On a world map, South Georgia Island is a speck in the frigid South Atlantic between Africa and South America.ZOOM IN, and that speck becomes an island of rugged mountains, glaciers, and fjords. Despite its isolation, South Georgia is far from pristine. The island was a hub of whaling in the Southern Ocean until the middle of the last century.

Follow the Goodwins, a nomadic family of four, as they travel, surf, and star in a unique documentary about a young family moving boldly though the world.WHAT EXCITES ME about the Goodwin Project is the element of the unknown that the family and the filmmakers must step into. No one knows what will happen, where it all will lead.

Blue Sky. Image released by Dept. of DefenseEveryone remembers where they were on 9/11. Julie Schwietert was working with mentally ill patients in New York.IT’S WHAT WE notice that hurts afterward. This year I’ll wake up on September 11 and think, as I have for the past seven years: “The sky was just so blue.

On October 25, 2011, Vernazza experienced probably the worst flood in its 1,000-year history.WHEN I WAS 16, my family went on a 3-week summer vacation in Europe. It was my first major trip abroad. I was a brat.I distinctly remember opting to sleep in and hang out in the hotel room rather than spend a day walking around Venice.

BEFORE WE SET OUT on New York’s first ever silent peace walk, Dr. Stephen Fulder told the story of the rabbi who said to his students, “‘There are two ways to make peace, the ordinary way and the miraculous way.’ A student commented, ‘I suppose sitting down and talking to your enemy is the ordinary way.

From spaceships and mushrooms to seashells and bubbles, Old Mother Hubbard don’t got nothing on these houses.SINCE THE DAYS OF THE cave painting, humans have designed and lived in dwellings that reflect our social, psychological, and physical needs. The longer we exist, the more our simple caves evolve into works of art and living that not only provide relief from the elements but homes that show the ever expanding artistic nature of our species.