Greg Mortenson

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• Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, in Vancouver for 3 days in January

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 468
  Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea , is coming to Vancouver for 3 days in January. Organised by Kidsbooks , Vancouver’s premier children’s bookstore, adults and students are invited to attend one of three presentations, signings and fund-raisers to show their support for Greg’s remarkable ...
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• Greg Mortenson visits Mount Holyoke College, promotes education

  
  College Education — Authority: 148
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• Turning Climbing Into Philanthropy

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 574
  Last night, mountaineer and philanthropist Greg Mortenson received a standing ovation after a talk in Santa Fe sponsored by Garcia Street Books . We attended and filmed the event (coming soon to outsideonline.com), and left inspired.  Perhaps no one else this century represents a more powerful transition from ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 135
  Like the rest of the world, when we woke to the news, we were astonished, and while we believe that the Nobel committee sought to encourage President Obama’s efforts, we would be more comfortable had they waited a couple of years. The award puts undue pressure on the President, whose commitment we do not question,  ...
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• A New Chance At Understanding in the Middle East

  
  Faerie?Kat's Faerie?Korner — Authority: 129
  My friend, Bob, sent me this email tonight. “This guy is my latest ‘hero’ and I believe what he is doing is important – educating young people. I believe what he is doing will go a long way in combating radical Islamists in these countries.  He will get a donation from me this year. “His [...]
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• Afghanistan Schools: Of Bombs, Grenades & Hope

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 672
  How do you defeat your perceived “enemy”? Use bombs, grenades and drones? Substitute the bombs with books? Or, have a mix of both? Greg Mortenson, a humanitarian worker and author of two best-selling books, has demonstrated the power of books, and education, even in the highly violence-ridden worlds of Pakistan ...
  2 weeks ago

• Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature ~ Concord, MA, USA

  
  http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress — Authority: 468
  It’s Sunday night and as I type this post my husband and children are putting the final decorating touches on our Christmas tree.  So, as I sit  here thinking about what  Eventful World event I could blog about this week, perhaps  Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature would be most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nonprofit Activist Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea) Offers Advice to Obama RE Afghanistan

  
  Latest entries from dotcommonsense.blog-city.com — Authority: 137
  Probably the best advisor possble on what the Aghan people need since hes been helping people there for many years. Read his advice to US leaders on how to help the Afghan people.
  3 weeks ago

• Greg Mortensons War

  
  Cause Global: Social Media for Social Change — Authority: 115
  Nonprofit activist Greg Mortenson , co-author of the 2006 international best-seller Three Cups of Tea , knows firsthand about the challenges of nation-building in Afghanistan, and he’s got some advice for the Obama administration: Open your ears more to the locals, or risk shooting yourselves in the boots. In ...
  3 weeks ago

• Afghanistan, NATO and the U.S.

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 135
  (NYT) At War is a reported blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era ; (BBC) Afghanistan country profile and Afghanistan’s turbulent history ; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) ; International Council on Security and Development ...
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• Books: Stones Into Schools - Peace Through Education

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 445
  This is a recommendation from Alan Castle, in Seattle, who had recommended this authors prior book, and met the author locally. Its so timely, as were just starting to hear more about sending troops and military equipment into Afghanistan. War...
  4 weeks ago

• Book Review: Three Cups of Tea

  
  LisaHillSchoolStuff's Weblog — Authority: 109
  I won this book in our Guess the Number of Pages competition which we run every year as part of our book week celebrations. We wrap one book for each class in red ( a salute to the Be Well Read, Wear Red Literacy Week slogan) and the child who guesses the correct number of pages gets to keep the book.  I ...
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