Climbing High
Britton Keeshan, the 22-year-old grandson of the late Bob Keeshan—better known as “Captain Kangaroo”—is now the youngest person to climb the tallest mountain on each of the seven continents. » Read more
Interviews
Charting a New Course
"My experience with the Earth Charter Initiative deepened my understanding of the seriousness of the environmental and social problems facing the world. It also inspired in me new hope because I met so many extraordinary women and men around the world who are deeply committed and making a real difference.
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Design for the Developing World
Northwestern University’s biomedical engineering program is at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the developing world. While similar courses are offered at Stanford, MIT, and Duke, Professor David Kelso describes how Northwestern was one of the first to offer students the opportunity to work on problems in non-industrialized nations and to travel abroad to implement designs. » Read more
Archbishop Tutu
A face of hope for the world
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu sailed around the world from February 3 to May 14, 2007 with Semester at Sea for a 100-day educational journey with more than 700 college students and an international faculty appointed by the University of Virginia. Tutu, 75, served as a Distinguished Lecturer in Residence and presented a series of lectures on “patterns of conflict and paths to peace in a diverse world. He also attended numerous classes, adding his views to those of the professors and students on such diverse subjects as women and development, religious cooperation, appropriate responses to AIDS, and global human rights. In one of those classes, a writing class led by Professor Eugene Hammond of the University of Maryland, Archbishop Tutu agreed to be interviewed by the class. Read a composite interview by the class, the heart of which was written by University of Pittsburgh senior Leigh Remizowski, with additions of sentences or partial paragraphs from most other members of the class.
Archived Interviews
Patrick Cook-Deegan, a former star athlete and senior at Brown University, talks about his activism on behalf of democracy in Burma, meeting Dr. Paul Farmer in Rwanda, and Cycle for Schools—a 900-mile trek through Laos for which he raised $15,500 to build a school there.
Britton Keeshan, grandson of Captain Kangeroo, talks about the experience of climbing the tallest mountain on every continent, becoming a doctor, and respecting the world's cultures.
Steven Rockefeller, North America co-Chair of the Earth Charter Commission, crosses international borders to help forge a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society.
David Kelso, a professor at Northwestern talks about his university's biomedical engineering program, which is at the forefront of creating sustainable solutions for the developing world.