OBRA MAESTRA

Jacques-Yves Cousteau (French pronunciation: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française. He [...]

Born
Dorothy Irene Height March 24, 1912(1912-03-24) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

Died
April 20, 2010 (aged 98) Washington, D.C., U.S.

Occupation
Educator and social activist

Dorothy Irene Height (March 24, 1912 – April 20, 2010) was an African American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential [...]

Albert Schweitzer

In the perspective of A parliamentary election held in Iraq on 7 March 2010 and the Oscars 2010 best original screenplay for the  movie “The Hurt Locker” (which gives a perspective of the Iraq war)
Here is a comment I made back in 2007 on Mark Joyner’s
blog post:
March 13, 2007
Dear Bill O’Reilly (About The [...]

First ‘Human Rights Charter’ is Persian

A 2,500-year-old clay cylinder bears what has been called the world’s “first human rights charter” and was inscribed under the direction of the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE. In the Greek Bible (Isaiah 45:1), Cyrus is called “Christ” (“…τῷ χριστῷ μου Κύρῳ…”) or [...]

le 19 janvier 2010 8h12 | par Joël Bomane
January 19, 2010 9:05 | by Jacques Attali
As often, a natural event can be used as a metaphor for a social phenomenon.
And, to describe and understand crises, nothing is better than the metaphor
of an earthquake.
First, an economic crisis, like any earthquake, is the result [...]

© Matthieu Ricard (born 1946) is a Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal.
Recently the Dalai Lama Center Canada organized a Peace Summit in Vancouver with the Dalai Lama and other Nobel Prize winners and speakers. One evening the rock singer and humanitarian Bob Geldof, whose Live Aid concerts have [...]

Walter Mischel

Columbia University
Paul Meehl, in one of his last public speeches, memorably noted that most clinical psychologists select their methods like kids make choices in a candy store: They look around, maybe sample a bit, and choose what they like, whatever feels good to them.
New report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, [...]

Money, Power, Wisdom:
September 20, 2009

Before you read any further, let me warn you. This blog post is not typical of what I usually write – and is DEFINITELY NOT for everyone!
If the “existential dilemma” leaves you cold (you lucky dog, you!), or your “search for meaning” rarely surfaces, and (when it does) [...]

Hans Rosling:
Global health expert;
data visionary
© Gapminder Foundation
As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now he looks at the bigger picture of social and economic development with his remarkable trend-revealing software.
Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the [...]

social enterpreneurs
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They put society above self. They use entrepreneurial means to drive social change. These 50 social entrepreneurs are enriching the nation.
Naren Karunakaran

IN THIS STORY:

Who Is A Social Entrepreneur?

What if a million issues found a million crusaders? What if each one of us transformed into a social entrepreneur? What if each one of us [...]