Adorable.

Hey everyone!

This video has gotten pretty viral lately, so I’m sure a lot of you have seen it, but it’s so great! It’s silly, but is a really great reminder of appreciating even the littlest things we have in life.

I love her enthusiasm and her unabashed love for herself! I think we could all use a little of Jessica’s spirit in our day-to-day lives.

“I can do anything good”,

Leah

Making Change

Here is a fantastic video that details an approach to end the ongoing conflict in the Congo.

Though we may be separate from it, there some pretty awful stuff going on in the world.

Now when I look at the community around me, I find myself surrounded by thoughtful, compassionate, and rational people. And these people are there to support eachother. Individually we do make mistakes, but as we lean on others, we become driven and inspired to do good in the world. As the optimist that I am, I believe that all people inherently share this quality.

So why, as fellow human beings, aren’t we doing all we can to help those who are locked in war, people who are forced to kill and spread hate? Now I’m not pointing any fingers, I’m just making an observation. I know I’m not doing much for Congo, despite the relatively simple solutions that organizations put forth, solutions that could be put into action quite easily if we pool together the our collective resources.  Part of the answer must be ignorance. Because we are so distant from the damage wars inflict, or can’t feel how a mother feels when she loses her son to a war, we simply don’t care enough to extend a hand to those in need. This must change.

All in the span of decades,  we’ve put men and women into space, built dizzingly immense cities of steel and glass, and have developed a globally encompassing and instantaneous means of communication, buisiness, and  self-expression. Why is this frontier any different? We have the means, why not build the close-knit global community that I know we’re capable of? And it all starts by spreading awareness and eliminating ignorance.

So pass this video on to a couple people, or at the very least think about how lucky we are to live without the immediate threat of oppression or violence. But above all, don’t forget:

the sun shines on.

Much love,

max

Happy Birthday SuperForest!

Hey Sun Shines On!

Today is SuperForest’s birthday!!! What a wonderful day it is! I hope you are filled with joy, love, and hope. In honour of SF’s bday, we over at SuperForeset have put together this video! Thank you to everyone who took part, and thank you for watching, reading, and loving! Most importantly could you go on and SHARE this video with anyone and everyone  you think would love it! Share the video, share SuperForest! Thanks everyone! Aloha.

Joel Burns’ Talk on Homosexuality

I recently wrote about this on SuperForest as well, but I had to share it with you all. So please forgive me for reposting something that I already wrote. Here it is:

Hello SuperForest,

As you may have read or heard on the news many children in the recent months have been taking their own lives because of homophobic bullying. City Council member Joel Burns recently gave this talk, and it is spreading around the internet, and I thought it only right to pass it on here. The issue is saddening, but there is hope. Joel reflects this brilliantly. I do warn you, though, that this can get emotional, and you may cry (I certainly did).

I am sending love (and I hope you join me) to all families and friends who have lost loved ones, and sending love to those who might be afraid right now, know that we love you.

~SFM

SuperForester Heather’s “Deepak Chopra on “True Sustainability”"

This is a wonderful post by SuperForester Heather, ENJOY!

Good Evening SuperForesters everywhere!

I have to thank the dashing Ian Somerhalder for his tweet that brought this short video to my attention. (Alas, SuperForest, I am confessing to my Vampire Diaries guilty pleasure.)

But I digress. Watch the video. As we’ve said time and time again, “We are the environment”. David Suzuki also thinks so, and now Deepak Chopra is also in agreement. Let’s shift our consciousness, SuperForest, and encourage others in our lives to do the same.

*Important* A Must Watch: The Knife Party

Sun Shiners! This video is going to be ripping through the streams of the internet, so get your taste now. This video is amazing, radical, and brilliant. It vocalizes so much of what is in my heart. The time is coming to stand up and speak as one. No scratch that the time is here, and it has been here, we all just need to start listening. You MUST watch this video.

There is power in change, and power in progress. This our generations call, let’s start living up to it.

Much love,

Mathew

“We <3 Bikes"

SuperForester Sheri recently presented this on SuperForest, and I just had to pass it along to you guys! Enjoy!