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This was a truly incredible group of people and we had amazing conversations. The challenge is to convert this into real action.”
— George Roter, Co-Founder and CEO, Engineers Without Borders

Dalai Lama In CanadaVancouver - The Dalai Lama will headline a “spiritual dream team” of Nobel Peace Prize laureates and international activists at a peace summit this September in Vancouver.

The Dalai Lama will also be a guest editor of The Vancouver Sun for a special edition themed around "Educating the Heart."

"It is an honour indeed to have the Dalai Lama guest edit The Vancouver Sun. Humbling, exciting and maybe even a little bit intimidating, although I suspect a kinder editor could not be found.

The Learning Journey & Connecting for Change

By Ward Mailliard

If you are curious, I would point you towards the Ubuntu Project video at or either of the two blogsites that contain the student descriptions of their experience: www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/mtmadonna and www.values.mountmadonnaschool.org.

By Dawna Markova , Ph.d., CEO of Professional Thinking Partners LLC

“Stories are our nearest and dearest way of understanding our lives and finding our way onward.” --Ursula LeGuin

I’ve been told that as it is about to shed its skin, its eyes turn milky white, leaving it temporarily blind. The creature then withdraws into the familiar darkness of its burrow to wait. It begins the shedding process by rubbing its nose against rocks or other hard objects to start the separation of the old layer from its lips, then opens its mouth very wide, as if to scream. The snake literally crawls out of the old skin that was restricting its growth.