i don't have any relationship with pbs but i did wanna pass these notes on in case any of interests you. pbs puts out good stuff but i often miss it cuz i didn't even know what was around the bend:
The New Heroes
Tuesday, June 28 at 8 and 9 p.m.
THE NEW HEROES tells the dramatic stories of 14 daring social entrepreneurs who are undaunted by the chronic challenges of poverty, illness, unemployment, violence and ignorance they see in the world around
them. With a revolutionary passion for transforming society, brilliant insights to achieve fundamental change and an unstoppable will to overcome
obstacles that preserve the status quo, these individuals tackle the most intractable social problems and achieve extraordinary success.
“Dreams of Sanctuary” (8 p.m.) – The first episode travels around the world to profile social entrepreneurs who are helping the desperate, the destitute and the determined to make a new beginning. In Africa, Moses
Zulu has created a home and school for AIDS orphans and other children in Zambia to nurture their growth into productive adults. In India, Kailash Satyarthi rescues brutally enslaved children in daring and dangerous
raids, and has a radical vision to put an end to the market for products made with forced child labor. In San Francisco, former drug addicts and criminals find training, employment and encouragement through Delancey
Street, which runs a restaurant, a moving company and other businesses to provide the first stable step to a new life.
............
“Technology of Freedom” (9 p.m.) – Technology that transforms life is often out of reach of the impoverished in the undeveloped world. The second episode explores the ethics and work of innovative “compassionate
capitalists,” who have created self-sustaining business enterprises that are designed to maximize human benefit, not profit. Applying the segmented
labor process of a fast food restaurant to what is normally routine eye surgery in the Western world, an Indian doctor and American businessman have together created a healthcare and business model that provides
200,000 cataract surgeries a year to prevent unnecessary blindness. Recognizing that poor irrigation was diminishing the fertility of land in Kenya, the founders of ApproTEC invented a manually operated low-cost
water pump that can double the yield of a small farm.
..........................
Roadtrip Nation
Saturdays, beginning July 2 at 7:30 p.m.
ROADTRIP NATION maintains the quest to empower college students and
anyone
seeking their true calling by providing some surprising answers to the
age-old question, “What do you want to do with your life?” The series
follows three green RVs that are driven by college students as they
travel
across the U.S. interviewing leaders including; an astrophysicist for
NASA, editors of national publication, the executive director of
Greenpeace USA, Hugh Hefner, the park superintendent of Mt. Rushmore, a food critic and many others
Episode 1 – Meet the teams and watch insightful interviews in Southern California with the CEO & co-founder of Volcom Clothing and a music director who is credited for the American radio premiere of Moby and Garbage.
The New Heroes
Tuesday, June 28 at 8 and 9 p.m.
THE NEW HEROES tells the dramatic stories of 14 daring social entrepreneurs who are undaunted by the chronic challenges of poverty, illness, unemployment, violence and ignorance they see in the world around
them. With a revolutionary passion for transforming society, brilliant insights to achieve fundamental change and an unstoppable will to overcome
obstacles that preserve the status quo, these individuals tackle the most intractable social problems and achieve extraordinary success.
“Dreams of Sanctuary” (8 p.m.) – The first episode travels around the world to profile social entrepreneurs who are helping the desperate, the destitute and the determined to make a new beginning. In Africa, Moses
Zulu has created a home and school for AIDS orphans and other children in Zambia to nurture their growth into productive adults. In India, Kailash Satyarthi rescues brutally enslaved children in daring and dangerous
raids, and has a radical vision to put an end to the market for products made with forced child labor. In San Francisco, former drug addicts and criminals find training, employment and encouragement through Delancey
Street, which runs a restaurant, a moving company and other businesses to provide the first stable step to a new life.
............
“Technology of Freedom” (9 p.m.) – Technology that transforms life is often out of reach of the impoverished in the undeveloped world. The second episode explores the ethics and work of innovative “compassionate
capitalists,” who have created self-sustaining business enterprises that are designed to maximize human benefit, not profit. Applying the segmented
labor process of a fast food restaurant to what is normally routine eye surgery in the Western world, an Indian doctor and American businessman have together created a healthcare and business model that provides
200,000 cataract surgeries a year to prevent unnecessary blindness. Recognizing that poor irrigation was diminishing the fertility of land in Kenya, the founders of ApproTEC invented a manually operated low-cost
water pump that can double the yield of a small farm.
..........................
Roadtrip Nation
Saturdays, beginning July 2 at 7:30 p.m.
ROADTRIP NATION maintains the quest to empower college students and
anyone
seeking their true calling by providing some surprising answers to the
age-old question, “What do you want to do with your life?” The series
follows three green RVs that are driven by college students as they
travel
across the U.S. interviewing leaders including; an astrophysicist for
NASA, editors of national publication, the executive director of
Greenpeace USA, Hugh Hefner, the park superintendent of Mt. Rushmore, a food critic and many others
Episode 1 – Meet the teams and watch insightful interviews in Southern California with the CEO & co-founder of Volcom Clothing and a music director who is credited for the American radio premiere of Moby and Garbage.
Comment