The power of TED
Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Since a little more than a year, TED conferences are being held all over the world in the form of TEDx events. Read the amazing story of Masarat Daud bringing TED to Fatehpur in India. Maybe this post has an incorrect title. It should ...
Deworm the world
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Deworm the world is an initiative to spread deworming tablets through schools wherever it is needed. That does not sound very sexy, but is very necessary and relatively 'easy' to do. Not only does a prevent deaths but also a ...
Charlie raises over 200000 pounds for Haiti
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »7 year old Charlie hoped to raise £500 for the Haiti earthquake relief by cycling five miles around a local park, but he has now raised over £200,000 in donations. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/25/schoolboy-charlie-simpson-haiti-bike http://www.justgiving.com/CharlieSimpson-HAITI Let me find out how I can raise this amount...
The impossible hamster
Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Posted in Creativity, Taking a stand | No Comments »From The Impossible Hamster Club
Jamie Oliver wins TED Prize 2010
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »At the recent TED conference, Jamie Oliver was awarded the TED Prize for furthering his work of teaching our kids about food: Seeing the part where he asks kids at school "What vegetable is this", I felt my body cringe. This ...
Darius goes West – Speed chase
Friday, January 15th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Darius goes west (see my post of 26 Nov. 2009) is organizing a speed chase to win $1000000 to fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: So all DGW supporters go to http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/vote and cast your vote to find a cure for DMD (you need ...
Needs to be told: Doctors without borders
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Medicin sans frontieres made these videos about the work they do. You don't see much but the message is clear: We can’t operate without your help,” says MSF. and
Christmas wish
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »This We're all in this together video makes for a nice Christmas wish: The music is Keeping Warm by We Were Promised Jetpacks. For more background info visit MadV's Youtube channel.
The power of storytelling
Monday, December 21st, 2009 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Photographer Ryan Lobo describes his work at TED India (nov 2009): At the end of his talk he says: "That's the power of storytelling: focus on what's dignified, courageous and beautyful". Isn't that much more interesting and a larger contribution than our ...
Wombat: All is one
Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »Funny animation created by Jason Ables for Global Mindshift: He has a point... (Better quality here)
