PRESS RELEASE – for immediate circulation Vancouver based Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) launched a law suit today against Google for the unauthorized use of the word plan in all google search results. The Governments of Canada and the United … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2011
Lindsay Can
A name change is in order for Lindsay Cant.They said she'd never fly. Today she has completed over 140 glider flights.They said she wouldn't leave the hospital. Today she lives in her own place near Perth, Scotland.They said she'd never … Read More
Margaret Heffernan – Personal Responsibility
Margaret Heffernan's new book is, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril. Willful blindness is our collective capacity to 'go along' with what everyone else is doing; to carry forward with the familiar, to turn a 'blind … Read More
Nancy Hall’s Spirit is Released to the Heavens
Our dear friend Nancy Hall died peacefully on Thursday March 24th. She was an effective and tireless advocate for people with mental illness. If we had our cultural priorities straight we would be giving her the honour of a state … Read More
Jean Vanier – The Power of Gentleness
Throughout history exceptional humans have given up wealth, power and privilege to teach us about a great but obscure form of power. These include Catherine of Siena, Donna Gracia Mendes of Spain, Frances of Assisi, and Prince Ashoka of India. … Read More
The Next European Renaissance – Social Innovation Europe
The European Union has just raised the social innovation bar for governments. On March 17th in Brussels, President Barossa of the European Commission officially launched Social Innovation Europe. The EU's goal: by 2014, Social Innovation Europe will be the … Read More
Herb Barbolet – Eating for a Living, 9th, on Poverty
"Something happens to people who plant seeds- it is impossible to watch a plant grow and flourish without getting a sense of the miracle of all life." -Herb Barbolet Herb Barbolet is the Wayne Gretzky of healthy local food. Decades … Read More
Thomas Homer-Dixon – Steering Through Turbulent Times
In the News today: Earthquake, tsunami, meltdown, economic crisis …. Peak oil, political unrest in oil producing countries, verging civil war in Libya, economic crisis…. These events have led me to revisit two of Thomas Homer-Dixon's books:The Ingenuity Gap – … Read More
Spirit of the West – Putting Up With The Jones
Spirit of the West composed one of the most popular college drinking songs of all time, particularly on St. Patrick's Day – Home for a Rest. On the sober side their songs reflect a critical eye on the decline of … Read More
Brad Johnston – A Social Innovation Gardener
Brad is an Ontario public servant who decided to step outside his comfort zone. Without authority, mandate or stategic plan he is successfully gathering fellow social innovators within the Ontario Public Service. Brad is keen to connect with public servants … Read More