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Dr Neil DeGrasse Tyson included among the top 50 of the 100 most creative people in the USA. More info on Dr Tyson click here

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“When I see that list (of goals), at all times I am thinking of ways that the methods, tools and sheer power of the scientific enterprise can resolve those problems”, Tyson, July 2010.

Listen to Dr. Tyson as he speaks on HIV/Aids and Cultural Attitudes; the Possibility of Asteroids colliding with earth in the Indian Ocean – where does the responsibility for action lay; children as natural creators, investigators, scientists; the importance of science literacy……

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium.

Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. Read the rest of this entry �

Lowell Fuglie, a stalwart in the moringa community, is no more with us. He passed away in Canada on 21 April 2010. He will be greatly missed. Moringa Partners is dedicating the month of June to his memory with input from the Moringa Community. The Yakkers’ Corner is proud to republish his last interview with us. Read the rest of this entry �

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Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. She authored four books: The Green Belt Movement; Unbowed: A Memoir; The Challenge for Africa; and Replenishing the Earth.
Remembering wangari maathai

Ms. Alleyne currently serves as the Assistant Program Scientist for the International Space Station (ISS) at NASA- Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas. There she is responsible for managing the communication strategy for ISS Research and Technology that conveys the benefits of ISS scientific research to stakeholders, the public and potential users. She also leads the integration of all international education programs across the ISS Partners (US, Japan, Russia, Europe and Canada). Prior to this, Ms. Alleyne has Read the rest of this entry �

Fiza Shah is the Founder and CEO of Developments in Literacy (DIL), a non-profit organization based in Irvine, California. DIL is dedicated to educating and empowering underprivileged students especially girls, by operating student-centered model schools; and provides high quality professional development to teachers and principals across Pakistan. While DIL currently Read the rest of this entry �

LaborVoices, Inc. is an innovative St. Louis-based company that offers real-time, workforce intelligence and supply chain monitoring tools to corporate clients. Utilizing innovative crowd-sourced monitoring tools around the globe, LaborVoices enables companies to have constant updates on the health of their supply chains before products have even shipped. Such intelligence helps companies maintain Read the rest of this entry �

Trade of Innocents – Justice Needs A Hero.

Bill and Laurie Bolthouse have been passionately pursuing health care and justice issues for the past few years in such diverse places as Macedonia,Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe andIndia. This recent foray into Read the rest of this entry �

As President of Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (DCGEP), Aric Noboa leads the development and implementation of the organization’s strategic goals and objectives, and ensures it fulfills its mission to use the power of media to transform education and improve lives in the developing world. In June 2007, Noboa was invited to join 26 leaders in the field for the St. George’s House, Windsor Castle Leadership Initiative on HIV/AIDS. The gathering is designed to develop leadership and ideas in prevention in Africa and Europe. Read the rest of this entry �

Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. She authored four books: The Green Belt Movement; Unbowed: A Memoir; The Challenge for Africa; and Replenishing the Earth.
Remembering wangari maathai

Yakker’s corner joins the UN in remembering Dag Hammarskjöld
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