Every day is a miracle

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We must teach our children to smell the earth, to taste the rain, to touch the wind, to see things grow. Our children have always decided the future. Let them choose one that aligns with our earth.  “Encourage your kids to look for nature everywhere you go. It’s the weed breaking through the pavement, It’s the leaves forming small clumps along the side of the road. It’s the sky at any given time of the day or night. It’s the wind doing what it likes to your hair. Look around, it won’t take long to find it.” ~Penny Whitehouse

We “Green Renaissance”, make these short films as passion projects, to share inspiration. You can help us make more films like this by making a tiny donation, so we can continue this journey with you –  @greenrenaissance

Who is Green Renaissance? We are a tiny collective of 4 passionate filmmakers (Warren, Jacky, Michael and Justine). We live off-grid and dedicate our time to making films that we hope will inspire and share ideas.

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Some deserve our gratitude

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Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• The pandemic locked us all in
• Make everything happen
• Deserve our gratitude
• Delivery workers
• Type of work
• Keep delivering
• To those they haven’t seen in a while
• Reconnect with them
• Be excited
• From afar

Every single day I live life

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“Every single day I live life. It is living today. It’s not about ‘someday I’ll do this’… that may never come. You do it now.’

Joel made a decision to move out of the city, and create a more natural way of life for himself. And the positive benefits on his health have been incredible. Take a listen to his story…

We “Green Renaissance”, make these short films as passion projects, to share inspiration. You can help us make more films like this by making a tiny donation, so we can continue this journey with you – @ greenrenaissance

Who is Green Renaissance? We are a tiny collective of 4 passionate filmmakers (Warren, Jacky, Michael and Justine). We live off-grid and dedicate our time to making films that we hope will inspire and share ideas.

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Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :

• No shortcuts
• It’s hard work it’s not that easy
• My prime years
• Doctor’s rooms
• I changed the whole way of eating
• Allopathic drug
• It’s a holistic situation
• Growing my own food
• Clean water
• My priority
• It’s the air I breathe
• It’s pure free of chlorine and chemicals
• Every single day I live life
• Living today
• That may never come, you do it now
• It’s quite amazing
• Every day I am grateful that I’m here
• But that’s not the word I’m looking for
• It’s an absolute privilege to live out here

‘Tis the season to be jolly – The book of dreams

 

‘The Book of Dreams’ as a dad’s childhood dreams are awoken when he sees the drumkit his daughter has circled.

 

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What is the power of trees?

New research shows that trees communicate with one another and share nutrients through their roots! They need each other. In urban areas, trees also help us with health, economic and social benefits. They are part of our culture. We need them. So, how can we return the favor?

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• Great great great grandson
• Run around in the woods
• Make rope swings
• Inland rain forest
• We spent all of our summers in the bush
• Trees in urban environments are essential
• As equal partners
• People recover more quickly from surgery in hospitals
• The workplace
• There is evidence of these benefits
• Every trees was connected to every other tree
• Everything was connected to everything else
• We would bury then in the trees
• They literally live in the trees
• Trees can recognize their kin
• The air is cleaner
• Constant contact with trees
• It comes down to economics
• Kids are doing better in school
• A more urbanized nation
• The value of having nature in the city
• The cycle of life
• We are just a strand in this web
• We don’t own the earth we are part of the earth
• Maintain that connection

 

I love life

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For centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping others. There is no greater gift than that of giving of one’s time and energy to help others, without expecting anything in return. “What you receive is just wonderful. You don’t receive it in money. Just the pleasure of seeing their faces.” – Peggy

Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :

• I’m a very luck old lady at 83
• I’ve had a lovely life
• The departure lounge
• I love life
• We so fortunate to be alive
• Everyday is a challenge
• What’s around the corner
• Enjoy every minute of it
• I never get bored
• Think positive
• I never ever ever got lonely
• It’s beyond my understanding
• Make a cup of tea
• Just knit a few stitches or a few rows
• I love to knit
• I’ve knitted 25 jerseys so far
• A busy outlet
• It’s for you It’s a gift
• What you receive is just wonderful
• Packed like a sardine can
• I give them away
• What a wonderful idea
• I’ve never bought wool, It’s just arrived
• It’s part of me
• I’d be very heart sore
• I so badly want to be remembered

Write a letter

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What makes you happy?

 

What really makes us happy? How is happiness sustainable? Can we actually make ourselves happier? In this series, an experimental approach was taken with real people to explore the theme of happiness. [ soulpancake.com ]

The power of gratitude

Teacher Whitney Cole at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Sacramento knows how powerful gratitude can be, so she has her sixth grade students keep a gratitude journal that is impacting her students beyond the classroom.  [soulpancake.com]

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• Gratitude journals
• 3 Things that you are grateful for
• It forces a happy end to the day
• Everybody can find success in their gratitude journals
• Saying thank you
• Being grateful for what you have
• It might make a hard day turn into an easy day
• I’ve actually changed
• It continues, it starts becoming part of their everyday behavior
• They are still inspired
• They have high hopes for their future
• You get to shape who they are
• Then you get to watch them fly on their own
• She means a lot to me

 

 

 

2018. stay curious

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