Waking up is always an adventure when you live in a caravan. The Couple just loved that feeling of getting away from it all; living on the road  and having everything you could ever need within three feet of your bed. They weren’t an old Couple, in case you are wondering. They still had a [...]

Chris Llewellyn Smith, Vice President of the Royal Society and Visiting Professor at Oxford, discusses the advantages of fusion power for meeting the future energy needs of a still growing and modernizing world population with special emphasis on the technical challenges of tokamak fusion facilities, in particular the ITER project. Link to this post!

Oh Mama Africa, why do you forsake me? Years ago I escaped from the wrath of war, Not blaming you, but still under your eyeful watch. Open wounds and wasted souls that I saw Relentless fear persuaded me to flee. Not knowing where to go, I hastened to follow the crowd. Dodging bullets and bazookas, [...]

Sherry Wren, course co-director and Professor of Surgery at Stanford, and Michele Barry, Professor of Medicine at Stanford, discuss challenges in global health. Dr. Wren recounts her personal experience working in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Dr. Barry highlights neglected policy issues on the international global health agenda. Stanford Mini Med School is a [...]

Journey back in time to the birth of the Bay Area’s environmental movement. Meet the everyday people who rescued the Bay Area from environmental disaster and continue to inspire a new generation. Link to this post!

Rising from the ashes of Somalia’s devastating civil war is an image so powerful, it could help provide a solution to the never ending devastation: educated Somali women. Women with the power and knowledge to pass their education to their offspring have the chance to construct a healthy and successful society from the chaotic rubble [...]

Once upon a time there was a man named Omar who cared for goats belonging to other people. He was paid each month to take the villagers’ goats to the pasture close to the village. One day he decided that he wanted to go to the city to have lunch. He made a plan so [...]

A must watch story of friendship, and motherhood. A lioness in Kenya has adopted a baby antelope- and later other cubs from a different animal species. This short touching documentary will open your eyes and rethink about how humane animals can be. Link to this post!

A “successful” life has become a violent enterprise.  We make war on our own bodies, pushing them beyond their limits; war on our children, because we cannot find enough time to be with them when they are hurt and afraid, and need our company; war on our spirit, because we are too preoccupied to listen [...]

Legacy tells the inspiring story of how members of one African-American family manage to break free of social welfare, change their lives and escape the increasing violence in their community. Link to this post!