Satish Kumar, a former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, reflects on the visionary leaders who shaped his outlook and approach to life.

 

His influences

Satish Kumar, a former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, reflects on the visionary leaders who shaped his outlook and approach to life.

 

His influences include Mahatma Gandhi, HH Dalai Lama, Bertrand Russell, John F. Kennedy, and Fritz Schumacher. For more information, visit resurgence.org/satish-kumar.

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Lorén Spears, citizen of the Narragansett Nation, and Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s only Indigenous-led museum, shares important things that can be learned from

Lorén Spears, citizen of the Narragansett Nation, and Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island’s only Indigenous-led museum, shares important things that can be learned from Indigenous ways of knowing and how “environmental justice equals Indigenous rights”. She emphasizes the principle of giving back that which has been taken as a way to create life preserving balance. Lorén Spears is the Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum. She is also an educator, activist, author, and Indigenous artist. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1989 and her Master’s degree from the University of New England with a focus on elementary education. She founded the Nuweetooun School affiliated with the Tomaquag Museum and was a teacher in Newport public schools for 12 years. A 2017 winner of the Tom Roberts Prize for Creative Achievement in the Humanities from the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, she was honored for her “compelling work as an advocate of Indigenous People’s history and cultural heritage in preservation, the arts, and education.” In 2010, Spears was named as one of 11 Extraordinary Women honorees for teaching and education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Have you noticed your allergies getting worse? How about your mental health? We think of climate change as something that will affect us in 5, 10, 20 years. But in this eye-opening talk, Cardiologist

Have you noticed your allergies getting worse? How about your mental health? We think of climate change as something that will affect us in 5, 10, 20 years. But in this eye-opening talk, Cardiologist John Mahowald and Pediatrician Kathy Kulus explain that what we’re seeing in our hospitals and doctors' clinics today is not a coincidence. It's the health effects of climate change right here, right now. Dr. Kulus is a wife and mother of four young adult children. She is the Medical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Program at the St. Cloud Hospital, following 25 years with CentraCare, in a traditional practice of both clinic and hospital pediatric medicine. Dr. Kulus is passionate about trying to improve children’s futures, having seen that prevention of problems is much easier than treating problems after they arise. Specifically, she is focused on what can be done to repair damage already resulting from climate change, while also trying to prevent worsening change. Dr. Mahowald is a cardiologist who trained at the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his residency at Highland General Hospital. Born in Japan and raised as a self-proclaimed army brat, Mahowald moved to St. Cloud in 1983 as its first cardiologist. The regionally recognized and nationally ranked CentraCare Heart & Vascular Center now has more than 30 cardiologists and heart surgeons, serving more than 800,000 residents of central Minnesota. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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