KoinNews 24 Aug 24

KommunityKoin is a platform dedicated to teaching and promoting the values of the giving economy - things like neighborliness, kindness, community service, volunteerism and just plain helping one another. This is all encapsulated in the idea of time banking where people come together in a community to help one another as needed, free of charge.

At the core of Capitalism is universal wage labour — that is, a society where almost everyone sells their labour power for a wage or…

“when we work together for the benefit of all, we achieve so much more than when we work individually for nothing but our own benefit” In today’s fast-paced and increasingly interconnected world, the traditional models of service delivery are often being challenged by innovative and more inclusive approaches. One such approach that has been gaining

Slow living isn’t about doing nothing. It’s about doing less, but with more intention. It’s about rediscovering the joy in the simple…

“be your own hero in this journey that we call life… if you don’t, who will” The idea of the hero's journey, or monomyth, as articulated by Joseph Campbell, is a universal pattern found in myths, stories, and legends across different cultures and times. It describes the path a hero takes, often beginning with a

The romanticised notion of passive income typically conjures up picturesque images of digital nomads lounging on immaculate beaches, their…

"when we are unconsciously committed to our own failure, getting ahead in life is impossible...but this tendency to self-sabotage can be changed." The idea that people are hopelessly committed to their own suffering, self-sabotage, and ultimately, their own destruction is an interesting one that has been explored throughout history in philosophy, psychology, and sociology. While

One in five male Gen Z grads is both unemployed and not actively looking for work.

"A lion doesn’t have to roar…you just know." This simple statement does a good job in capturing the essence of true power. The lion, often referred to as the king of the jungle, embodies a presence so commanding that it requires no vocalization to assert its dominance. Its strength, confidence, and authority are evident in

In an epic data breach, hackers claim to have taken 2.9 billion personal records from National Public Data. Most of the data are leaked online.

The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.

Across the West, protests are getting larger, more frequent and more disruptive. Over the weekend, the UK saw nationwide anti-immigration riots in which mosques and other buildings were set aflame. A few days before that, Just Stop Oil activists sprayed orange paint in the world’s second-busiest airport, Heathrow. The week before, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress, pro-Palestine activists rioted in Columbus Square, vandalising memorials and releasing a swarm of maggots and worms in his Washington hotel.

The Sun is going through a period of high activity, but it is nothing compared to an enormous solar event that slammed into our planet 14,000 years ago.