BOOKS, NOT BOMBS: Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson’s unsuccessful mountain climb in Pakistan in 1993 turned into a passionate mission to improve peoples’ lives through schooling. He told his story in the bestseller, Three Cups of Tea. He has now helped build over 130 schools in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, which provide an alternative to the radical ‘madrassas’. They also educate girls; an estimated 44,000 of them.

Mr. Mortenson recently published a followup book, Stones into Schools.

Mr. Mortenson appeared in this interview on CBC’s The Hour on Jan. 20, 2010. Click on the link, then scroll down to the headline: VIDEO. Click on the second box, that says “Greg Mortenson” Interview duration: 9:44

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http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/season6/greg_mortenson.html

If you’re interested in hearing a longer interview, you can click on this link for a podcast of CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition with Michael Enright. Scroll down and click on the Jan. 24^th episode. The first few minutes are an essay by Enright – followed immediately by his interview with Mortenson.

http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/podcast.html

Or read this interview in the Globe and Mail, published online Jan. 24, 2010, which focuses on Mortenson’s own family life – which elicited many comments from readers.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/school-building-in-afghanistan-greg-mortensons-magnificent-obsession/article1442419/

In our church library: Both of Greg Mortenson’s books are in our church library. You can find them

under the call number: 371.82 Mor

Stones into Schools, Mortenson, Greg

Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson, Greg.