health Post50, Science, Stanford University, Lifespan, Future Generations, Fifty News

Experiments with worms show that altering an enzyme can not only lengthen their life spans, but that the longevity effect can be carried across severa...

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Making the World Safe for...?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Internet, Baby Boomers, Obama, Highways, Future Generations, Children, World News

Louis Brandeis is famously quoted as saying: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." An updated version might be: "the Internet is the best disinfectant."

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Stop Scaring Boomers: Why Social Security Matters

Carol Orsborn | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Entitlements, Aging, Medicare, Baby Boomers, Social Security, Baby Boomer Women, Baby Boomers Social Security, Altruism, Social Science, Future Generations, Politics News

Just as one can ascend the pyramid towards actualization, so can one slip back down to the bottom, where fulfilling the urge to give back is replaced with the survival-driven pursuit of basic needs.

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Urban Water Management in San Francisco: Conservation by Recession, Efficiency and Innovation

Francesca Vietor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Efficiency, Education, Urban Water Management, Climate Change, River Diversion, Innovation, Diminishing Snowpack, Water Conservation, Water Scarcity, Future Generations, Water Reuse, Global Warming, Drought, Economic Recession, Conservation, Green News

Water, water, everywhere. Reservoirs are overflowing, utilities are beaming and skiers are ecstatic. The City and County of San Francisco is experienc...

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A Note of Appreciation & Farewell -- the Poem Is for You, too

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thank You, Nuclear Weapons, Farewell, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Prayer, Future Generations, Peace, Love, Appreciation, Poem, Life Stories, Joy, Legacy Books, Impact News

By working to rid the world of nuclear weapons, we do more than remove an existential threat; we stand up for everyone's right to enjoy their lives.

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The Good of Gen-Y

Martha St Jean | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gen- Y, Future Generations, Generation Y, Generation Gap, The Balanced Life, Gen Y Stereotypes, Healthy Living News

There are lazy people in every generation; that's a just a fact. This pervasive attitude that the shortcomings of a nation fall on the backs of one generation is short-sighted.

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What Research on Millennials Misses

Meghan Lewit | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Millennial Generation, Future Generations, Generation Gap, Healthy Living News

Millennial generation data doesn't show just how far the reality of our lives has deviated from the expectations that many of us were born into, and why it is now necessary to rethink the transition to adulthood.

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No Doggie Left Behind

Jesse Lava | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Left Behind, Religion, Fundamentalism, Social Justice, Pets, Evangelical Christians, The Rapture, New Hampshire, Dispensationalism, Christians, Future, Future Generations, Businessweek, Evangelicals, Bart Centre, Healthy Living News

"You've committed your life to Jesus. You know you're saved. But when the Rapture comes, what's to become of your loving pets who are left behind?"

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How Big Media Misses the Biggest Stories and Some More Stories They Will Miss

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, National Debt, Economic Stimulus Package, Federal Budget Deficit, Bailout, Big Media, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Obama Administration, Future Generations, Media Coverage of the War, Media Bias, Gary Shapiro, Media News

We are in trouble unless we have an honest inquiry and discussion on the big issues of our time -- and they all come down to money and priorities.

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A Balanced What? Balanced Growth, Not A Balanced Budget

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Generational Theft, Mark Sanford, Balanced Budget, President Obama, Education, Address to Congress, Future Generations, Stimulus, Budget Hawks, Budget, State of the Union, Blue Dog Democrats, Obama Budget, Business News

The debate about balanced budgets should be employed only in the face of outrageous tax cuts that provide no benefit for future Americans.

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President Juban Princeling

Meredith Lopez | Posted 05.25.2011

In my letter to the Obamas, I explained that my son is also mixed heritage, like our new president: my baby is half-Jewish and half-Cuban, or Juban as they say in Miami.

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Letter to My Son

Bill Budinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Can Americans rise above their immediate self interest and do what needs to be done?

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Obama is an Expat's Dream Come True: The Son of a Global Citizen

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama's Mother, Microcredit, Hillary, Poverty Alleviation, World Peace, Nobel Peace Prize, Texas, Bush Era, Obama, American, Global Citizen, Social Business, Un, Future Generations, Muhammad Yunus, Politics News

Obama's mother gave a precious gift to her son, the life of both an Americanand that of human being who feels at home in many different cultures, allowing to see the similarities between us all.

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