NEW: Rowing The World’s Oceans on a Mission of Inspiration
A rower for Oxford in 1988 and 1999, Roz Savage has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around five million oar strokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat. She uses her ocean rowing adventures to inspire action on the top environmental challenges facing the world today. Read more...
Mariel Hemingway's Feature Film to Expose -and Stop - Monsanto
Fed up with Monsanto and how they’re treating farmers and consumers, Mariel Hemingway, Blythe Metz and others decided to make this scripted movie about it in an effort to expose - and stop - the transnational company. Read more...
An Olympian on the Subjects of Food, Health, Nutrition and Nuclear Fallout
VoiceYourself’s Robert Masters recently caught up with Olympic medalist Mike Gebhardt - and had twenty one questions for him about what he's up to - and his thoughts about food, life, sports - and nuclear power. Here's what he had to say in this fascinating interview. Read more...
ProFile/ Delivering The Waters Of Life
Scott Harrison is a man on a mission to quench the thirst of a dry world. His goal... to bring clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. His organization, charity:water, gives 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. Sponsors include actor Hugh Jackman, who has recently donated $50,000 to the cause. We caught up with the hard charging water man long enough to ask him 20 questions. For the answers, read on!
Jim Thebaut/ Water Policy For The USA
Throughout his career, Jim Thebaut has written, produced, and directed an array of prominent socially significant productions accompanied by gripping on-camera interviews for his documentary projects.
In this short essay, Thebaut addresses the need for a comprehensive water policy for the USA. It is a multi-faceted approach to a problem that cannot be solved with a single silver bullet. So read on, learn more - and don’t leave the tap running. Read more...
Mikhail Gorbachev on H20 and Life
Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle close to water. People move when there is too little of it. People move when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write and sing and dance and dream about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it. Read more...
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Movers & Shakers
Roshan Shrinivas Chumbalka, 19, first-year student, RMD Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune designed a prototype of a solar-powered bicycle. Read more...
Vasudevan Rajagopalan, a retired chemistry professor from Madurai, presents an innovative way of disposing of plastic waste – introducing a technology to use it to build roads. Read more...
This year, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of land to build a solar farm with the capacity to meet more than 50 percent of the energy needs of his hometown, and he also installed 324 solar panels on his presidential library. Read more...
In the wave of walkouts, a quote from Marjory Stoneman Douglas becomes a rallying cry. "Be a nuisance when it counts. Do your part to inform and stimulate the public to join your action. Be depressed, discouraged, & disappointed at failure & the disheartening effects of ignorance, greed, corruption & bad politics - but never give up." Read more...
“Fighting with non-violence” - How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To answer the question of why and how non-violence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests. Click here to watch.
Heroism vs. The Bystander Effect
When we stand up and speak out we can change the world. Read more...
"Reclaim Your Mind" - Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was a modern philosopher, whose main interest was psychedelics and their role in society and existence beyond the physical body. Terence teach us to think for ourselves and to enjoy every moment of our lives. Click here to watch this video.
“Peaceful Solution” - Willie Nelson is a man who dreams of a world at peace - and works hard to help achieve it. In this song, he sings of "A Peaceful Solution" to the issues that face the USA. He's inviting people to make their own versions of the song. Over 100 have been created! Click here to check out the music - and to find out how to create your own "A Peaceful Solution". Click here to watch Willie’s video.
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