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The Kogi or Kogui or Kaggabba, translated “jaguar” in the Kogi language are a Native American ethnic group that lives in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. They are one of the few surviving Pre-Columbian civilizations of South America.
The Kogui language belongs to the Chibcha family.
“The journey to reach their native lands involves [...]

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 [...]

The Yawalapiti are an indigenous tribe in the Amazonian Basin of Brazil. The name is also spelled Yawalapiti, and Iaualapiti in Portuguese. The current village Yawalapiti is situated more to the south, between the Tuatuari and Kuluene River.
The Yawalapiti language belongs to the Arawakan family.

Population
7 (2005 Vogel). Ethnic population: 220.

Region
Mato Grosso, Xingú Park.

Alternate names
Jaulapiti, Yaulapiti

Dialects
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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 [...]

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 [...]

Michael Sandel
“Justice is one of the most popular courses in Harvard’s history”
Copyrights: WGBH Boston and Harvard University

“Sandel has opened up an important area of debate at a time when some of the unquestioned assumptions underlying economic policy and praxis of the last few decades have been exposed as fraudulent and are being questioned. What happens [...]

09/10/2009
NEWS
The Nobel Peace Prize 2009
awarded to:
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA…

“for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”

Photo: Pete Souza, Obama-Biden Transition Project, licensed by Attribution Share Alike 3.0

Barack Obama

USA

44th President of the United States of America

b. 1961

“His diplomacy is founded in the concept that [...]

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) [...]

Olivier de Kersauson (b. 20 July 1944) is a French sailor and sailing champion.

Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20 July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory [...]

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 [...]