4 Amazing Destinations That Are Good For The Planet
Traveling responsibly means healthy, safe and sustainable. With this in mind we found 4 destinations that are both breathtaking and practicing responsible tourism. JORDAN Keeping a 2,000-Year-Old City Alive.Petra Archaeological Park is an ancient city in the south of Jordan and one of the world’s largest and most complex archaeological sites. Nestled in rugged mountains […]
Can The Wild Relatives of Our Domestic Crops Help Battle Climate Change?
Wild relatives of our domestic crops already cope with harsh conditions and resist disease. Can we use them to help our preferred crops adapt? Earth is getting hotter. Huge amounts of greenhouse gases are warming the planet and altering the climate. Heat waves are harsher. Droughts are longer. And some diseases and pests are stronger […]
Leaders of Hope: Greta Thunberg
There’s a sense of disbelief when you consider that Greta Thunberg was unknown less than two years ago. Within this short space of time, she has grown a global climate movement and is now broadening her activism to include children’s rights during the pandemic. She has been recognized and praised worldwide by heads of state […]
Leaders of Hope: Sage Robbins
Being an author and speaker, and holding seminars with her husband, Tony Robbins, is a large part of what keeps Sage Robbins motivated during tough times. With the external world reeling from the isolation of a global quarantine and everyone’s daily lives disrupted beyond recognition, what gives Robbins hope is knowing that life is always […]
Leaders of Hope: Jay Shetty
“No one wants to hire you when your resume says ‘served as a monk for three years,’” says Jay Shetty, who at 26 years old, was $25,000 in debt and living with his parents. He was directionless, depressed, and confused about his purpose and working 80-hour weeks. He felt like he wasn’t living up to […]
Leaders of Hope: Tim Ballard
The founder of Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) is on a mission to end child trafficking and slavery. For a decade, Tim Ballard worked in the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force as a special agent for the Department of Homeland Security. He has successfully dismantled dozens of trafficking organizations and rescued countless children from sex […]
Leaders of Hope: Ava Duvernay
Ava DuVernay is providing hope for women and artists of color to promote and showcase their work in film. Her 14,000-square-foot, three-building campus in Los Angeles, which opened in early 2018, includes a new theatre to highlight movies created by these artists. DuVernay’s collective includes a nonprofit called Array Alliance, which funds programs and educational […]
Leaders of Hope: Bishop T.D. Jakes
In 2019, Bishop T.D. Jakes attended a Black Economic Alliance event in Martha’s Vineyard with top executives from Goldman Sachs and the Ford Foundation. It focused on issues affecting the Black community, including the digital divide, where he learned that the majority of future jobs would require a background in science, technology, engineering and mathematics […]
Leaders of Hope: Natalie portman
Actress Natalie Portman has set out to change the conversation on women’s sports by investing in the first women majority-owned and led soccer team. Venture capitalist Kara Nortman of Upfront Ventures and actress Natalie Portman are leading a group that will bring a National Women’s Soccer League expansion team to Los Angeles in 2022. The […]
Leaders of Hope: Melinda Gates
The world has many pressing issues, and the Gates Foundation is actively supporting solutions to many of them. But recently, the challenge closest to the heart of Melinda Gates is gender equality. Following her announcement in October of last year that she is committing $1 billion over the next decade to “expanding women’s power and […]
