This week's inspiring news
December 4, 2009
Hero of the Year
CNN Hero of the Year 2009 is Efren Penaflorida. He started a ‘pushcart classroom’ in the Philippines to provide an alternative to gang membership and bring education to poor children who are scavenging in landfills. Efren will receive $100,000 to continue his work, after he was selected in seven weeks of online voting at CNN.com. Watch his video here and his speech here.
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November 20, 2009
The post-crisis consumer
John Gerzema says there’s an upside to the recent financial crisis – the opportunity for positive change. He identifies four major cultural shifts driving new consumer behaviour and shows how businesses are evolving to connect with thoughtful spending. “The consumer has now moved into The Great Unwind.” Watch this inspiring TED talk here.
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November 13, 2009
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August 21, 2009
One day
Matisyahu is a Hasidic Jewish musician from New York City known for blending traditional Jewish themes with reggae, rock, and hip-hop sounds. Listen to one of his latest songs ‘One Day’, which he created as an anthem for hope and a source of inspiration for people struggling to open their hearts and stay positive. Watch this inspiring video here.
Inspiration in the sand
As the morning tide recedes at a beach near Christchurch, New Zealand, a man dressed in black arrives to go to work. After stretching and repeating his mantra, Peter Donnelly gets ready to ‘paint’. In the sand. With a simple stick and a rake, Peter creates amazing works of art that only last for as long as the ocean allows. Watch this inspiring CBS news video here.
Mission of hope
Jane Goodall left her home in London for the wilds of Africa when she was just 26 years old, driven by the love of and the fascination for animals. Five decades on, Dr. Goodall is now a tireless campaigner for conservation and environmental causes. Her work has moved from the jungle to the classroom, mainly focused on educating the next generation. Watch this inspiring video here.
Good News Day
Friday November 6th will be special! Than Newspiration will launch the third edition of the Good News Day in the Netherlands. Last year 24 Dutch media participated that all offered much more good news on this one day. Since this Good News Day is such a big success in the Netherlands, we would like to launch the first International Good News Day in 2010. Read more
The Vatican ends world hunger
Today is World Food Day and comedian Sarah Silverman found thé solution for world hunger: “What is the Vatican worth, like 500 billion dollars? This is great, sell the Vatican, take a big chunk of the money, build a new gorgeous condominium for you and all your friends to live in…and with the money left over, feed the whole world.” Watch this remarkable video here.
Playing for change
This is a new multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. Music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one. More info and music here.
Life = risk
Sometimes we look at people who have achieved a great deal of success and we think that everything must come easy for them. But Walt Disney, The Beatles and Michael Jordan are success stories that first began with failure. This failure fueled them to achieve beyond anyone’s expectations. If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived. Watch this inspiring video here.
Power to the people
Musician Dan Reed used footage from Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 film ‘The Great Dictator’ reminding us of the importance of humanity in making this world a better place to live in. “We think too much and we feel too little. The power dictators took, will return to the people. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful.” Watch this inspiring video here.
Media as agents of world benefit
Judy Rodgers is the Director of Images & Voices of Hope: a global dialogue dedicated to strengthening the role of media as agents of world benefit. They believe change in awareness precedes a change in our outer world. Next weekend they organize the 10th Annual IVOH World Summit. Judy wrote a column exclusively for Newspiration, which you can read here.
Inspiration in the sand
As the morning tide recedes at a beach near Christchurch, New Zealand, a man dressed in black arrives to go to work. After stretching and repeating his mantra, Peter Donnelly gets ready to ‘paint’. In the sand. With a simple stick and a rake, Peter creates amazing works of art that only last for as long as the ocean allows. Watch this inspiring CBS news video here.
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November 6, 2009
Inspiration in the sand
As the morning tide recedes at a beach near Christchurch, New Zealand, a man dressed in black arrives to go to work. After stretching and repeating his mantra, Peter Donnelly gets ready to ‘paint’. In the sand. With a simple stick and a rake, Peter creates amazing works of art that only last for as long as the ocean allows. Watch this inspiring CBS news video here.
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October 30, 2009
Mission of hope
Jane Goodall left her home in London for the wilds of Africa when she was just 26 years old, driven by the love of and the fascination for animals. Five decades on, Dr. Goodall is now a tireless campaigner for conservation and environmental causes. Her work has moved from the jungle to the classroom, mainly focused on educating the next generation. Watch this inspiring video here.
