The Dhobi Ghat is an entire neighborhood of Mumbai that is the central laundry service for the rest of the city. Your dirty clothes leave home in the am and arrive back home clean and pressed in the afternoon. Everyone’s clothes are washed together, putting a whole new spin on communal living.
Everybody should watch South African naturalist/activist Boyd Varty’s moving TED talk about the profound concept of ubuntu, which means “I am, because of you.”
Here are 26 stories that celebrate our humanity with beautiful imagery and a subheading that tells you exactly how long it’s going to take to read each one. (Because you might actually click through if you knew the piece was only going to take 5 minutes to read, right?)
San Francisco based artist Hunter Franks shows us how a simple postcard can build community.
The Art Shanty Project creates a temporary village of creative and interactive projects on a frozen lake.
Idealist is an amazing organization that is helping people everywhere connect and collaborate to make the world a better place.
According to Good Magazine, April 26 is Neighborday. So go out there and actually talk to the person who lives next door, instead of passing them by whilst texting.
Or you can just switch screens to your Krrb.com app, find out what your neighbors might have for sale behind those closed doors, and bring home an actual treasure (as well as that warm neighborly feeling.)
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