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What would you like to revolutionize?

Started by Daniel Gibbons · 9 months ago

If you could rule for a day, make a decree for evolution, stir the ocean of social change…

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104 comments

  • Get Togetha

    11 months ago

    I would like to revolutionize the time and support that is given to women when having a kid. I witnessed the horror of our insurance system in "The Business of Being Born."

    C-sections peaking at 5pm and 11pm because Doc wants to go home and have dinner?
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  • Get Togetha

    11 months ago

    Fast Food is what it is: Trash Food. The proof is in the Aftermath of Morbid Obesity, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and a host of other preventable diseases because of poor nutrition information in our schools.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    HELLO EVERYBODY! A quick interruption to say that we've had, uh technical difficulties today. Our geeks have been toiling away and the Daily and blog will be smooth and inspiring very soon! Thanks for everyone who cared enough to say, "I neeed my Q&A;!"
    xo
    Danielle
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    Hey Get Togetha, I just check out your blog.
    http://www.gettogetha.com/blog/

    Beautiful.

    I don't do paper plates either. Non-negotiable.
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  • Joanne

    11 months ago

    I would like to revolutionise the way people shop, persuading them to shop locally at independent shops rather than big supermarkets and shopping malls. As well as being good for the environment, it also engenders a sense of community that I'm afraid we are in danger of losing.
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  • Get Togetha

    11 months ago

    Thanks so much Danielle. It's a work in progress.
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  • Krystl

    11 months ago

    Education. I'm a total socialist when it comes to education. Everyone should be able to afford higher education, and teachers must be more valued and paid!! I was not able to afford my last four college credits, never graduated, and still spent over 10 years struggling under student loans.
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  • Joannie

    11 months ago

    I would like to revolutionize the way North America seems to see itself as 'the good' and everything other as 'the bad'. I believe until the governments in the Western world, especially in the United States, but in Canada too, stop acting like God is on their side against 'the evil doers' there will never be peace in the world. We must own our own shadows - own that we are both good and evil as is everyone in the entire world.
    What makes me angry about another person is the very thing I've disowned in myself.
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  • Kelly

    11 months ago

    I would like to revolutionalize "giving" and the financial support given to non-for-profit organizations. Enough of the gift bags, gimmicks, give-aways - just do the right thing by writing the cheque!
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  • andrea

    11 months ago

    time management.

    Despite the "amazing technology" that we are so lucky to have at our fingertips, we have less time today for anyone. I feel the "tug" of the blackberry/iphone world but am resisting and hanging on by my fingernails to "not go there".

    The human part of humanity is being gobbled up by technology that keeps us working around the clock. Balance, like a deep breath, is needed as it relates to our societies use of time.
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  • verysheri

    11 months ago

    The Education System! I've thought teachers should be revered in the highest class of profession with pay scales equal to doctors and lawyers. Not because I'm one, or that there are even any teachers in my extended family; I just see it as a huge injustice. In many cases, teachers are spending more time with children than their own parents, shouldn't we strive to serve them as well as they can serve our young? So rare is it that I meet a young person who is inspired by school, or admits that a teacher motivates them to be better person (on any level). This is one of many examples of how America is failing to provide for it's future.
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  • Yvette

    11 months ago

    Women's health care guidelines with regard to the real issues we face and have them addressed appropriately.
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  • Dayna

    11 months ago

    The first thing that comes to mind for me is the attitude people have about breastfeeding. I'm pro bf whether it is someone doing it conservatively in public with something like a little blanket, nursing shirt, etc. and don't think it should be outlawed or looked down upon. I also am pro-nursing as long as the mother and baby are happy with it. BF one of my babies until he was 2.5 and don't regret if for a minute.
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  • laurie_matthews

    11 months ago

    My life! It needs a good revolt and revolution to kick start it in the direction I envision.
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  • Carolyn Lawrence

    11 months ago

    Women who don't go for it. Women are all beautiful, strong and capable - of at least reaching for their potential. Know it and go for it.
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  • Laura

    11 months ago

    Our attitudes towards the menstrual cycle and thus the entire eco-system of the female body. (including the way we give or are forced to give birth) My revolution would teach girls and women that learning to understand our menstrual and fertility cycles is a life skill we shouldn't be without. Our blood is the source of our beauty, power, confidence, energy and creativity. Our blood is the giver of life and protector of all women's health.
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  • Lisa

    11 months ago

    I'd like to see the US Constitution rewritten to include the rights of nature. With it's current bias towards privileging corporate entities, I don't see how we can address the ecological nightmare we're creating....
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  • Kristin (The Goat)

    11 months ago

    I agree!! No paper plates. Real plates, real silverware, real glasses. Great Blog - I commented over there, too!
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  • Sarah

    11 months ago

    I want to revolutionize attitudes and the value towords early childhood education, and childhood in general in the United States
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  • Kristin (The Goat)

    11 months ago

    I just answered yesterdays question because it wouldn't come up early yesterday. I was sure you all knew there was a problem - I didn't realize how much I loved reading this each morning until it was being difficult and wasn't connecting. Thanks for getting the techs working on it.
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  • Scott

    11 months ago

    Urban Gardens! For sustenance, connection with nature, oxygen and beauty. If you've got dirt, plunk in a seed. It'll make you feel the love...
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  • Erika

    11 months ago

    Housing, housing, housing! It is impossible to feel or read anything about what makes a house a home without realizing how much the standard North American home fails.

    I was reading reader comments today on an article about communities of cottages. The readers were dismissing the idea outright because they believe the myth that bigger means better when it comes to homes. But the fact of the matter is that these bigger homes contradict nearly everything we know about what makes for happy stable communities.

    Big front yards get rid of the human scale of the street and make it impossible to walk down the street and just say "hi". Having a TV in every room destroys the quality of family life. Current zoning laws that should be used for keeping disruptive, dangerous businesses out of neighborhoods prevent neighborhoods from having grocery stores and other needs within walking distance. An obsession on home prices causes people to focus on treating their house as a piece to be preserved rather than a home (and encourages the desire to always upgrade, decreasing the stability of communities). Mass produced communities have removed all individuality from our homes.

    Instead of making our home into someplace we love, we have turned the home into an investment and a commodity. We have turned them into bunkers against the outside world rather than a vantage point from which we can interact with the outside world. We have turned home into just another building.
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  • Lisa

    11 months ago

    Simple ideas to revolutionize the way people accumulate, retain and dispose of stuff: reduce reuse recycle. I am trying to do my part but everyday catch myself in the bad habits that have accumulated over a lifetime of not knowing any better and not being conscious of my impact on my environment.

    Would also revolutionize the education system -- teaching kids self-esteem, emplowerment, wonderment, and to value their individuality.
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  • Kristin (The Goat)

    11 months ago

    I would like to go back in time and bring back common courtesy. In this technology world when half of the people have a phone in their ear holding doors, saying Thank You and just acknowledging the other people in the world is being ignored.

    I have been doing my part by being present when I am out in public. I say hello to people when they look at me, I hold doors, I say "after you," and I say Thank You. I keep hoping that others will do the same, more often.
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  • Kirsty

    11 months ago

    Joanne, I'll carry your microphone with that message. I'd also tack on the idea of challenging people to think about what they really need versus what they really want. I've worked in one of the poorest countries in the world and witnessed what people need to achieve happiness while the same country's upper class struggled to translate and interpret Western consumerism into their own culture. I don't believe we shouldn't shop or buy nice things; I just think it's important to ask where it comes from, how it was made and how much do I need?
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    Ah yes! Don't get Carrie and me started on GIFT BAGS. It's an epidemic of crap that nobody really wants and definitely doesn't need.
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  • Jennifer Sage

    11 months ago

    I not complaining. My time zone means I usually do it just before I go to bed and the day before. That what comes of living in New Zealand. Today (Friday) I,ve just got up and am drinking my morning latte.

    I hope no one bans coffee because of the food miles it travels to get to my coffee machine BECAUSE THEN THERE WOULd BE A REVOLUTION
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  • Kirsty

    11 months ago

    I like that phrase: Mass produced communities have removed all individuality from our homes. I wish our Ontario politicians considered the individuality of ones' home in their next election platform as an affront to both the environment and the social fabric of our communities and families.
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  • Jennifer Sage

    11 months ago

    Thats wisdom
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  • Natasha L

    11 months ago

    The way women feel about their bodies. Or, the why, I guess. We need to be liberated and celebrate not criticize our bodies, be grateful for what we have, including the power to change what we don't like, or to disregard ideals that are imposed on us.
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  • Denise of Uniquely Tea

    11 months ago

    Vacation time. In the UK, it's 5 weeks minimum - to start (you don't have to work an entire bloody year before eligibility) PLUS all the bank holiday week-ends. America does NOT give the working person enough time off! And employers' attitudes towards time off is terrible. I have to beg and plead and arrange my time off around everyone else's schedule but MINE!
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  • Jennifer Sage

    11 months ago

    good comments There are some really good Books on this subject under the title of the Not so Big House by the American author Susan (can't remember how to spell her surname starts with S).
    My other Bible on all that is great on house and community design is an old classic called A Pattern Language. 3 authors the first of which is Christopher Alexander
    If you google around the associated web sites or on Amazon they meet up in the reading lists and references. Anyone who is serious about house design needs to read these books. Some architects loathe them just because and informed customer is in the driving seat
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  • Zen Lill

    11 months ago

    I would like to revolutionize the way women are treated around the world. there is evidence of gross poverty, violence, etc...and it makes me ill for my global sisters.
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  • Kathi Black

    11 months ago

    I would like to see the pace slow down. I think there is a lot to be said for at least ONE evening at home, doing "nothing". Spending time with family, talking to one another, listening, spending time remembering, or planning, or just watching nature. Slow down.
    Oh -- and common courtesy.
    Oh oh -- and the lost art of using a turn signal when driving!
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  • Erika

    11 months ago

    Definitely aware of both, although I haven't read any of the Not So Big House books yet. Thanks for the pointer!
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  • Erika

    11 months ago

    Hear hear! I think "rediscover, rebuild, and strengthen" community could be what ties many of these things together.
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  • Jen

    11 months ago

    People thinking further than just themselves. In the big picture, but also in the little things. Like holding the door for the person behind you, not littering, and walking all the way to the back of the bus to allow more passengers to fit (especially in rush hour - we're all just trying to get to work!). Everyone following The Golden Rule + "what if EVERYONE did that, would things be better" (I think that was MLK Jr.)
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  • asha

    11 months ago

    your blog is aesthetic. appealing. fun. simple yet elegant. reminds me of my self. ;)
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    So...(and I'm not being factitious here,) have you owned your own evil?
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    Yes yes. Those "real issues" often go uncounted within the statistics.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    The Europeans have got it right on that front. And let's hear it for the 4 Day Work Week.

    Claim your time - your life will start to reconfigure around you. It takes some moxy but you can shift things if you believe you're worth it.
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  • Ellen

    11 months ago

    1. The way we refuse to acknowledge the amount of childhood sexual abuse that actually occurs in this country - and around the world.

    2. I would like to see true freedom of religion.

    3. I agree with Carrie - not only the petroleum products but the amount of corn by-products used in the production of most of what we eat....even soft drinks are no longer sweetened with sugar, but with high-fructose corn syrup. Disassemble the corn conglomerate and go back to balanced farmland and whole foods, folks!
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  • Mackenzie

    11 months ago

    Medical coverage/benefits. I think we should have the option to choose between western medicine and naturopathic solutions...both should be covered.
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  • Dena

    11 months ago

    The institution of marriage.
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  • Sandgirl

    11 months ago

    Timely access to healthcare, for everyone regardless of ability to pay -- that includes lowering wait-times for those of us blessed to be in a country that has programs in place to pay for universal healthcare. Resources deployed in such a manner that all branches of the medical profession are fully staffed, and able to do their jobs.
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  • Mary

    11 months ago

    Absolutely! My daughter (11yrs) received an email called " storyofstuff.com " from her grade 6 teacher. The presentation takes 20 minutes and is a wonderful synopsis that I would have everyone in North America watch and discuss!
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  • Lisa M.

    11 months ago

    Worldwide Transportation - from cars to ocean shipping, it's all about how we get oursleves and the products we buy from A-B and beyond.

    My revolutionary magic wand would see all countries employing clean energy that does not threaten the stability of our planet.
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  • L'Tanya

    11 months ago

    I'd revolutionize the education, healthcare, and housing systems, and poverty in the U.S. My mother taught jr./high school for 32 years in the 'hood in D.C. because the need was there. She, like so many other teachers, was never paid a fraction of what she was worth.

    Piggybacking on that would be our obsession with all that entertains us, which certainly includes Hollywood. I'd revolutionize the value of self-worth so that we didn't have to look to movie "stars" to see how we measure up.
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  • Jen

    11 months ago

    In response to Carrie's comment today, I would also like to recommend the cookbook, "The Splendid Table". It's wonderful. All about real food and real food cooking!
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  • andrea

    11 months ago

    totally!
    I just listened to a story on the radio this morning how the YWCA of Vancouver has a rooftop garden that had originally been a garden of trees etc but that they recently turned into a vegetable and fruit producing garden sanctuary.

    All of the produce that they grow is given to the less fortunate women and children of East Vancouver who don't have access to fresh and organic fruits and vegetables. According to the representative that was speaking about the garden, everything from carrots and lettuce to raspberries and blueberries are being grown.

    If architects and urban designers were really clever they would quickly turn more rooftops into "green" rooftops
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  • andrea

    11 months ago

    I couldn't agree more. I have been making a full-time job work within a four day week for three years and I am thankful every day that I have been given the opportunity to make it work.
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  • Dayna

    11 months ago

    LOL, Jennifer. I would trade living in New Zealand for TX any day, even if I had to get my Daily Q&A as a nighttime treat before bed!

    Dayna (where it was 113 (45c) on my car's thermometer, today). Ugh.
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  • andrea

    11 months ago

    Carrie, something you may already know about but worth passing on...

    http://www.slowfood.com/

    one of my favourite websites and organizations
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  • laurie_matthews

    11 months ago

    I'm writing your words down right now and attaching them to my computer to remind myself to do this everyday! I'm also forwarding it to my friends. Thank you.
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  • Jennifer Sage

    11 months ago

    Dayna 45c sounded pretty rugged. One of my sayings though (Its not orginal) There is no better than here.
    Everything we need is already inside of us born or unborn it is all there.
    That is the potent power of your style statement. It can create a field around us that serves ourselves best and others are served too.
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  • Julia

    11 months ago

    I agree wholeheartedly. Having a Treo or Blackberry makes us blur the line between home and work life. No one can really "be in the moment" because so many of us are anticipating e-mails & voice mails. For all the overcommunciation we do, we have lost the ability to connect on a human level. I want to slow down! Can't we just exhale and be okay with NO productivity to speak of???
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  • Yvette

    11 months ago

    Ok I am with you on this one.
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  • Julia

    11 months ago

    Astute observation! Well written! With all the home makeover shows on TV, it's hard to appreciate what we already have.
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  • Julia

    11 months ago

    Seriously! And we are made to feel lazy or weak for asking time off! What a problem we have here!
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  • Kristin

    11 months ago

    American politics. (I know, HUGE thing to even fathom.) Medical care (abysmal currently), respect for the aged, education, the environment, the excess, especially waste - those are the biggies with me. Since moving to Europe I've realised the inadequacies of the American system, and the way things are continues to feed the ignorance to how good things could be. Huge props to those who are doing something about it - my cousin, who has run for office a few times; my brother, who works for a union; my mother, who was a teacher for 30+ years - those are the real heroes.
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  • Jennifer

    11 months ago

    don't get me started...
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  • Joannie

    11 months ago

    I don't like the word 'evil'. It has religious overtones that I find offensive. I prefer Jung's shadow - those unowned parts of ourselves that we need to bring to consciousness.

    Another way of looking at it is to think of transforming our negativity; i.e blame, resentment, judgement of ourselves and others, etc. I believe this inner work is of vital importance not only to the one doing the work but also to the wider human community.

    Can you imagine what the world would be like if we all did this work? I believe there would be no wars! What an awesome, mind boggling thought.
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  • Ottoline

    11 months ago

    I'd like to revolutionize the horse racing industry. Being a horse person for many years and involved in rescue, I can see so much room for innovation and improvement for racing thoroughbreds in the industry.
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  • Tara

    11 months ago

    So many things that need to be done - where do you start? In Australia the social security system needs a huge overhaul - women are given $5000 for each baby they have, but alot of them blow it straight away, and don't use it for the care of the child. They should be given the payment in vouchers, that way they can't use it to buy cigarettes or drugs or put it down the slot machines.
    And the 'childrens menus' at restaurants - excuse me but my children don't enjoy the choice between nuggets and chips or fish fingers and chips! Surely the chefs can come up with something better than that, it would save me having request that the chef be able to adapt some of the 'adult selections' to suit my kids.
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  • colette

    11 months ago

    Schooing: What is taught, how it's taught and by whom.
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  • colette

    11 months ago

    AMEN!
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  • colette

    11 months ago

    In what way?
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  • Kathleen

    11 months ago

    the way we die. I'm an end-of-life doula and a social worker. People need love, support and compassion at the end of life. We need to promote palliative care in order to make people as comfortable as possible in their last days. And no one should be alone at such a time.
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  • Jane

    11 months ago

    childcare. our society hasn't kept up with the reality of two working parents...
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  • Jane

    11 months ago

    Love your blog! That Harlem Toile made my day.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    So true!
    Also there is limited nutritional food available in schools. Cafeteria food needs an overhaul and vending machines need to be eliminated.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Absolutely! Homogenized lives are being lead when unique and beautiful things can be found at local thrift shops, farmers markets
    and in nature.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    I agree! Education creates equality and teachers are one of our most important resources.
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  • Get Togetha

    11 months ago

    Thanks so much Jane! It's always great to get recognition!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    No more goodie bags at kids parties (I could go on & on) Donate the money spent on so much junk, let alone the time & effort wasted on creating this unnecessary gifts. And celebrities don't need anymore free stuff!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    I feel being civil to each other would change the world. We are more connected when we are present and respectful.
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  • Bettyann

    11 months ago

    I agree everyone should have a chance to attend college without such high prices. This is so unfair you are not alone. Even when you go all the way through and find it really tough to get a job in the field you paid so much money for. I would like to see a little more help for someone who is strugling with these high prices for higher education. That is definitly something I would like to revelutionalize.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Celebrity culture feeds our illusion of beauty. Let's embrace our ideal weight, our unique features. Let's announce what we love about our bodies. I will go first.
    I love my strong shoulders.
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  • Hilma

    11 months ago

    Support and love between women! No one else can hurt and demoralize a woman as much as another woman. We need to have a new "burning of the bra" revolution but this time we need to focus on valuing each other as women equally.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Talking about time off, I was shocked and appalled when I discovered maternity leave in the States is six weeks. That is
    a disgrace! Here in Canada we have a one year, more civil.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Ditto!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Thanks Jen, I"ll put that on my reading list.
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Thank you Andrea!
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  • Jen

    11 months ago

    One more thing. The book is from a wonderful radio show by the same name, The Splendid Table. You can download the podcasts for free on ITunes. The host is fabulous and you will be hooked!
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    I have never heard of an end-of-life doula, what lovely & compassionate work you provide. Thank you
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  • Carrie McCarthy

    11 months ago

    Here's to sisterhood!!
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  • Anne-Marie

    11 months ago

    I have a career in telecommunications. It alarms me that everyone is constantly on their cell phone, texting, and calling just to see what's happening. Real communication is postponed and people become anxious because they haven't heard back from someone for 15 minutes. I think this leaves everyone in a blur and very unsatisfied. Let someone know when and where you will meet. When you will be available. Don't get caught up in the junk and costly non-communication jungle. Make a decision and stick to it. There will be more clear communication, less interuptions and you will suddenly have more real time to think and be. Get to clear communication and turn off that cell phone.
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  • Mackenzie

    11 months ago

    I'm replying to this late as well but I too was like 'What? I have no question to keep my mind off of my 5:30am bootcamp!'. It keeps my mind off of the pain I feel when running hills and doing wall sits for 7 straight minutes! I was glad to see it back!
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  • Mackenzie

    11 months ago

    I second your thought...or third it, or fourth it! If you can't pronounce it, don't eat it! I'm not sure if you every saw Jamie Oliver's special on revolutionizing the British school cafeteria system but it was horrifying. Some of the children did not even know what broccoli was because they had never seen it before. There's something to say for 'eating clean'. I picked up a new magazine this week that is actually called 'Clean Eating' and loved what it had to say.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    Ditto. My Swiss friend got his whole degree in architecture for... free. Med school...free. What an equalizer and liberator free education is. With free education and health care, we'd be on our way to utopia.

    And while we're socializing the fundamental rights...I'd love to see a system where ADOPTION was not so cost prohibitive. There are many loving, conscious families who can't shell out $30-$50k to adopt a child, but who have the resources to care for them in every way.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    Brilliant. "All trees are considered equal."
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    Beautifully said. And, as our homes are just "another building," many jobs are just "another pay cheque," friendships, clothing, stuff...just another quantity.
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    you should check out Women For Women International - it's our primary charity at Carrie & Danielle. They are doing amazing, effective work!
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  • Danielle LaPorte

    11 months ago

    I'd like to support rescued horses some day. I'd like some acreage with horses that are allowed to just be free and well cared for. Or I'd happily sponsor their care on someone else's land...If you have any resources, do send them my way.
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  • Connie

    11 months ago

    The way we treat the homeless and the mentally ill in our country, which are frequently one and the same. Where's our compassion? No
    more wars, but rather considerate and compassionate solutions to these two huge problems.
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  • MarieLeona

    11 months ago

    Like Carrie - Fast food values... and on that same topic I would like to revolutionize the Big Corporations' values. Where money is more important than human life!!!! We live in a world of abundance and yet human beings are starving are mistreated because the $ sign speaks louder than humanity. What a beautiful world it would be if that thought process could be changed at a 360 degree.
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  • Tammy

    11 months ago

    Good luck if you can even get 6 weeks- and forget about getting paid while you're off. The health care system is the US is a total disgrace. That is what I would revolutionize. And it's not like we have to reinvent the wheel here, you know. So many other countries are already doing it right. And the fact that your employment is tied to your health insurance is the worst thing ever. My husband has a sales rep out of work for 7-8 weeks because she broke her ankle. She only had accumulated enough vacation time to pay her through the first couple of weeks. Beyond that, she was facing not getting paid at all while she's supposed to be recovering. Luckily for her, my husband and some co-workers donated portions of their own paid vacation time to her so that she can continue to recuperate with her income intact. The lesson here in the States is Don't get Sick, Don't have an accident, it's every man for himself, and if you're not independently wealthy you are screwed.
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  • Chantal

    11 months ago

    a little late....

    The ego - the games, mind twists, perceptions of self and others.
    Let's get real and in touch with our hearts!
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  • Xai Vicente Charles

    11 months ago

    There are so many things I would revolutionize.

    Here is my wish list.
    1. Free education and healthcare for all!
    2. A 4 day work week.
    3. Give employees the option to telecommute depending on their occupation.
    4. 30 days vacation standard for all employees
    5. Band the chirping walkie-talkie phones.
    6. Real, healthy options in public school cafeterias.
    7. More home births.
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  • Ngonzi Truth Crushshon

    11 months ago

    MY LIFE! MY PEOPLE! MY COMMUNITY! MY JOB! WHEREVER I AM! THE WORLD!
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  • Vanessa Rae

    11 months ago

    I would like to revolutionize:
    1. healthcare for all U.S. citizens
    2. the importance of the arts in the school system
    3. sitting down and eating as a family
    4. a co-op on each city and town where you can trade services, food from home gardens, tools, books and time.
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  • Ottoline

    11 months ago

    Most states have horse rescues and some even have hooved animal humane societies (Ohio, Illinois and Missouri have them). Other good orgs to check out are ReRun, Rolling Dog Ranch, Old Friends Equine, Standardbred Retirement Foundation and Ryerss retirement home for horses. Of course, anyone with two nickles to rub together can start a rescue - so as with any charity, you have to check them out. Most places will certainly let you sponsor one of their horses - a great gift for a horse-y child at Christmas!
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  • bene

    11 months ago

    I would like to make a shift in womens consciousness. We waste out time and intellect on purely superficial interests. When we think about living life to the full, it is suddenly food related. Sadly because that is always on our mind. Freedom is not being able to eat heaps of chocolate, it is to be able to fulfill your potential and use that godgiven intellect. It is to be a part of society , voicing opinions in debates and politics. Freedom is to raise your voice and be heard! I am tired of hearing about diets and " oh, I feel sooo fat"! Start loving yourself and make the world your main interest! Carpe diem!
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  • Lynda Monk

    11 months ago

    Loving, guilt free self-care for women - to change the thinking that self-care is selfish, but rather reframing this to a higher truth which is that self-care is wisdom alive in our lives. It is a loving act to truly show up and nurture and replenish ourselves on all levels - body, mind, heart and spirit. In my world of work - part of what I do is help people to heal from burnout and so often the path that has one arriving in a state of complete depletion began with the single steps away from self-care and self-love. I would revolutionize how we often put self-care and selfish in the same sentence - since this is a psychological sabbotage that gets in the way from really caring for ourselves. No one wants to be selfish - yet we all need and deserve to be happy and healthy and whole - these states, in my experience, come in part from daily loving self-care in the midst of all the roles we fulfill as women. We can do it...healthy, loving self-care is the place that the rest of our lives and roles flow from...self-care says - "I am important and valuable and I am my best self, best mother, best spouse, best human...when I am honouring myself through self-care." then this ripple of our one healthy vital self...is unstoppable in advancing everything else we want to revolutionize :)) with love from a self-care enthusiast, lynda
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