the difference between mindfulness and meditation

Mindfulness is meditation taken out of the meditation room into the wild.
Mindfulness is being aware of every moment. It is also often called: Being In the Moment.
When we reason and think about it very very deeply it can be called: Being the Moment.
The goal of Mindfulness is again: slowing down our racing mind, calming the inner chatter.
We become aware of the two environments that we live in: the outer environment of what our eyes see, what our ears hear, what our nose smells, what our mouth tastes and what our skin feels; and the inner environment of mental and physical sensations deep in our bodies.
Only a couple of minutes of mindfulness can calm our whole being down considerably. It is not easy to stay in the moment for a couple of minutes, let alone to live the moment. It can take years of practice. Some are better at it then others.

One way of practicing mindfulness is moving in slow motion.
I practiced slow motion movement for over twenty years on a daily basis, sometimes moving slowly as long as four hours. The goal was to move approx. 1 millimeter per second. I used to invite my students to practice slow motion outdoors, so that they could experience the world at normal speed whirling around them while they became stiller. We were arrested on a couple of occasions for strange behavior in public. There is no law against moving in slow motion and the police had to let us go.

I find a game called Mikado a good mindfulness practice too. I once made a giant set. The sticks were about 2 meters long.

In monasteries mindfulness is often practiced through silence. The longest I've lived in silence was 5 months and boy, did it slow my inner chatterbox down. When living in silence one has to slow ones movements down. Objects have to be placed carefully, doors closed and opened very carefully, etc.. Not speaking for a long time also slows the inner dialogue. A pleasant calm descents on the person who does not speak.

In Japan mindfulness is often practiced through strict rules. The tea ceremony is a good example. Every movement has it own rules: how a cloth is folded, a cup is placed, the tea is poured, etc. In a Zen Monastery monks and nuns pretty much live their lives following strict rules. They become free within these rules of mindfulness. And call this: True Freedom.