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This article is part of a series on “Learning About Learning.” Have you ever felt overwhelmed at the beginning of a project? Or...

Interview with Shaba Rahavi After graduating from Portland State University with a film degree, Shaba Rahavi decided to take a break from...

Have you ever had a brainstorm of an idea, with all its euphoria, and then when you set about implementing it, all kinds of doubts and...

This whole Prosperity Project started when I read The Prosperity of Humankind and realized that unless we include every single human...

Have you ever wondered what you would do if disaster strikes (earthquake, tsunami, tornado, etc.)? The Washington Emergency Management...

Knowledge is one of humanity’s most precious treasures. Yet throughout history, it’s been a treasure reserved for the elites of human...

Interview with Ryan Redman School can be stressful: tests, assignments, structure, after-school activities, deadlines, homework… There’s...

Interview with Ona Porter Ona Porter believes in people: if you give them the right tools, they’ll thrive. She’s been an advocate and an...

Why are teenagers important? Just look at all their energy and creativity! What if that energy was directed toward the real problems we...

How do we create a unifying, global vision for the prosperity of all humankind? How do we create a vision of well-being for every man,...

This is the second (and last) post following the November 22 Prosperity Discussion, where a few people got together to Start a Vision...

On November 22, a few people got together to Start a Vision Discussion. We began with the quote below and focused on really listening to...

Interview with Kathy LeMay With an indomitable spirit and a keen sense of justice, Kathy LeMay has been tackling social change from a...

Interview with Sharon Gary-Smith When I sit down and listen to the stories of Black women and Black men—not out of defensiveness—but...

Interview with Leslie Black I met Leslie years ago and she has always had such a happy, positive outlook on life. I didn’t realize until...

A friend asked me to share the story of the butterfly. I’ve read this story many times, in different versions. My first encounter with it...

Interview with Glaucia Martin-Porath Fifteen years ago, when my daughter was born, I’d just moved to a new town, I didn’t know anybody...

I went to meet Kate Wildrick at the Ingenuity Innovation Center recently and the place just blew my socks off. After 3 ½ hours of touring...