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Portland Sustainability Leaders
Former Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Noah Siegel (former Director of International Affairs), and Sean Robbins (Greater Portland Inc. president/CEO) discuss the region's competitive advantage in building green cities.
This discussion is drawn from "The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy," a Brookings Institution publication. Download the accompanying iPad app.
Barbara Ford was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv at the Earth & Spirit Council's Earth Day ceremony (April 20-21st) at Portland Community College/Sylvania. Ford discussed how her work shaped her life choices, emphasizing lessons from her teachers and the importance of sharing one's unique gifts. She also led an "Active Hope" workshop.
For more about her workshops and classes, visit her website. A second interview, "Active Hope, Belonging and Becoming," is also available on EarthSayers.tv.
Embracing authenticity and dismissing the need for universal approval is crucial for advancing sustainability.
Reverend Renee Ward exemplifies this by fearlessly championing causes close to her heart, unconcerned with public opinion. Her impactful speech was sponsored by TEDxConcordiaUPortland.
Their 2012 speech schedule is available here.
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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection
“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.
Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, "The Thinking Game" is now available to watch for free. For those interested in hosting a screening for a classroom, community, or workplace, visit: rocofilms.com/films/the-thinking-game/.
