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It’s a revolution, no more jelly beans.

Posted on by philipdodson

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So earlier in the week I blogged about changing the world with soap, so continuing in that vein, I now bring fruit into the revolution.

It’s easy this changing the world stuff, a bit of environmentally friendly soap, no more plastic bottles, and now fruit.

For those who know @Work Hubs, will know it for the trademark Jelly Beans, it has been the source of many a social interaction. However, I have thought for a while about this, and as it has been so synonymous with the place, that it felt like I was about to cut my arm off (OK maybe a little dramatic).

However, the biscuit jar and the jelly beans was not sitting well with my values and what I stand for. I don’t eat hardly any refined sugar any more. I used to eat a lot of it, and consequences weren’t pretty.

So here I was not eating it, yet happily giving it to my members at the hub.

The response has been good, better than I had feared, I was envisioning a mutiny. I feel better for doing it, knowing that people can eat fruit, sugar/additive free Nakd bars, and fruit & seed mix. They will feel better for it too.

So again, you don’t change the world with a bit of fruit, soap and glass bottles. However, you can start to make your difference step-by-step.

I hope that by sharing this, it will encourage others to make small changes too.

The sugar is a big thing for me, as I have grown up in a world, where sugar has become the biggest and most damaging drug. The damage that it is doing to human kind is huge.

My New World Project is all about making change and it is just starting, I’m on step 4 of the 1,000 mile journey and all I hope is to make my difference and inspire others too.

Starting to change the world with soap

Posted on by philipdodson

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So I wrote last week about about making some changes, so I have.

I bought some new soap for the hub. Not just any old soap, but soap that is free of all that nasty chemical stuff, so good for the health and the environment too.

Job done. WOW, it’s easy this changing the world stuff!

Well, it is not that easy is it, but it is one important first step of many, many more. You see you have to start somewhere, and putting all my values and ‘why’ into my life and business is that start. I can not possibly expect people to be inspired if I don’t.

I realised that a gap had appeared between some of my own core values and that of the business. I care about the world, health and the environment. So the soap is just a symbol of the changes I am implementing. It wasn’t even a business decision, it just happened that way, I did think about simple things, that collectively make the whole.

I am changing the water supply too, no more plastic bottled water or plastic cups. I am installing mains filtered water, so no more deliveries either, which is better for the environment. Not having the plastic is a big thing for me.

I am old (48), and I remember, as a kid, a time when many things you drank came in glass bottles, that you took back to the shop and got money for returning the empty glass bottle. Now nearly everything we drink comes in plastic. Plastic degrades and has all sorts of health implications for us humans. So I am now trying to move away from plastic, not an easy task, but one I am determined to succeed in at the hub and at home.

These couple of small things are all part of a journey to change, it is the 2nd and 3rd steps in my ‘1,000 mile’ journey to make a difference to the world.

I am starting on my New World Project step by step, day by day to involve more people, to make those small changes, that will over time build momentum and turn to something bigger.

The world won’t change by itself, we all have an obligation in this connected world to influence others. For the first time in humankind’s history, we have the tools to connect our values, ideas and thoughts to a global audience.

Let’s work together to build a new tribe, a new movement that will build a viable alternative that focuses on all of the human race and not on a few.