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Wingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports, an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar through canyons at over 100MPH. Ueli Gegenschatz talks about how (and why) he does it, and shows jaw-dropping film.
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Natalie Jeremijenko’s unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting “fish,” planting fire-hydrant gardens and more.
Tags: 1999 Rockefeller Fellow, 2006 Whitney Biennial of American Art and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Triennial 2006-7, 40 most influential designers, addresses environmental woes, art, artists' collective, bridge technical and art worlds, Bureau of Inverse Technology, combines engineering know-how, comicStyle, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, creative health solutions, Despondency Index, direct change, Director xDesign Environmental Health Clinic, environmental health solutions, exhibitions, Gail Penney, Ideas worth spreading, indirect change, lifeStyle, main blog, make change, MASS MoCA, mindStyle matters, MIT Technology Review, Natalie Jeremijenko, penneylane, penneylaneonline, plant fire-hydrant gardens, prescribe creative health solutions, public art, real-life experiments, record suicides, San Francisco Bay Bridge, socially conscious experiences, stock market data, Ted Talk, texting fish, The art of the eco-mindshift, Top 100 Young Innovators, turnStyle, unusual lab, VidStyle, volunteers, Walking tadpoles, Whitney Museum, www.penneylaneonline.com
On the web, a new “Friend” may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation and reward us with something more nourishing. You’re invited, if you promise you’ll share.
Tags: absurd explorations, audience engagement, audience participation, collaborative tools, Colowars, comicStyle, competitions, consultant, daily video blog, Earth Sandwich, Erik Kastner, express, Fabuloso Friday, fans write the show, fear, find, Gail Penney, gasp, giggle, guffaw, How to Dance Properly, Ideas worth spreading, influenced, innovate, lifeStyle, main blog, medley, mindStyle matters, multi-player game, nourishing, online comedy, online viewers, pain, pang of nostalgia, participation, penneylane, penneylaneonline, Projects, props, public speaker, rapid-fire delivery, reward us, share, shared emotions, sponsored online events, sustained comedy run, Ted Talk, The Show with Ze Frank, true connection, turnStyle, twitter, VidStyle, viral video, virtual life, wiki-comedy, www.penneylaneonline.com, YouTubers, zany Internet toys, Ze Frank, Ze Frank's Web Playroom
In this uplifting talk, Katherine Fulton sketches the new future of philanthropy, one where collaboration and innovation allow regular people to do big things, even when money is scarce. Giving five practical examples of crowd-driven philanthropy, she calls for a new generation of citizen leaders.
Tags: advocate, business, changing rapidly, citizen leaders, co-author, collaboration, Columbia Journalism Review, comicStyle, community service, complex social problems, confronted, crowd-driven philanthropy, Duke University, entrepreneurial leaders, funded, future of journalism, Gail Penney, government, Harvard University, Ideas worth spreading, imaginative leaders, innovation, innovative course design, insights, Investing for Social and Environmental Impact: A Blueprint for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry, Katherine Fulton, lifeStyle, Looking Out for the Future: An Orientation for Twenty-First Century Philanthropists and What If? The Art of Scenario Thinking for Non Profits, Lyndhurst Foundation prize, main blog, mindStyle matters, Monitor Group, new future of philanthropy, new generation, next practices, Nieman Fellowship, penneylane, penneylaneonline, pioneer breakthroughs, practical examples, problems framed, problems solved, Ted Talk, Time Magazine, tracking changes, turnStyle, VidStyle, www.penneylaneonline.com, You are the future of philanthropy
The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring.
Tags: avert potential disaster, Cary Fowler, comicStyle, crops, diversity, Gail Penney, global seed bank, humanity, Ideas worth spreading, lifeStyle, main blog, mindStyle matters, Norway, nurtured, One seed at a time, penneylane, penneylaneonline, preserving rice, preserving wheat, protecting the future for food, Svalbard, Svalbard Global Seed Bank, Ted Talk, tending crops, threatened by climate change., threats of disease, threats of famine, turnStyle, varieties of corn, varieties of rice, varieties of wheat, VidStyle, world's food supply, www.penneylaneonline.com
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