Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe is president of the town council in his village in Nigeria, a role that brings him more headaches than honors. He’s also a storyteller who hears the music of history, weaves the fabric of memory, and sometimes offends the Emperor as ...
Victim of Two Cultures: Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez, the son of Mexican immigrants, calls himself "a comic victim of two cultures." He started out speaking nothing but Spanish, and now argues for education in nothing but English. A Fulbright scholar with degrees from Stanford and Co...
The Science of Climate Change
It’s all connected: climate, oceans, ecosystems, plant and animals. Human activity is also a big part of the mix affecting climate. And the biggest factor in human impact on the climate is our energy use. So any kind of effort to help protect our ...
The Science of Endangered Species
We share our world with many other living creatures. But sometimes we find ourselves in a battle over resources and living space. And it is a battle that is driving much of our wildlife to the brink of extinction.
It can start in school with books...
The Science of Energy Independence
Our main sources of Energy- the fossil fuels that power our lives- are getting harder to come by. We have to travel farther- drill deeper and spend more just to keep up with our never-ending need for more power.
Today, Green Science is offering us ...
The Science of Recycling & Design
Green Engineers, among other things, build systems where bio-waste from our water is recycled as soil amendments. These projects involve the field of not only civil engineering but also the sciences of hydrology, biology and soil. The science of g...
Conquering America: Bharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee writes vivid, sensual, and troubling stories about America’s newest immigrants, Asians like herself. Mukherjee’s early novels spoke from India, the old world she left behind to marry an American. Upon arriving in America she se...
The Science of Sustainability
The Earth is an amazing place. It cycles through the seasons like a giant clock. Like a heartbeat, the tides ebb and flow, summers turn to fall. It’s an endless rhythm of life.
The great thing about the earth is that it renews and 'sustains' itse...
Ethics in the Workplace: Joanne Ciulla
A Senior Fellow at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Joanne Ciulla teaches career-minded students to think critically about the role of ethics in management. She brings a background in philosophy to her classroom, where future CE...
Free Read 10/1/1994
00:00 Various speakers are heard but not seen, test screen is displayed and then camera focuses on an empty table on stage; 2:58 camera finally focuses on unidentified speaker; 03:45 D .J. Renegade speaks; 07:30 Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks; 8:57 Dorothy...