Teenage Artist Donates $1 Million to Charity
Source: American Profile
Jeff Hanson has a visual impairment himself but has used his talent as an artist to hugely benefit those less fortunate.
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Risk-takers are smarter, according to a new study
Source: ScienceDaily
Researchers in Finland have found that high-risk-taking participants in a study displayed more white matter, which contains the brain’s neural superhighways. The experiment involved measuring the participants’ brain activity while they played a driving video game.
Michael Lewis on Princeton Speech: I Aimed To Give Something Unexpected
Source: PBS
In a follow-up to his 2012 speech at Princeton University’s graduation ceremony, author Michael Lewis discusses success and luck with NewsHour journalist Jeffrey Brown in this video.
Saudi Women Still Can’t Drive, But They Are Making It To Work
Source: NPR
In this radio piece, Morning Edition’s Deborah Amos profiles a start-up online advertising agency in Saudi Arabia with an all-female staff.
5 Qualities of Incredibly Heroic Leaders
Source: Inc.
What traits do the truly heroic among us have in common?
Pol Pot’s Shadow
Source: PBS Frontline
In the 1970s, the Khmer Rouge, led by the dictator Pol Pot, took over the southeast Asian nation of Cambodia. The regime uprooted and destroyed countless lives, killing nearly two million of its own people. Cambodians today have yet to come to terms with the horrors of that time.
How the Five Web Literacies Are Becoming Essential Survival Skills
Source: The Nieman Foundation
Despite the hue and cry that technology isolates people, social sciences author Howard Rheingold argues that it in fact enhances our capacity to interact with each other and together build a better world.
Adapting to a New Culture
Source: University of Houston
This is a story told by Yukiko Nishimura about the difficulties facing her and how she overcame them, having moved to the United States from Japan.
What’s it like to live without nature?
Source: Children and Nature
Miranda Andersen, a 13-year-old living near Vancouver, gave a TEDx speech on nature-deficit disorder in October 2012. In this article she talks about what nature means to her creativity, health, and well-being, and her passion and motivation to care for all living and natural things.
Tony Griffin and Karl Swan: Soar
Source: Social Entrepreneurs
SOAR is an organization in Ireland which provides programs for young people aged between 10 and 18 that focus on positive life skills, self-confidence and self-esteem. Gripped by the impact of a similar project in Australia, Tony Griffin and Karl Swan were totally inspired to realize the potential of this work for Ireland’s youth. Click the left-side links for more information.