La esposa del granjero sólo quería rescatar la manzana que se había caído en un hoyo, pero una serie de sucesos inesperados nos enseña una valiosa lección sobre cómo resolver un problema. Nuestra voluntaria Alessia nos cuenta esta historia. #CuentaCuentosFCIE
Watercolor Identities
This is a story about a parallel search of identity. I search for my grandfather’s identities, who lived through the Ottoman Empire’s demise and founding of the Republic of Turkey as well as my own, growing up in Turkey and now living both in Turkey and the United States. I find some surprises about the clash of identites, their suppression and redefinition, and about the nature of identity itself.
How to shift your mindset and choose your future
When it comes to big life problems, we often stand at a crossroads: either believe we’re powerless against great change, or we rise to meet the challenge. In an urgent call to action, political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac makes the case for adopting a mindset of “stubborn optimism” to confront climate change — or whatever crisis may come our way — and sustain the action needed to build a regenerative future. As he puts it: “Stubborn optimism can fill our lives with meaning and purpose.”
Transcript in English below:
00:13 – I never thought that I would be giving my TED Talk somewhere like this. But, like half of humanity, I’ve spent the last four weeks under lockdown due to the global pandemic created by COVID-19. I am extremely fortunate that during this time I’ve been able to come here to these woods near my home in southern England. These woods have always inspired me, and as humanity now tries to think about how we can find the inspiration to retake control of our actions so that terrible things don’t come down the road without us taking action to avert them, I thought this is a good place for us to talk. And I’d like to begin that story six years ago, when I had first joined the United Nations.
Most Realistic Brain Visualization
Your brain still works after death.
El Hombre y el Zorro – Idries Shah
Ligia, una de las voluntarias de Fundación CIE, creó este fantástico video para contar la historia de “El Hombre y el Zorro” de Idries Shah.
