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Time Magazine Cover Story: Can These Parents be Saved?
Just out today, it’s already making the rounds as Time magazine’s most e-mailed story, its new cover piece: Can These Parents be Saved? ” … We just wanted what was best for our… more →
Slow Family Online
From the lovely John Naish on The Landfill Prize!
wrote 22 hours ago: Golf club-shaped urinal, anyone? Motorised ice-cream cone holder? In the depths of the global crunch … more →
Slow Down
wrote 4 days ago: “Our culture puts a premium on speed, deifying this notion that faster is better, that you mus … more →
Homesick Sunday
wrote 1 month ago: Well, I’ve been strangely on hiatus this week, and I find this to be rather unfortunate. Since … more →
Time Magazine Cover Story: Can These Parents be Saved?
wrote 1 month ago: Just out today, it’s already making the rounds as Time magazine’s most e-mailed story, i … more →
Huffington Post's First Book Club Pick: In Praise of Slowness
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wrote 2 months ago: Ariana Huffington, publisher of the impressive Huffington Post online news source, has announced the … more →
Participate in the Slow Movement - via Social Media
wrote 3 months ago: “The best way to survive and thrive in the fast-paced modern world is not to speed up but to s … more →
My Life as a Machine: Slowness
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wrote 3 months ago: I knew nothing of the Slow movement. I simply knew little whispers hear and there–”Hey, … more →
Slowing Down
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wrote 5 months ago: Sometimes moving like a snail is just what you need. Do you really have time to read this blog post? … more →
The Importance of Doing Nothing
wrote 5 months ago: This appeared in the summer 2009 issue of Flux magazine (issue 69, pp. 50-51): The Importance of Doi … more →
Rubbish Chick Drives in the Eco-Rally
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wrote 7 months ago: The Eco-Rally Drivers Morning all! Yes, I know, long time no natter, well, I’ve been up to my … more →
Slow News Day: An End to Overparenting?
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wrote 7 months ago: We’ve seen elementary schools that appeared to have more moms in the halls than children, and … more →
Parents Rethinking Parenting, and Other Partially Encouraging Developments
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wrote 7 months ago: Found this material interesting on modern parenting: “But in the past few months, a second wav … more →
The slow family
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wrote 7 months ago: “Family” is a powerful word. It carries much more weight than “community” a … more →
Carl Honore on Slowing down your Life
wrote 8 months ago: Listen to Carl Honore about slowing down your life. He is the author of the book ‘In Praise of … more →
I Praise the Turtle, and the Turtle Reads Dickens
wrote 8 months ago: This week has been chock full (what does that saying even mean?) of things to do, buy, and register … more →
is there a proverb that is the reverse of being the early bird? (or: slow pokes get no grub)
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wrote 8 months ago: In Praise of Slow lecture at the Calgary Public Library – our first defeat. Gladys: We went to … more →
Too Much Information Can Lower Your IQ
wrote 8 months ago: Can you identify with any of the following? You skip lines when reading a bedtime story to your chil … more →
Slow Parenting moves to the Motherlode
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wrote 9 months ago: Lisa Belkin has her finger on the pulse of contemporary motherhood like no other. She blogged about … more →
The Importance Of Slowing Down: TED Talk by Carl Honore
wrote 10 months ago: Journalist Carl Honore discusses the importance of learning to slow down in today’s fast paced … more →
