Good In the News

Ever feel like there' s nothing positive in the news?

I've been on the lookout for positive stories in the news for quite some time now and have found some stories that have restored my faith in humankind and that the Power of the People still lives on in our daily lives.

While all the politicians, world leaders and people focused on Big Business are focused on their own agendas, the people of the world have been on the move, forming small groups, that grow to larger groups...individuals each doing what they can, with what they have in their hands to do with, from where they are day after day and it has now expanded to be a total powerful force that is indeed causing worldwide changes we can all be proud to shout about!

I'm dedicating this hub to share the news of all I'm finding about a brighter tomorrow for all peoples worldwide and invite everyone who visits to share all they've found also, and I've started it the day after the US celebration of Thanksgiving and want all coming days to be ones of ThanksLiving!

Keep shinin',

DJ

Paul Hawken's speech at the Bioneers Conference on the worlds largest movement, the hundreds of thousands of grassroots organizations that address social and environmental justice.

From the video description:

"Daniel Tammet first came to worldwide attention in March 2004 on international Pi Day (3/14, of course) when he recited, from memory, Pi to 22,514 decimal places. It took over five hours and set a new European record. The event, which Daniel named "Pi in the Sky", coincided with Einstein's birthday and took place in front of Einstein's blackboard at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford, England. Daniel used that event to raise funds for the National Society for Epilepsy because it was after a series of childhood seizures that his extraordinary number and memory abilities began, aligning him with that rare circumstance of the 'acquired savant' in which such exceptional skills surface following some CNS injury or disease. He is proud of the monies raised on behalf of this organization, and certainly gave this worthy cause a good deal of visibility.

In addition to number and massive memory skills, Daniel has exceptional language skills as well. He speaks French, German, Spanish, Lithuanian, Esperanto and Icelandic. He learned the difficult Icelandic language in seven days which was carefully documented in the one hour film about Daniel titled Brainman.