Teresa Hsu: Wisdom for all ages
“Teresa Hsu Chih (Chinese: 许哲; pinyin: Xǔ Zhe) was born 1898 in Swatow, China. She is a prominent social worker and one of the oldest people in Singapore. The centenarian, who began devoting her life to helping the poor and destitute in the 1930s, has remained tireless in her humanitarian work even after turning 113. […]
Nate Garvis: Creating the Common Good by Habit
Nate Garvis discusses how we live and thrive by public policy outcomes, not angry political inputs, and the path is to honour our community values by designing them into our daily products and services. Common good by design not angry politics.
Steve Keil: A Play Manifesto
Entrepreneur Steve Keil explains how important play is for humans and highlights the negative effects of seriousness and lack of play, both in human development in general, and in Bulgarian society.
Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld: World Skydiving Champion
Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld survived a plane crash from which sixteen of the twenty-two people on board were killed. He was left critically injured and woke up from a six-week-long coma with a broken neck, broken skull, severe head trauma, a collapsed lung, and other serious internal injuries.
Wangari Maathai: Taking Root
Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organisation focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women’s rights. Today in PLO.com we pay tribute to the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize […]
