by Christine Arena

“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world,” said Charles Malik, former president of the United Nations General Assembly in a recent speech. Though women represent a disproportionately low percentage of the world’s utilized capital, they may also be a key to overcoming serious obstacles from poverty to climate change. When we unleash their talents and bring their inherent qualities into balance with the world’s power structures, things change. Read the full story

Salon Five – Rosey Jencks on Water

Thursday, January 14th – 2010, 6pm

The topic of our March Salon (the fifth on our series) was on water.  Water is perhaps the biggest, and yet least understood, environmental crisis we are facing.  Right now, 1.1 billion people (that’s a sixth of the planet), does not have access to clean drinking water.  By 2035, it is estimated that up to two-thirds of the planet will be in the same sad state. Read the full story