President Obama To Award Medals Of Freedom Today

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:00:00 +0000

President Obama has named 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is awarded to individuals who make an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

This year’s awardees were chosen for their work as agents of change. Among their many accomplishments in fields ranging from sports and art to science and medicine to politics and public policy, these men and women have changed the world for the better. They have blazed trails and broken down barriers. They have discovered new theories, launched new initiatives, and opened minds to new possibilities.

President Obama said, "These outstanding men and women represent an incredible diversity of backgrounds. Their tremendous accomplishments span fields from science to sports, from fine arts to foreign affairs. Yet they share one overarching trait: Each has been an agent of change. Each saw an imperfect world and set about improving it, often overcoming great obstacles along the way.

Leonardo DiCaprio Wants to Turn Man’s Darkest Hour Into Its Finest

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:47:06 +0000

Leonardo DiCaprio is to release his long-awaited feature length documentary, The 11th Hour, in August. Inspired by former U.S. vice president Al Gore’s fight for environmental issues in the 90s, DiCaprio put himself in the film as a concerned citizen asking experts some tough environmental questions.

What’s different about The 11th Hour is that the documentary not only portrays the impact of human actions on our planet, but it also offers hope and solutions. Over 50 of the world’s most prominent thinkers and activists, such as physicist Stephen Hawking and Dr Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace, talk about the grave problems the earth faces and then offer ways in which humanity can co-exist with and/or mimic the earth’s life systems rather than dominate them.

Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, he explains “Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity. We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.”

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President Obama To Award Medals Of Freedom Today

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