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Adital Ela: Design Innovation in Israel

May 6, 2011 by  
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Adital Ela, founder of S-Sense Design sustainability design studio in Israel believes in listening. She listens to indigenous philosophy, and incorporates it into sustainable design. When helping a community, she first listens closely to their needs and working from that foundation she bridges different worlds, finding both beautiful and sustainable solutions.

John Hunter: The World Peace Game

May 6, 2011 by  
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John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4’x5′ plywood board and lets his 4th-graders solve them. He explains how his World Peace Game engages school kids, and why the complex lessons it teaches spontaneous, and always surprising go further than classroom lectures can.

Water.org

May 5, 2011 by  
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“They believe for a day when everyone in the world can take a safe drink of water. It’s easy to take for granted ready access to a safe supply of drinking water. Yet nearly one billion people lack this most basic resource. They believe that creating accessible, safe water supplies in developing countries frees people […]

Noreena Hertz: How to use experts and when not to

April 24, 2011 by  
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We make important decisions every day and we often rely on experts to help us decide. But, says economist Noreena Hertz, relying too much on experts can be limiting and even dangerous. She calls for us to start democratising expertise to listen not only to surgeons and CEOs, but also to shop staff.

Model Citizen: A Piece of Kate

April 24, 2011 by  
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Katherine Raue is a fellow blogwriter, she is a friend. Currently, she is in my opinion being ‘improperly detained’ in Rangipapa, an inpatient service that caters mainly for the needs of women in treatment programmes aimed at rehabilitation.

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