natural disasters — The Good Men Project

What Good Is Gratitude When the World Is Tearing Apart?

May 18, 2013 By Kelly Flanagan 3 Comments

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When destruction threatens our ability to hope, gratitude is a balm.

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Climate Change & Human Trafficking

January 2, 2013 By Cameron Conaway 1 Comment

A destroyed environment is often the perfect environment for modern-day slavery

Filed Under: Social Justice Tagged With: biodiversity, climate and crime, climate change, environmental collapse, environmental movement, environmentalism, Global Warming, green economy, guy mcpherson, human rights, human trafficking, jerome elam, modern-day slavery, natural disasters, Romina Picollotti, sex trafficking, social justice, the environment and crime, the great unmentionable, the natural world, Young Power in Social Action, YPSA

How to Survive a Natural Disaster

November 10, 2012 By Craig Playstead 3 Comments

If there’s a natural disaster or terrorist attack, can you protect your family?

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Emotional Intelligence of Mass Extinction

September 25, 2012 By Gabriel Orgrease 3 Comments

How do you live with the awareness of death on a massive scale?

Filed Under: 9/11, Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, Historical Perspectives on Goodness, The Good Life Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, chernobyl, clean up sites, climate change, destruction, Fukushima, genocide, grief, history, Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, loss, Lower Ninth Ward, mass killings, Murrah Federal Building, natural disasters, nazis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City bombing, personal history, poland, rescue operations, sacred sites, trauma, USSR, volunteers, war on terror, World War II

Why I Purchased My First Hand Gun

September 21, 2012 By Anonymous 8 Comments

One man from an anti-gun culture comes to embrace firearms and the responsibility and freedom they embody.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Guns, The Good Life Tagged With: aging, American Revolution, arguments for gun ownership, autonomy, children and guns, concealed weapon, conservative, crime, education, Families, Fenway Park, firearms, florida, Freedom, George Zimmerman, government, Gun Culture, gun etiquette, gun ownership, gun ownership advocacy, guns, Health Care, Hobbies, home invasion, liberty, manhood, masculinity, Massachusetts, mortality, natural disasters, personal safety, politics, power, rights of the individual, second amendment, self defense, state law, suburbs, target practice, Trayvon Martin, values

Meteor

July 6, 2012 By Sean Carney 16 Comments

Arguments against making the commitments of male adulthood can be boiled down to one word: Meteor. Sean Carney explains.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Men Are Funny, Quarter-Life Crisis, The Good Life Tagged With: 401(k), avoidance tactics, Discovery Channel, dogs, fatherhood, floods, Home Improvement, home ownership, Jumanji, Lowe's, marathons, marriage, men are funny, meteors, murderers, natural disasters, quarter-life crisis, stampedes, The Good Life, The Joneses

The 10 at 10

April 7, 2011 By Ryan O'Hanlon 1 Comment

The Masters begins, Lebron love soccer, and scientists discover the first gay caveman.

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Stop Worrying and Love the Snow Days

February 11, 2011 By Mark Oppenheimer 4 Comments

They may be good for the economy, and they’re certainly good for you.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content Tagged With: Chanukah, Christmas, Ian Falconer, Mark Oppenheimer, natural disasters, Netflix, Robert Frost, snow day, winter

Good Feed Blog

Illinois Passes Bill for Comprehensive Sex-Ed in Public Schools

“In fantasy land, we teach our kids abstinence—and they listen.”

David R. Dow: Lessons From Death Row Inmates (TEDTalk VIDEO)

David R. Dow is an attorney in Texas who has defended over 100 death row inmates over the last 20 years.

HuffPost Live: Decapitating Extremism (VIDEO)

Mike Sacks discusses the attack in Woolwich, London, and extremism with a panel of experts on Islam and the Quran.

Our Mission: The Vasectomy Files 8

The Vasectomy Project is encouraging men to join forces and take responsibly for family planning. This is an opportunity to bring people together to talk about our collective responsibility while offering men a concrete way to contribute towards a solution by having a vasectomy.