archives: inspiration

A nurse volunteering in Haiti shares her unedited thoughts about her experiences on the ground.   More »

Sundance documentary shows the power of $15.   More »

Matador presents our favorite inspiring music videos.  More »

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, take the time to reflect on this great American.  More »

Five tons of cans will be just enough to pay for this budget wedding.   More »

Turns out, the regions with the largest carbon footprints in the UK are in the rural northeast, not the famed cities of London or Glasgow. London, in  More »

Connection with others begins when you give a part of yourself to them.  More »

What is YOUR exquisitely absurd dream?  More »

You can start your own community film festival. Here's how.   More »

Sometimes you have to do something drastic.   More »

Matador Change editor Julie Schwietert comes out of the Puerto Rican mountains, finds a WiFi connection, and serves up Five for Friday... on Sunday.   More »

Sending you into your weekend with five inspiring stories.   More »

End the week inspired!  More »

"Many people ask me, 'Why India?'.... Quite simply, because these twenty-five million children exist."  More »

5 stories from around the world and the web to inspire you this Friday.   More »

What Took You So Long sets off on a 14,000+km. journey in Africa to document hopeful stories and help NGOs.   More »

A profile of Journeys Within Our Communities.   More »

Formal diplomacy is important. But citizen diplomacy may be even more powerful.   More »

Panama's Minister of Tourism transforms tourism, the economy, and--oh, yeah--locals' lives through an innovative program.   More »

Fundraising for a cause in 140 characters.  More »

For British MP George Galloway, meaning isn't in talk. It's in action.   More »

Matador member Ryan Van Lenning happened to be on the front line of the Chevron protest & shares this first person dispatch.   More »

Going inside Colombia's Escuela Taller.   More »

Photographs can change the world.   More »

5 reasons to start a non-profit or NGO BEFORE you're old and rich.   More »

Live in Olympia, Seattle, Portland, Bellingham, Eugene, or Victoria, BC? Then you're invited.   More »

You wanted to save the world, but somewhere you lost your energy. Here are 20 inspiring quotes to help you find it again.   More »

Matador member Scott Brills prepares to drive 10,000 miles for charity.   More »

Travelers Notebook co-editor Teresa Ponikvar visits Baja California Sur and reports how a handful of people are making a difference for hundreds of tu  More »

"Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." -Mary Oliver  More »

"The rebuilding process will take five, ten years or even more,” says volunteer Wang Wei.... “Our generation and the next must continue this rebui  More »

Have red rubber nose, will travel.   More »

Every Friday, people on Twitter recommend their favorite "tweeters" for other folks to follow. Here are seven incredible people tweeting about world n  More »

These songs started movements--or kept the momentum going. What songs would you add to the list?  More »

"I think we should all have to get to know one another around kitchen tables."  More »