Getting on stage to do anything is nerve-wracking. But knowing you were in the audience at TEDxCU meant the world to me. Thank you for joining me at TEDxCU 2025 for an evening filled with inspiration, bold ideas, and—yes—an after-party hosted by TEDxCU. One Choice. One Act. – Subscribe This year’s theme was Anomaly—a celebration
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On the Future of Capitalism Capitalism must adapt to thrive in today’s world, alumnus says. Check out the University of Tulsa’s article about my visit between October 9th and 11th. It was an honor and privilege to return to my undergraduate alma mater. While there, I gave a keynote speech on Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and the
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Thursday, October 10, 2024 @ 6 p.m. University of Tulsa, Collins College of Business, ONEOK Auditorium 2900 E 5th St. Tulsa, OK 74104 Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Capitalism I’m thrilled to return to my hometown and undergraduate Al ma mater, the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, over my 50th birthday week to discuss the
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I enjoyed this interview focused on my creative endeavors conducted by CanvasRebel, an L.A.-based magazine creating “a space for artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs to learn from their peers through the magic and power of storytelling.” The interviewer, Angela Rivera, peeled back some of the layers of my life, my creative journey, and the unseen realms
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Good Morning Europe – Lena Roche, Euronews’ Editor-in-Chief interviews Dr. Matthew King. Why is it so difficult for us to change in the context of COVID19 and climate change? Story Description – Good Morning Europe Euronews’s Lena Roche has been exploring how changing conditions are changing lifestyles, but not necessarily changing attitudes in this
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One of the few all-poetry bookstores in the U.S. is located right here in Boulder – Innisfree Poetry, Bookstore, and Cafe. By Matthew Wilburn King Brian Buckley and Katherine Hunter opened Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Café—named after William Butler Yeats’ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”—in 2010, and quickly expanded the business footprint on University Hill.
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It was an honor to be a contributing author to Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and serve as a Founding Member of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, which is focused on developing, managing, and sharing knowledge on environment, conflict, and peace. The Volume on Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding was launched in Washington D.C. in 2016
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Deep Nature Journey Yesterday I had the privilege of taking my Environmental Studies students from the University of Colorado, Boulder on a nature solo with Bud Wilson, the Founder of Deep Nature Journeys. The students are members of the Sustainability and Social Innovation Residential Academic Program at CUBoulder. Throughout the course of the semester, students
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The Upstart Crow continues it’s monumental 35th season with Shakespeare’s favorite comedy Twelfth Night, or What You Will. The Upstart Crow has been presenting the Boulder community with tremendous works of theater since 1980. Already this season they have performed Arsenic and Old Lace and Juno and the Paycock, now they start the new year
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I’m glad to be a part of Global Chorus: A 365-Person Anthology of Worldwide Concern and Enduring Hope. I’ve just received the following message from the Editor of Global Chorus, Todd MacLean; “This piece will help to provide some great general insight on this [networked governance] important social evolutionary development. So, again, thank you so
Read MoreOctober 29, 2013 For Immediate Release: COMMON Foundation joins the NoCo Farm Flood Relief Coalition to support fundraising and relief efforts for farmers, landowners and ranchers. Boulder County, Colo. – October 29, 2013 – As a part of their mutual commitment to local farming communities and the environment the COMMON Foundation (formerly Living GREEN Foundation)
Read MoreThe Entrepreneur’s Foundation of Colorado, the Futurity Foundation’s Living Green Network, and Mocavo are hosting a roof deck bash on Halloween to benefit first-responder families and local farms devastated by the recent Boulder-area flood. Let’s rally the entrepreneurial community together and raise some money for those in need. I’ll be there to support the cause and
Read MoreOne of the main fundraising efforts is led by Foothills United Way. Spokeswoman Heather Spencer said about $2.6 million has been raised to date for flood relief, with about $600,000 committed so far through grants. Foothills United Way is working with the Community Foundation of Boulder County and community leaders to determine the areas of
Read MoreAdventure Records, in partnership with the Futurity Foundation sponsored a benefit for Community Organized Flood Relief Donate Boulder | Mudslingers A project of the Futurity Foundation’s Living Green Network. Lazy Dog on Friday, September 27th @8 pm. The event was a free, public event with all funds raised being donated to Donate Boulder. Donors will receive
Read MoreThe show, happening at the Lazy Dog 1346 Pearl St., Boulder at 8 p.m., will feature Colorado bands Monocle Stache, …And The Black Feathers, Hellburner Cult and Ryan Dart & Grandpa’s Gun. Attend and make a donation to Living GREEN Network and donateboulder.org to get a free copy of Cuvée 8. The Mudslingers and donateboulder.org are
Read MoreWe are Agents of Change for Change Agents. Living GREEN Network, a 501(c)3 project of the Futurity Foundation has raised sufficient funds for the Boulder Mudslingers. We are no longer accepting tax deductible contributions for this awesome group of volunteers. We have acquired the equipment and financial resources they need to finalize their activities as
Read MoreThe words are there, smashing themselves against the walls of my chest. The door too narrow to escape, enter. Words inside and out. I can see the writing on the wall. An old chalkboard standing attentive to the minds in front. Who are they, what do they want? I can’t read them. And, I don’t
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Marine Policy Journal 31 (2007) 229–238 Sea Grant in Latin America? Adapting the US Sea Grant model of linked applied research, extension, and education to a Latin American Context—Is there a fit? S. Matthew Wilburn, James Tobey, Jill Hepp, Stephen Olsen, Barry Costa-Pierce Received 17 August 2006; accepted 28 October 2006 Abstract This paper explores the
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In April 2002 Dr. Matthew Wilburn King, working with NOAA Research’s Office of International Activities (IA), submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Initiative (OESI) to assess the feasibility of adapting the Sea Grant model of linked applied research, extension and education to Latin America
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Este documento es el reporte final preparado para el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos para llenar los requisitos del reportaje que se encuentran en el acuerdo entre el DOS y NOAA (IAA #S-OES-03-IAA-001). El reporte incluye una serie de documentos e informes que han sido el resultado de cientos de entrevistas, discusiones regionales,
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Operation Rudolph to Help Needy Kids By Danna Sue Walker Published: 12/1/1994 Last Modified: 4/25/2008 5:43 AM Thanks to Operation Rudolph, some of Tulsa’s neediest children are going to have a holiday that shines as brightly as the red nose of Santa’s favorite reindeer. Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of Tulsa and the Tulsa Action Group will
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