New York Explorers Club Hosts Global Book Launch of Hope for Life on Our Planet: Inspiration for Seven Generations for 80th UNGA and Climate Week

Actor Michael Douglas Speech Elevates Hope As Pathway for Global Leadership Dame Jane Goodall and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg Deliver Co-Author Tributes Book Editor Osvald Bjelland, Origination Founder, Offers Hope as A Strategy

Surprise Appearance by Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Stuns

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Explorers Club hosted a star-studded global book launch event to celebrate the 80^th UN General Assembly and 16^th annual Climate Week gathering of global heads of state, business, cultural, scientific and academic leaders for Hope for Life on Our Planet: Inspiration for Seven Generations. With speaker, overflow rooms, and balconies filled, Explorers Club President Emeritus Ted Janulis and Explorers Club Trustee and Poet Laureate Leonard Levie, Chairman of AIAC, opened the event. Book editor and co-author, Dr. Osvald Bjelland, Founder and Chairman of the Origination Foundation, shared the story of the book's genesis and the mission of over 60 notable contributing authors across interdisciplinary sectors. Bjelland shared the story of his efforts through former Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen to secure an opening essay for the book from Iran's Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi – then under solitary confinement in Iran's Evin prison. The audience was stunned when Bjelland unveiled a live video link with Mohammadi in Tehran to speak.

Global icon ethologist and conservationist Dame Jane Goodall and Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg delivered co-author tributes on the importance of the book and of hope for our times. A distinguished panel followed with other co-authors Vidar Helgesen, Norway's former Minister of Environment and Executive Director of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, Jonathan Granoff, UN Representative for the Summit of Nobel Laureates, and scholar Dr. Robert Thurman, Columbia University Professor Emeritus of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, moderated by Bloomberg News' Lyndsay Howard. Actor and UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas' speech on leadership and human values closed the event.

"This is an important book because we are going through dark times, and it is more important than ever that we have HOPE. The book, HOPE FOR LIFE ON OUR PLANET could not come at a more important time," said Dame Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, the global youth movement Roots and Shoots, and UN Messenger of Peace.

"The role of a leader is to be a hopeful person who empowers others to have the same feeling. Hope can energize us to do difficult and valuable work -- and to believe we can change the world through hard work – and smart work. Technology plays a key role to power and empower people to connect to each other and prosper around the world. I believe everyone should have the same access to these technologies," said Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg. 

"No wall can imprison hope, and no power can destroy our belief in freedom and justice. In prison, I learned that hope is not only a feeling, it is a force. My message is simple but urgent: the world is still worth believing in. Hope is the strongest weapon we have. Let us build a world worthy of our children," stated Iran's Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi.

"We see a tremendous energy, enthusiasm, and commitment by a growing number of young people around the world. They do not intend to give up on their own future. We also see global leaders with a relentless focus on technologies, business and financial modelling, and partnerships which will help us restore, regenerate, and drive progress for life on our planet," said Origination Foundation Chairman and book editor Dr. Osvald Bjelland.

Hope for Life on Our Planet's contributing authors include three Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Iran's Narges Mohammadi, Ukraine's Oleksandra Matviichuk, and two-time president of Costa Rica Óscar Arias Sánchez; religious leaders such as the late Pope Francis; business leaders with World Bank president Ajaypal Singh "Ajay" Banga, Verizon's Hans Vestberg, Tata Sons' Natarajan Chandrasekaran, and Swedish green steel giant Stegra CEO Henrik Henriksson, as well as original essays from science, conservation, and exploration giants such as Dame Jane Goodall and polar explorer Robert Swan, among over sixty voices, many of whom joined the Explorers Club book launch.

Explorers Club Hope Book Event Links:

• Explorers Club Live Stream
• Narges Mohammadi Address
• Dame Jane Goodall & Hans Vestberg Tributes 
• HOPE Book on Amazon 

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New York Explorers Club Hosts Global Book Launch of Hope for Life on Our Planet: Inspiration for Seven Generations for 80th UNGA and Climate Week

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2026, Flowtica was not the loudest presence on the show floor. Over the course of the week, however, the Singapore-based AI company became one of the most closely watched, drawing sustained attention from media, investors, and industry observers.

That attention has now translated into availability. Following its appearance as a CES 2026 Innovation Award Honoree, Flowtica has officially opened sales of Flowtica Scribe, its AI recording pen that quietly stood out in a field dominated by phone-dependent and screen-heavy solutions.

Flowtica Scribe did not make its first public appearance at CES. The product launched on Kickstarter several months earlier, where it attracted thousands of users and established early validation. CES marked a different stage for the company. The focus shifted away from introduction and toward closer examination, with many observers asking whether the idea could hold up beyond early enthusiasm.

Throughout the exhibition, Flowtica's booth at Eureka Park became a steady meeting point for investors and journalists. Conversations rarely centered on specifications or feature lists. Instead, discussions focused on a more fundamental question: whether AI recording tools are beginning to converge on forms that genuinely fit into professional life.

Flowtica's answer was visible in its choice of form. By embedding AI into a pen, an object already accepted in boardrooms, consultations, investor meetings, and sales conversations, the company avoided many of the social and practical frictions that continue to limit phone-based recorders. The result was a device that felt less like a new category of gadget and more like a natural extension of existing behavior.

This restraint is deliberate. Flowtica Scribe is designed to remain unobtrusive, with no screen and no demand for user attention during conversations. Recording, organization, and interpretation take place quietly in the background, allowing users to remain focused on the discussion itself. Among on-site observers, this approach positioned Flowtica as one of the more pragmatic entrants in an increasingly crowded AI recording market.

Hardware, however, represents only part of Flowtica's differentiation. The company places equal emphasis on what happens after recording ends. Its AI functions as a continuously evolving insight system that can operate autonomously while remaining responsive to clear user guidance when needed. Over time, it adapts to individual working rhythms and priorities, shifting the emphasis from capturing everything to identifying what truly matters.

Rather than simply storing conversations, Flowtica helps determine which moments should be retained, revisited, and translated into next actions. Key insights are designed to integrate naturally with existing productivity tools, including calendars and task systems, allowing them to fit into established workflows rather than compete with them.

As interest in Flowtica Scribe built during CES, one question surfaced repeatedly. When would the product be available beyond the show floor?

With sales now officially open through Flowtica's website, the company moves from exhibition attention to real-world deployment. For Flowtica, this moment appears less like a conclusion and more like a transition, from being observed to being used.

As the AI recording market continues to mature, competition is shifting away from novelty and early adoption toward durability. The defining question is no longer whether a system can record conversations, but whether it can remain useful over time.

Flowtica enters this next phase with an approach that is measured and quietly confident, placing its bet not on spectacle, but on long-term relevance.

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