By Joe Bonadio
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman”
I recently
By Joe Bonadio
A San Francisco nonprofit called Rainforest Connection has devised an ingenious way to convert used cell phones to solar-powered listening devices, and is now employing them to monitor old-growth rainforests for the sounds of illegal loggers. The
By Joe Bonadio
Twenty-two Afghani men, ten of them police officers, have been convicted for the killing of Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year old woman lynched by a mob in Kabul after being falsely accused of burning a copy of
By Joe Bonadio
This week, we shot an amazing “World Changers” TV interview with Dr. Tererai Trent. Oprah Winfrey has singled her out as her favorite guest of all time, and as inspiring as Dr. Trent is, it’s not
By Joe Bonadio
A group of Bay Area entrepreneurs is shipping used bikes from California to 7 different nations in Africa, where they are bringing mobility, freedom and opportunity to thousands. Mike’s Bikes of Marin has shipped over 16,000 used
By Joe Bonadio
Born and raised in the Eastern Indian state of Odisha, Vikash Das grew up to earn his Master’s in Software Engineering and land a lucrative job at IBM. But he never forgot his upbringing in Odisha, particularly