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Photography
Paddington Bear  (1958)

Paddington Bear (1958)

Michael Bond

Books
The Tuft of Flowers

The Tuft of Flowers

Robert Frost

Poetry
Join Oxfam International in providing a life of dignity for every person in crisis.

Join Oxfam International in providing a life of dignity for every person in crisis.

Partner Initiatives
Peruvian boy, near Cuzco, 1970's

Peruvian boy, near Cuzco, 1970's

Werner Bischof, Magnum Photos (premier issue of our journal, humanity)

Photography
The astonishing story of Beethoven's

The astonishing story of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."

Maria Popova

Music
Truth and Indifference

Truth and Indifference

Tom Hanks

Commencement Speeches
We the people! Not I the dictator.

We the people! Not I the dictator.

Charlie Chaplin

Talks
Conversations With History: Linus Pauling on peace

Conversations With History: Linus Pauling on peace

Harry Kreisler, Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley.

Documentaries
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) tackles forgotten health crisis in Central African Republic

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) tackles forgotten health crisis in Central African Republic

Partner Stories
A Better Truth

A Better Truth

Meg Greenfield

Commencement Speeches
European Union's plan for defending democracy (2023)

European Union's plan for defending democracy (2023)

European Union (EU)

Articles
Literate tales of passion

Literate tales of passion

Isabel Allende

Talks
Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Music
Innovative new media in Paraguay

Innovative new media in Paraguay

Jazmin Acuna

Talks
Sisters, in Indonesia

Sisters, in Indonesia

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
Our Eternal Resilience

Our Eternal Resilience

William Allen White

Commencement Speeches
Learn how Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) must adapt to dozens of environments.

Learn how Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) must adapt to dozens of environments.

Partner Initiatives
Project Drawdown emphasizes that each of us has a role in solving climate change.

Project Drawdown emphasizes that each of us has a role in solving climate change.

Partner Stories
We must hear six-year-old Hind Rajab's cry for life.

We must hear six-year-old Hind Rajab's cry for life.

Meg Kelley

Articles
Pre-historic cave painting from 32,000 years ago.

Pre-historic cave painting from 32,000 years ago.

Apparently, most cave art was created by women.

Photography
Do you think this is just another day in your life?

Do you think this is just another day in your life?

David Steindl-Rast

Talks
Join

Join "The Spring" at charity: water.

Partner Initiatives
The Effect You Have On Others

The Effect You Have On Others

Jim Carrey

Commencement Speeches
MacBeth’s final soliloquy

MacBeth’s final soliloquy

Sir Ian McKellen

Talks
Be Your Own Story

Be Your Own Story

Toni Morrison

Commencement Speeches

Photography
We Are The World; 35th anniversary

We Are The World; 35th anniversary

A universal song of peace

Talks
Learn, do, share, advocate, and amplify with Project Drawdown.

Learn, do, share, advocate, and amplify with Project Drawdown.

Partner Initiatives
Tango dancers, Buenos Aires

Tango dancers, Buenos Aires

Bing images

Photography
Building the Earth  (1965)

Building the Earth (1965)

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

Books
Turmi Clay  -  Ethiopia

Turmi Clay - Ethiopia

Lisa Kristine

Photography
Angel Gabriel adjusting his wings

Angel Gabriel adjusting his wings

Tony Balis

Photography
Volunteer with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's microplastics initiative.

Volunteer with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's microplastics initiative.

Partner Initiatives
This is the decisive decade in the history of humankind.

This is the decisive decade in the history of humankind.

Christiana Figueres

Talks
The Imitator Dooms Himself with Hopeless Mediocrity

The Imitator Dooms Himself with Hopeless Mediocrity

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Commencement Speeches
War is a Laboratory for AI

War is a Laboratory for AI

Tristan Harris, Center for Humane Technology, with Paul Scharre

Articles
Democracy needs champions

Democracy needs champions

Heather Cox Richardson

Articles
Environmental Joy conference at Yale University focuses on resilience

Environmental Joy conference at Yale University focuses on resilience

Yale School of the Environment

Articles
Amnesty International calls out India's ruling BJP party on its crackdown

Amnesty International calls out India's ruling BJP party on its crackdown

Partner Stories
Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future  (2011)

Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future (2011)

Ian Morris

Books
Iberá: Argentina's answer to Yellowstone

Iberá: Argentina's answer to Yellowstone

Daniel Allen

Articles
My wish to protect the oceans

My wish to protect the oceans

Sylvia Earle

Talks
River, an Australian film

River, an Australian film

William Defoe

Documentaries
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Jimmy Stewart

Talks
Ulysses  (1833)

Ulysses (1833)

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Poetry
The 3rd of May, (painting) 1808

The 3rd of May, (painting) 1808

Goya

Photography
Athens aglow with eternal hope for democracy.

Athens aglow with eternal hope for democracy.

Bing images

Photography
Love After Love

Love After Love

Derek Walcott

Poetry
Join the Peace Programs of The Carter Center.

Join the Peace Programs of The Carter Center.

Partner Initiatives
Oxfam details how Israel is

Oxfam details how Israel is "...inflicting unprecedented suffering and destruction."

Partner Stories
Our spectacular diversity

Our spectacular diversity

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
Ten Ways to Avoid Mucking Up the World Any Worse Than It Already Is.

Ten Ways to Avoid Mucking Up the World Any Worse Than It Already Is.

Russell Baker (1925 - 2019)

Commencement Speeches
The Abstract Wild  (1996)

The Abstract Wild (1996)

Jack Turner

Books
To solve humanity's challenges, invest in women and girls.

To solve humanity's challenges, invest in women and girls.

Musimbi Kasaryo

Talks
Earth Law Center successfully sues to protect Elwha Legacy Forests

Earth Law Center successfully sues to protect Elwha Legacy Forests

Partner Stories
Blessed Unrest: Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World  (2007)

Blessed Unrest: Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World (2007)

Paul Hawken

Books
The Solace of Open Spaces   (1976)

The Solace of Open Spaces (1976)

Gretel Ehrlich

Books
Sleeping polar bear

Sleeping polar bear

Nima Sarikhani

Photography
The Wind in the Willows  (1908)

The Wind in the Willows (1908)

Kenneth Grahame

Books
Do you think this is just another day in your life?

Do you think this is just another day in your life?

David Steindl-Rast

Film
198 Methods of Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion

198 Methods of Nonviolent Protest and Persuasion

From this book by Dr. Gene Sharp: The Politics of Nonviolent Action (3 volumes)

Books
Be the Truth

Be the Truth

Oprah Winfrey

Commencement Speeches
Without facts, you can't have truth.

Without facts, you can't have truth.

Maria Rassa

Talks
The Big Vote

The Big Vote

Amy Davidson Sorkin

Articles
Two people shouting out barely related sentences

Two people shouting out barely related sentences

Celeste Headlee

Talks
Near Luxor, Egypt

Near Luxor, Egypt

Luke Powell

Photography
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reports on Mozambique's continued violence

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reports on Mozambique's continued violence

Partner Stories
Peace Worldwide Starts from Inside

Peace Worldwide Starts from Inside

The Luminaries

Music
The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973)

The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973)

Gene Sharp

Books
Invictus

Invictus

William Ernest Henley

Poetry
Woods Hole Oceanographic shows how to remove microplastics from drinking water.

Woods Hole Oceanographic shows how to remove microplastics from drinking water.

Partner Stories
The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

Hannah Arendt

Books
Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing

Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing

Rayma Suprani

Talks
Where the Wild Things Are (1963)

Where the Wild Things Are (1963)

Maurice Sendak

Books
Ashoka Changemakers  -  leading the way since 1980.

Ashoka Changemakers - leading the way since 1980.

Partner Initiatives
Shadong, China

Shadong, China

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law...

Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law...

Paul Scofield, as Sir Thomas More

Talks
How Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is responding to the crisis in Sudan

How Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is responding to the crisis in Sudan

Partner Stories
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) doctor describes working in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) doctor describes working in Gaza

Partner Stories
The illusion of a trillion trees

The illusion of a trillion trees

Alexandra Heal, The Financial Times

Articles
Vesper Flights  (2020)

Vesper Flights (2020)

Helen Macdonald

Books
Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words (2014)

Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words (2014)

Ella Frances Sanders

Books
You Are On Your Own Now

You Are On Your Own Now

Taylor Swift

Commencement Speeches
Mandela's speech after his release from prison

Mandela's speech after his release from prison

Nelson Mandela

Talks
We All Breathe the Same Air

We All Breathe the Same Air

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Commencement Speeches
In an Era of Mistrust and Upheaval, Democracy Seeks a Path Forward

In an Era of Mistrust and Upheaval, Democracy Seeks a Path Forward

Roger Cohen

Articles
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century  (2018)

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2018)

Timothy Snyder

Books
It's easy to put people in boxes

It's easy to put people in boxes

TV 2, Denmark

Talks
TreeSisters helps save Mt. Kenya's forests.

TreeSisters helps save Mt. Kenya's forests.

Partner Stories
Homeward bound, Zanzibar

Homeward bound, Zanzibar

Lisa Kristine

Photography
Osaka Rush Hour

Osaka Rush Hour

Bing images

Photography
Horizon  (2019)

Horizon (2019)

Barry Lopez

Books
PeaceTalks

PeaceTalks

Ten fellow citizens

Talks
Danish Refugees Council predicts 6.2 million more displaced persons in 2024

Danish Refugees Council predicts 6.2 million more displaced persons in 2024

Partner Stories
Doctors Without Borders (MSF): ten monumental moments

Doctors Without Borders (MSF): ten monumental moments

Partner Stories
How humans changed the Earth’s surface in 2023

How humans changed the Earth’s surface in 2023

Richard Gray

Articles
A Conference in Time

A Conference in Time

Ursula K. le Guin

Poetry
Learn how a doctor from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) asks for help.

Learn how a doctor from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) asks for help.

Partner Initiatives
Help Danish Refugee Council aid refugees worldwide.

Help Danish Refugee Council aid refugees worldwide.

Partner Initiatives
Doctors Without Borders (MSF):

Doctors Without Borders (MSF): "We dread nightfall."

Partner Stories
Help Parvati Foundation create a marine sanctuary in the Arctic Ocean.

Help Parvati Foundation create a marine sanctuary in the Arctic Ocean.

Partner Initiatives
Rotary International is working to end polio.

Rotary International is working to end polio.

Partner Stories
Join CARE in fighting global poverty

Join CARE in fighting global poverty

Partner Initiatives
Alone on the Pampa de Anta, Peru

Alone on the Pampa de Anta, Peru

Victor Engelbert (1933-2015)

Photography
On Learning to Talk

On Learning to Talk

William Howard Gass

Commencement Speeches
Learn how Amnesty International is re-examining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Learn how Amnesty International is re-examining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Partner Initiatives
Make Good Art

Make Good Art

Neil Gaiman

Commencement Speeches
BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation program helps young Kenyan women escape poverty...

BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation program helps young Kenyan women escape poverty...

Partner Stories
The History of Fake News

The History of Fake News

Andie Tucher

Talks
War is a Lie  (2010)

War is a Lie (2010)

David Swanson

Books
Each of us

Each of us

Tony Balis

Articles
Beware the slippery road to fascism.

Beware the slippery road to fascism.

Shashi Tharoor

Articles
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes   (1982)

Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes (1982)

Frans de Waal

Books
How great leaders inspire action.

How great leaders inspire action.

Simon Sinek

Talks
Humanity Central

Humanity Central

Bing image

Photography
Freedom  (2024)

Freedom (2024)

Timothy Snyder

Books
Time for extraordinary music  --   music that could be the outcry of angels.

Time for extraordinary music -- music that could be the outcry of angels.

Johannes Brahms

Talks
Salt harvesting in Vietnam

Salt harvesting in Vietnam

Bing image

Photography
The Joys and Necessity of Bringing Diverse People Together

The Joys and Necessity of Bringing Diverse People Together

Ms. Gloria Steinem

Commencement Speeches
What if women ran the world?

What if women ran the world?

BBC.com; history.com; one.org

Articles
Help Earth Law Center create a voice for our planet.

Help Earth Law Center create a voice for our planet.

Partner Initiatives

"It’s okay now but not like it should be."

Essie Pettway, Mary Lee Bendolph, Rita Mae “Rabbit” Pettway, Lucy “Toot” Mingo, and China Pettway.

Talks
The world as tile cutouts

The world as tile cutouts

Charlotte Bassin

Photography
That's Not a Cause.   That's an Emergency.

That's Not a Cause. That's an Emergency.

Bono, Irish singer and activist

Commencement Speeches
Reforest with TreeSisters’ Restoration Strategy

Reforest with TreeSisters’ Restoration Strategy

Partner Initiatives
Life is meaningless and absurd

Life is meaningless and absurd

Alan Alda, American actor

Commencement Speeches
Roadside skeptic

Roadside skeptic

Attribute unknown

Photography
Lord of the Rings  (1954)

Lord of the Rings (1954)

J. R. R. Tolkien

Books
Amnesty takes on climate justice

Amnesty takes on climate justice

Partner Initiatives
Robinson projection

Robinson projection

Arthur H. Robinson

Photography
Sudan marks grim anniversary of civil war

Sudan marks grim anniversary of civil war

Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post

Articles
A Life on Our Planet

A Life on Our Planet

David Attenborough

Documentaries
Analyzing the problem

Analyzing the problem

Wendell Berry

Commencement Speeches
Charlotte's Web  (1952)

Charlotte's Web (1952)

E. B. White

Books
Ashoka changemaker investigates why we teach children about kindness.

Ashoka changemaker investigates why we teach children about kindness.

Partner Stories
Find What You Love

Find What You Love

Steve Jobs

Commencement Speeches
Be True to Yourself

Be True to Yourself

Michelle Obama

Commencement Speeches
The Lessons of History (1968)

The Lessons of History (1968)

Will and Ariel Durant

Books

Books
The Normandy Invasion (painting)

The Normandy Invasion (painting)

Guy de Montlaur

Photography
Naxi Blue – Lijiang, China

Naxi Blue – Lijiang, China

Lisa Kristine

Photography
Do not fear what has blown up.

Do not fear what has blown up.

Suheir Hammad

Talks
Neist Point Lighthouse, Isle of Skye

Neist Point Lighthouse, Isle of Skye

Bing image

Photography
Where the Mind is Without Fear  (1910)

Where the Mind is Without Fear (1910)

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) legendary Indian writer, first non-European to win Nobel for Literature, 1913.

Poetry
News we can trust

News we can trust

The Center for Humane Technology

Talks
Volunteer for the World Central Kitchen.

Volunteer for the World Central Kitchen.

Partner Initiatives
Olive trees, Palestine, 1980's

Olive trees, Palestine, 1980's

Luke Powell

Photography
Danish Refugees Council reduces threat of landmines

Danish Refugees Council reduces threat of landmines

Partner Stories
World Central Kitchen celebrates lives of their heroes

World Central Kitchen celebrates lives of their heroes

Partner Stories
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies  (1997)

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1997)

Jared Diamond

Books
Sapiens  (2011)

Sapiens (2011)

Yuval Noah Harari

Books
Help the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee expansion of its Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative

Help the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee expansion of its Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative

Partner Initiatives
No one is above the law.

No one is above the law.

Heather Cox Richardson

Articles
The private sector gets it right

The private sector gets it right

Mariott Corporation

Talks
When all we ever need is our voice.

When all we ever need is our voice.

Clint Smith

Talks
Nine Life Lessons

Nine Life Lessons

Tim Minchin -- Australian writer, performer, composer, film maker and teacher.

Commencement Speeches
The Overstory  (2018)

The Overstory (2018)

Richard Powers

Books
We are alive for a reason.

We are alive for a reason.

Claire Dubuois

Talks
How Democracies Die  (2015)

How Democracies Die (2015)

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

Books

"For reasons that are not well understood, war’s codes are safer...than love’s."

David Foster Wallace

Articles
Man's Search for Meaning  (1955)

Man's Search for Meaning (1955)

Victor Frankl

Books
Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Letter From a Birmingham Jail

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Talks
The Animals are Leaving

The Animals are Leaving

Charles Harper Webb

Poetry
We are all time travellers jouneying together

We are all time travellers jouneying together

Stephen Hawking

Talks
What Must Be Done: The Marshall Plan

What Must Be Done: The Marshall Plan

George C. Marshall

Commencement Speeches
What exactly is democracy?

What exactly is democracy?

Timothy Snyder

Talks
Family outing

Family outing

Bing image

Photography
Introduction to our commencement archive and top ten speeches.

Introduction to our commencement archive and top ten speeches.

29 commencement speakers

Commencement Speeches
Rawas River, Sumatra

Rawas River, Sumatra

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
Becoming Kinder

Becoming Kinder

George Saunders

Commencement Speeches
Afghan nomad family 1980's

Afghan nomad family 1980's

Luke Powell

Photography
A master class in not taking ourselves too seriously...

A master class in not taking ourselves too seriously...

Robin Williams (1951 - 2014)

Documentaries
Tomorrow's activist

Tomorrow's activist

anonymous

Photography
Human violence dramatically increases carbon

Human violence dramatically increases carbon

Nina Lakhani, climate justice reporter

Articles
Carter Center analyzes how nuclear war between the U.S. and China can be averted

Carter Center analyzes how nuclear war between the U.S. and China can be averted

Partner Stories
Failure and Imagination

Failure and Imagination

J.K.Rowling

Commencement Speeches
International Rescue Committee helps women worldwide to reach their potential

International Rescue Committee helps women worldwide to reach their potential

Partner Stories
Serra Pelada gold mine, Brazil (1986)

Serra Pelada gold mine, Brazil (1986)

Sebastiao Salgado

Photography
The blues of Lake Abiquiu, New Mexico

The blues of Lake Abiquiu, New Mexico

Tony Balis

Photography
Compassionate World Citizenship

Compassionate World Citizenship

Dr. Martha C. Nussbaum

Commencement Speeches
Desiderata

Desiderata

Max Ehrmann

Poetry
The Movement and the Madman

The Movement and the Madman

Steve Talbot (Wesleyan 1970 classmate!)

Documentaries
Farmer in Zanscar Valley, Ladakh, India

Farmer in Zanscar Valley, Ladakh, India

Luke Powell

Photography
The Raft of the Medusa (painting, 1819)

The Raft of the Medusa (painting, 1819)

Théodore Géricault

Photography
The Little Prince  (1943)

The Little Prince (1943)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Books
The Anthropocene Reviewed  (2021)

The Anthropocene Reviewed (2021)

John Green

Books
To the Castle and Back: A Memoir  (2007)

To the Castle and Back: A Memoir (2007)

Václav Havel

Books
Moving education forward through clean water

Moving education forward through clean water

Partner Stories
To Laugh Often And Much

To Laugh Often And Much

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poetry
Deaths during annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia underscore extreme heat dangers

Deaths during annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia underscore extreme heat dangers

Partner Stories
Afghan home 1980's

Afghan home 1980's

Luke Powell

Photography
Antigua cane cutter

Antigua cane cutter

Tony Balis

Photography
The larger cause of humanity...

The larger cause of humanity...

Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Articles
The Humanity Initiative's blueprint for peace gatherings

The Humanity Initiative's blueprint for peace gatherings

Curated by Jacqueline Wigglesworth, THI

Articles
A Left-handed Commencement Address

A Left-handed Commencement Address

Ursula K LeGuin

Commencement Speeches
God's Wife's Measuring Spoons  (essay, 2003)

God's Wife's Measuring Spoons (essay, 2003)

Barbara Kindsolver

Books
Canadian 12-year-old at the 1992 Earth Summit

Canadian 12-year-old at the 1992 Earth Summit

Severn Suzuki

Talks
Peace Direct launches

Peace Direct launches "Peace Starts Here," a global movement for peace builders.

Partner Stories

"We are investing in people we've come to know. We do not call them 'beneficiaries'"

Partner Stories
Afghan goat herder 1980's

Afghan goat herder 1980's

Luke Powell

Photography

"Put the water back in the river!"

Bruce Shillingsworth, aboriginal activist

Talks
Radical Renewal of Human Responsibility

Radical Renewal of Human Responsibility

Vaclav Havel

Commencement Speeches
The fierce urgency of now

The fierce urgency of now

Martin Luther King Jr

Talks
Wild Geese

Wild Geese

Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was a Pulitzer Prize winning poet.

Poetry
A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation (1949)

A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation (1949)

Aldo Leopold

Books
Neighborly Maine

Neighborly Maine

Peter Ralston

Photography
Talking it over.

Talking it over.

Bing images

Photography
Help Rotary International advance world understanding through community action.

Help Rotary International advance world understanding through community action.

Partner Initiatives
Afghan money changers  1980's

Afghan money changers 1980's

Luke Powell

Photography
Without accusations, boasts, hedges, obfuscations, or apocalytic metaphors....she did what a leader is supposed to do: explain the gravity of the situation…”

Without accusations, boasts, hedges, obfuscations, or apocalytic metaphors....she did what a leader is supposed to do: explain the gravity of the situation…”

Angela Merkel

Talks
Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition  (1970)

Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition (1970)

Paulo Freire

Books
Which country does the most good for the world?

Which country does the most good for the world?

Simon Arnholt

Talks
Prayer beads, Western Tibet

Prayer beads, Western Tibet

Lisa Kristine

Photography
The Odyssey (8th century BCE)

The Odyssey (8th century BCE)

Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (2017)

Books
Real Freedom

Real Freedom

David Foster Wallace

Commencement Speeches
Canoeros: Living Memory

Canoeros: Living Memory

The Kawésqar people

Talks
You many say I'm a dreamer...

You many say I'm a dreamer...

John Lennon

Talks
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel  (2015)

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel (2015)

Carl Safina

Books
World Wildlife Fund sponsors

World Wildlife Fund sponsors "Earth Hour" every spring

Partner Stories
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee urges fast action on climate

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee urges fast action on climate

Partner Stories
True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News  (2020)

True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News (2020)

Cindy L. Otis

Books
Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up!

Ama Nuamah, "...a young lady born and based in Accra, Ghana. She loves other creative disciplines but writing is a deeply-rooted passion of hers. Writing is her safe haven, writing is her lifeline."

Poetry
Join the International Rescue Committee in aiding 33 million refugees worldwide.

Join the International Rescue Committee in aiding 33 million refugees worldwide.

Partner Initiatives
Old friends

Old friends

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
The grandeur. The mystery.

The grandeur. The mystery.

Bing images

Photography
No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe

No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe

John Donne

Poetry
Whispers of Spring  -  Japan

Whispers of Spring - Japan

Lisa Kristine

Photography
Support Human Rights Watch in protecting students from online surveillance.

Support Human Rights Watch in protecting students from online surveillance.

Partner Initiatives
Ixil, Guatemala

Ixil, Guatemala

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
Imagine, with Ashoka, a new type of museum, one full of innovations for society.

Imagine, with Ashoka, a new type of museum, one full of innovations for society.

Partner Initiatives
Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Frans Lanting

Talks
If

If

Rudyard Kipling

Poetry
Nenet raindeer herder, Siberia

Nenet raindeer herder, Siberia

Jimmy Nelson

Photography
Woman selling shoes in Beijing, 1984

Woman selling shoes in Beijing, 1984

by Tony Balis

Photography
How to translate apocalyptic fatigue into action

How to translate apocalyptic fatigue into action

Per Espen Stoknes

Talks
Context

Context

Bing images

Photography
The Story of Ferdinand  (1936)

The Story of Ferdinand (1936)

Munro Leaf

Books
What We Wish to Become

What We Wish to Become

Dr. E. O. Wilson

Commencement Speeches
RFK Jr. on the night Martin Luther King Jr. was killed...

RFK Jr. on the night Martin Luther King Jr. was killed...

Robert F.Kennedy Jr

Talks
Working together, beyond silos

Working together, beyond silos

Dr. Jane Goodall

Talks
Afghanistan 1980's. Ancient road markers.

Afghanistan 1980's. Ancient road markers.

Luke Powell

Photography
Help Save The Children protect children in conflict

Help Save The Children protect children in conflict

Partner Stories
Albert Schweitzer:  Reverence for Life

Albert Schweitzer: Reverence for Life

Gavin Millar

Documentaries
The World-Ending Fire  (2019)

The World-Ending Fire (2019)

Wendell Berry

Books
War Zone

War Zone

Lynsey Addario

Photography
Common man confronts an army. Tiananmen Square, China, June 5, 1989

Common man confronts an army. Tiananmen Square, China, June 5, 1989

Stuart Franklin

Photography
If your dreams do not scare you...

If your dreams do not scare you...

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Talks
We all wish Venezuela to become a democracy

We all wish Venezuela to become a democracy

Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

Talks
The AI Dilemma

The AI Dilemma

Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin

Talks
1,200 possibilities for Earth's future

1,200 possibilities for Earth's future

Chris Mooney, Naema Ahmed and John Muyskens

Articles
The case for making war obsolete

The case for making war obsolete

Jamila Raqib

Talks
Help the World Wildlife Fund

Help the World Wildlife Fund "...build a future in which people live in harmony with nature."

Partner Initiatives
The Lewis Chessmen

The Lewis Chessmen

Discovered in Scotland; possibly from the 12th century

Photography
The Lost Words (2018)

The Lost Words (2018)

Robert Macfarlane

Books
The Earth is Hiring

The Earth is Hiring

Paul Hawken

Commencement Speeches
MSF doctor in Sudan describes working with insufficient resources

MSF doctor in Sudan describes working with insufficient resources

Partner Stories
How Jane Goodall redefined humankind

How Jane Goodall redefined humankind

Henry Nicholls

Articles
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