Best of the INTENTernet: Giving Is What It’s All About

By on July 4, 2009 in Causes

This week’s best of the INTENTernet links are all about giving, serving and volunteering–sometimes in unexpected ways. All come from a heart of gold.

Island DIY: Kauai Residents Don’t Wait for State to Repair Road from CNN.com. The local residents whose business livelihood depended on a government to fix a road decided that they couldn’t stand to wait for an indefinite period of time. So they did it themselves.

Have a Purpose in Life? You Might Live Longer from Yahoo! News. A purpose in life not only makes life more dynamic, it is extremely essential to a longer, healthier and more fulfilled life.

Veterans: America’s New Green Warriors from Newsweek. American veterans who served in the war continue doing service–in making industries more green.

17-Year-Old Forms First National Youth Orchestra of Iraq from Ode Magazine. A young age does not stop this remarkable woman from giving the peers of her country the great gift of music.

Conscious Consumerism from Elephant Journal. A theme that is worth repeating again and again: this recession is the most valuable opportunity for all of us to really realize what matters the most: giving back to those who need it the most.

What if MJ Fans Left a Legacy Rather Than Flowers? from The Huffington Post. HuffPo blogger Matt Petersen calls for fans of Michael Jackson to turn their grief into an opportunity to truly honor the legendary pop singer’s humanitarian streak: instead of leaving flowers and balloons, why not donate to charity? 

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, don’t forget to support Team Intent’s intention to clean up local beaches! Give us a click of support so we can add an extra minute of volunteering. 49 minutes and counting—help us pass the 60 minute mark and more! 

About Yumi Sakugawa

I was born and bred in Southern California. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in Fine Art and Japanese. Now I'm a part of the Intent.com team as an online editorial producer.  I am also a comic book artist and illustrator, and you can find my artwork and comics at www.yumisakugawa.com. Order my Intent meditation comics in the form of a 30-page booklet here! (http://yumisakugawa.bigcartel.com/product/there-is-no-right-way-to-meditate )     Follow me on Twitter @yumisakugawa To see new comics and artwork on a weekly basis, catch me on my art tumblr across the yumiverse  
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2 Responses to Best of the INTENTernet: Giving Is What It’s All About

  1. mydomainpvt July 3, 2009 at 10:54 pm #

    dear yumi,

    thanks for the interesting listing.

    Wish you love, peace and happiness.

    Trisha

  2. Kirichan July 5, 2009 at 1:44 pm #

    Hi Yumi sweetie – A while ago Deb and I wrote a blog for Intent.com about

    GIVING IS THE NEW GETTING

    Yumi, this is Kiri's account I'm commenting from…..Kiri is a very close close friend. Her first blog "Does this gross you out?" is brilliantly funny. I recommend her to blog for Intent.com and this was her first blog that she wrote on Friday. On a separate e-mail, I'll introduce you both. Do read Kirichan's blog…Kiri is one of the featured people in our new book BE THE CHANGE: How Meditation Can Transform You and the World. Her contribution to our book is my favorite.

    Big Love,

    Ed Shapiro