A talk and workshop with architect and author Sim Van der Ryn and three of his colleagues: Emily Pilliton, Director of Project H; Dave Deppen, principal at Design with Nature; and Claudia Cleaver of Morse & Cleaver Architects.======================…

Empathy as a social emotion is a vital component, an important and useful skill, in many social situations. It is the factor that improves relationships of all kinds, between parents and children, between lovers, between managers and their people, betw…

We are more than individuals. We are intricately tied to one another, and when we treat each person we meet with kindness, it is our own hearts we are helping to grow.Here are nine inspired thoughts from different teachers on the power of compassion to…

“Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and l…