Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Sunday, 27 July 2008 03:00 | | 
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From B&Bs to Boeing, everyone is jumping on the environmental bandwagon - but how can we be sure that what they promise is what they deliver?
Tom Robbins reports
If you are looking for an ethical, environment-friendly holiday, it seems like the perfect place to start. Responsible Travel promises 'hand-picked holidays from hundreds of specialist operators who care about the environment and local people'. The company is by far the most successful of its kind and has unimpeachable eco-credentials to match - one of the founders was professor of responsible tourism management at Leeds Metropolitan University, early backing came from The Body Shop's Anita Roddick and it organises the high-profile Responsible Tourism Awards.
Published on Saturday, 26 July 2008 04:30 | | |
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Feel guilty when you say 'No'? Diane Southam has a few tips on how to be assertive
Published on Thursday, 24 July 2008 11:54 | | |
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After spending several years trying to conceive a baby with the help of fertility treatment, Caroline Gallup and her partner made the difficult decision to remain childless
The fourth sperm test result proved conclusively that my partner, Bruce, had never produced sperm and would never be able to father children. This was our first devastating blow.
Published on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Probably not. But his creator JK Rowling expressed some very Buddhist attitudes in a recent speech to graduates at Harvard University that highlighted the benefits of failure and the importance of imagination
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of
Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all,
graduates - the first thing I would like to say is 'thank you'. Not only has
Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and
nausea I've experienced at the thought of giving this commencement
address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation!
Published on Monday, 21 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Two studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life.
One study, published in the July 17 issue of Nature, shows that vast regions of the ancient highlands of Mars, which cover about half the planet, contain clay minerals, which can form only in the presence of water.
By Dwayne Brown
Published on Sunday, 20 July 2008 19:00 | | |
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Do not walk behind me for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just **** off and leave me alone.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a flat tyre.
Sex is like air. It only becomes important when you aren't getting any.