Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft was the first woman to reach the North Pole by dogsled. Here she recounts her momentous journey and speaks about following your dreams, shoving aside your fears and going for it. She also reads from the journal she had with her on her expedition and recounts the beauty and grandeur of sitting on top of the world, where all longitudes meet, and she felt both utterly alone and completely connected to everyone in the world. 

"A Beautiful World" is a news program that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton, whom listeners may know from her contributions to This American Life, Marketplace and MPR News. Visit www.prettylittlemistakes.com for more stories and audio collections.

Arctic Explorer Ann Bancroft

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Over 2 million dogs are euthanized in U.S. shelters every year due to lack of space. Shelters have nowhere to put animals or people to care for them. Could prisons offer a unique solution?  "Dogs on the Inside"  follows a group of prisoners in Massachusetts who're part a special animal rescue program called "Don't Throw us Away," which pairs rescue dogs with prisoners.  Visit www.dogsontheinside.com to watch the full documentary.

"A Beautiful World" is a news program produced by American Public Media that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton. Visit www.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.


Prisoners Help Lost Dogs

Long before birds, long before whales, insects have been thrumming, scraping, and drumming complex beats out into the world.  David Rothenberg decided to investigate the resounding beats of cicadas, crickets, katydids, leafhoppers and water bugs in his unusual third foray into music made with and out of the animal world in a new book and CD titled: BUG MUSIC. 

More on the Story: http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/bug-music-are-whales-nightengales-singing-the-same-songs/

"A Beautiful World" is a news program aired on "All Things COnsidered"  that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton. Visit www.abeautiful.world for more stories and audio collections.

Bug Music: Are Whales and Nightingales singing the same songs?

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Once upon a time, there was a little barber shop in Downtown Dubuque, Iowa called the Spark Family Hair Salon. It’s a friendly and cozy place, even though it’s located on a not-so-great street, in an economically-challenged neighborhood, nestled right between a gun store and a pawn shop.

Inside the little salon is a barber named Courtney D. Holmes, a forty-five year old man with horn-rimmed glasses, an easy smile and wide shoulders, who gives free haircuts to underprivileged kids, in exchange for them reading out loud to him. “I’ve got two sons of my own.” he says. “I just want to help kids start reading.”

Donate to the Barber Reading Challenge:
http://www.gofundme.com/readingchallenge

More on the Story:
http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/the-story-book-barber/

"A Beautiful World" is a news program produced by American Public Media that focuses on inspirational stories from around the world, featuring good news about science, technology, ecology, art, music and medicine. The program is hosted by best-selling author Heather McElhatton. Visit www.mpr.org/abeautifulworld for more stories and audio collections.

Barber gives free haircuts to kids that read

Prince died today. I got a call at noon to get into the studio quick - they wanted me on-air. I was Prince's set decorator in the 90's. He called me 'girl chick.' and built countless sets for him at Paisley Park. He had me decorate the inside of his limos and every greenroom at every venue he played. There was a LOT of purple chiffon, purple velour and purple velvet. There was a lot of everything weird kinky and bizarre too, including things that required me to sign nondisclosure agreements. There were the marathon shoots, the secret vault, the time he bought an ice cream truck... Here I talk live on air with Tom Weber and a host of fans, friends and crew calling in to share their memories.  I Hope we can do the His Purple Majesty justice. 

I was Prince's Set Decorator

The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) brings together artists, architects, scientists, landscape architects, engineers, and others to create renewable energy art. More at www.abeautiful.world

Art that Creates Clean Energy!

Polar explorer and educator, Ann Bancroft chosen as keynote speaker at the White House Arctic Science Ministerial in Washington D.C. next week.  

 “Having witnessed first hand the changes since my first dogsled expedition in 1986 to the present, I am very honored to be invited to keynote the first ever White House Arctic Science Ministerial bringing together 300 international stakeholders from 25 nations responding to President Obama’s call for a global, collective push for near future solutions to the unique challenges we face with changes taking place in the Arctic.” More at http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/ann-bancroft-1st-woman-to-dogsled-to-the-north-pole/

Ann Bancroft Speaks at White House

Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of “Citizen Scientist. Searching for Heroes and Hope in an age of extinction” talks about citizen scientists and how everyday people can help save the planet by crowdsourcing scientific observation. More at http://www.abeautiful.world/stories/citizen-scientist/

Be a Citizen Scientist & Save the World

The best holiday you've never heard of! Galactic Tick Day happens every 1.7 years and celebrates the motion of the planets journey around the Milky Way. Not just Earth, but the solar system is ticking its way around the galaxy.
Mark your calendars and hold on: The next official tick is June 26.

Galactic Tick

A non-profit program that helps students achieve their dreams after high school. More at www.abeautiful.world

Project Success

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Arctic Explorer Ann Bancroft

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