TED Prize

Countdown to the Charter for Compassion on TED.com

casson — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:09:53 +0000

From the TED Blog… In February 2008, Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize and made her wish – to create a Charter for Compassion, a document about the core shared value of every world religion and moral code, the Golden Rule. This document will be released to the world on November 12, the result of months of collaborative work by [...]

Ask Karen Armstrong anything!

casson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:30:55 +0000

From our friends at the TED Blog… Ask her anything. Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. She argues that compassion is the core, fundamental idea behind the [...]

Abreu Fellows Program Launches

casson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:31:25 +0000

The TED Prize are honored to announce in partnership with the New England Conservatory (NEC), the launch of the Abreu Fellows Program. Today, 10 gifted, spirited and passionate individuals committed to bringing El Sistema to the rest of the world, descend upon the NEC to start their yearlong training. A huge thanks to the TED community [...]

The World is Blue

casson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:25:53 +0000

Just 10 days ago, Sylvia Earle’s new book, The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One, was published. Much like her talk at TED, this book is an articulate and urgent call to the world to recognize that oceanic change threaten the very existence of life on Earth. More from her publisher: In [...]

A Thankless Search

casson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:11:05 +0000

Child prodigy Adora Svitak interviews Jill Tarter and other SETI astronomers “to investigate the reasons we haven’t made extra-terrestrial contact yet — and also to find out when and how this group of clever earthlings hopes to right this grave injustice.”

Karen Armstrong’s New TEDTalk

casson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:28:57 +0000

From the TED blog: Weeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion’s role in the 21st century: Will its dogmas divide us? Or will it unite us for common good? She reviews the catalysts that can drive the world’s faiths to rediscover the Golden Rule. (Recorded at TEDGlobal, July 2009, Oxford, UK.Duration: 09:55) Twitter: http://on.ted.com/3W

On November 12th…

casson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:23:33 +0000

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Live on the web today: Karen Armstrong and the Dalai Lama talk about compassion

casson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:54:40 +0000

A TED Prize wish is about to be granted. We’d love you to participate. Today, Sunday, September 27, 1pm PDT, TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong, joined by 4 Nobel laureates — the Dalai Lama, Jody Williams, Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Betty Williams — will unveil plans for the launch of the Charter for Compassion. The event will include short TEDTalks on the true [...]

¡Bienvenido Gustavo!

casson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:51:42 +0000

On October 3, Gustavo Dudamel, protege of Maestro José Abreu and new Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will kick-off his inaugural season with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. While the event is already sold out, we are excited to hear that a live HD webcast will be available for the unprecedented [...]

The Wisdom of Crowds

casson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:50:37 +0000

In August New Scientist published an article on the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) and the first science results. While signs of extraterrestrial intelligence have not yet been found, the power of the first 42 telescopes in the array is producing meaningful information. …surveys do not distract from the search for aliens, which – if they exist [...]