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UTNE READER NAMES THREE NEW YORKERS AS VISIONARIES
Carl Safina, Orayne Williams and Peter Williams make national magazine’s list of “25 People Who Are Changing the World”

  

NEW YORK (Oct. 12, 2011) — Utne Reader, the best of the alternative press, names Carl Safina, Orayne Williams and Peter Williams as visionaries who are making the world a better place. They are among 25 people the magazine highlights in its November-December issue, on newsstands Oct. 20.

To bring attention to the oceans’ ecological issues, Safina co-founded Blue Ocean Institute, a nonprofit that uses science, art, and literature to inspire solutions and a deeper connection with nature. Safina combines a Ph.D. in marine ecology with a writer’s touch in his books Song for the Blue Ocean and The View from Lazy Point. He is based in Cold Spring Harbor.

Once a homeless teenager, Brooklynite Orayne Williams earned a college scholarship. Not content with one success story, he wants to create others through his nonprofit Progressive People Movement Inc., which offers mentoring and college readiness programs, advocacy services and workshops.

Peter Williams’ nonprofit, Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments (ARCHIVE), designs homes to help prevent illnesses, including cholera and malaria, in poor and underserved communities around the world. ARCHIVE’s design philosophy combines ventilation, sanitation, natural light, uncrowded conditions and community input.

“Each year, Utne Reader’s staff selects a group of notable visionaries who possess an inspiring combination of imagination, determination and energy,” says David Schimke, Utne Reader’s editor in chief. “These are people who don’t just think out loud, but who walk their talk on a daily basis.”

Online extras for each honoree will be available Oct. 17 at Utne.com/Visionaries.

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