Not getting enough respect from others? Ask yourself two questions. Have you earned it? Have you taught it? A lot of people bemoan the lack of respect there is in this world. For parents, teachers, law enforcement, their gender, position, race, culture – the list goes on. The word is bandied around
If food waste was a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. In Australia, we waste about 20 per cent of the food we buy. Around half of all fruit and veggies we buy gets tossed. Around four million tonnes of food ends up in landfill. That’s a recipe for
They file into the studio and choose their seats. They are the latest Wacky Workshops students (aged five to 12) and they’re drawing a picture of their favourite toy. This was the first activity in a toy-making workshop. A way to keep them busy and get into a creative groove while waiting for the
Another golden heart stopped beating because the black hearts made life unbearable. I can feel my own heart breaking. I am filled with fear. The fear is for the Goddesses, never far from my thoughts. How are they to cope in a world that has become the perfect breeding space for bullies? When
Have you ever told yourself you are not an artist? What if I told you your very thoughts could be considered art – art that people will pay handsomely for?
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess. (Funny, there never seems to be an ugly princess). Anyway, the beautiful princess had a huge heart and loved to help the flowers, bees, butterflies and birds grow and be happy. She was also a talented ballerina who loved to dance. Her dancing
Welcome to another Wacky Workshops project – an easy way to make your own beautiful bling. They say there’s no such thing as too much bling and this easy project will have the little ones, and you, making a treasure trove of jaunty jewels in no time.
Are you a giver or a taker? If you’ve answered ‘taker’ then this is probably not for you. If you consider yourself a giver, what inspires this? The idea that giving is its own reward? A belief that this is what ‘good’ people do? Is it your religious beliefs? Or, are you
We certainly should work on having smarter kids. Particularly since it seems adults are going the other way. After all, it is adults, often leaders, who refuse to acknowledge the evidence that stares them right in the face. They make decisions and policies that seem designed to hurt, rather than help. Did you
They are probably not the words you are thinking. We make life unnecessarily hard don’t we? We see a problem and want to be part of the solution. Then we realise the problem is much bigger than us and often before we’ve done a thing, we have given up. We even do this with
