20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life

Brainpickings posted a wonderful article on Hunter S. Thompson's letter to a friend on finding your purpose.


"Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."

Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world?

Hans Rosling put together an "ignorance quiz" for the BBC.

Huge Hans Rosling fan and I love a good quiz. I won't tell you how I did, but will say I was ashamed I knew so little.....

Also check out his 5 good things.

Sustainia Awards 2013

I was very happy to be part of this last night, at the Sustainia Awards in Copenhagen.

ASTEP

Just found out about this wonderful non profit organisation.

"ASTEP connects performing and visual artists with underserved youth in the U.S. and around the world to awaken their imaginations, foster critical thinking, and help them break the cycle of poverty."

They are always looking for volunteers.

The secrets of the world's happiest cities

Excellent article by Charles Montgomery over at the Guardian about what makes a city a great place to live.

A taster:

"There is a clear connection between social deficit and the shape of cities. A Swedish study found that people who endure more than a 45-minute commute were 40% more likely to divorce. People who live in monofunctional, car‑dependent neighbourhoods outside urban centres are much less trusting of other people than people who live in walkable neighbourhoods where housing is mixed with shops, services and places to work."

Michelle Obama joined by Elmo and Rosita to promote healthy eating

Sesame Workshop are waiving their licensing fee for its Muppet characters for two years, so they can encourage kids to eat their fruits and vegetables by seeing their favourite characters on all types of healthy produce in the supermarket.

What's not to love?

Article over at the Guardian.

Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt

Naomi Klein, the author of “The Shock Doctrine” and “No Logo”,  has written a thought provoking article for The New Statesman about climate change and it's power to start a revolution.

".........there is still time to avoid catastrophic warming, but not within the rules of capitalism as they are currently constructed. Which may be the best argument we have ever had for changing those rules."

Well worth reading.