In this month's program, Becky Anderson goes in search of The Spirit of Youth.

Becky's quest begins with a journey to Jordan to spend some time with Queen Rania. The Queen is a dedicated supporter of the School Adoption Programme whereby companies adopt schools to promote education throughout the country. In this scheme, Jordan is hoping to merge the skills and money found in the private sector with the needs of the school system. Becky discovers why education is so important to Her Majesty.

In New York we meet the hip-hop pioneer and philanthropist, Russell Simmons. In addition to launching Def Jam Records, Simmons has launched clothing lines and directed films. He's now heading up Rush Philanthropic, an organization to help disadvantaged children in the U.S. by introducing them to the arts.

Back in London, we visit the Olympic Gold medalist Tessa Sanderson at the Newham Sports Academy as she searches for the Olympians of the future.

In May, The Spirit of...Survival takes a look into the future to the year 2030 and asks some of the world's leading thinkers: will humanity be able to survive the bleak predictions of over population and energy shortages? Host Becky Anderson speaks to respected futurist Ray Hammond; the man behind the Gaia Theory, James Lovelock; and Director of the World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, who all discuss how current challenges might affect citizens in the future.

The show then travels to the Arctic to inspect the 'Doomsday Vault' which houses a collection of crop seeds from around the world. Created by the Norwegian government, Minister Jens Stoltenberg, EU President Jose Barroso and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai explain why the vault could be crucial to humanity's survival in the face of starvation.

Next stop is the Philippines, where The Spirit of... meets the most eminent rice expert in the world, Robert Ziegler who talks about a drought-resistant rice grain that is being developed at his institute.

Finally, we travel to one of coldest spots on earth, Ny Alesund in the Arctic, to meet one of the world's most important climate specialists, Jan-Gunnar Winther, to see firsthand how climate change is affecting this part of the world. Do the experts hold an optimistic outlook for life in the future?

Innovation traditionally means the creation of new ideas. But globalization is changing the face of the workplace and is throwing up fresh challenges for leaders. So a new kind of innovation is being born, it's called collaborative innovation. In this edition of The Spirit, we showcase the thoughts of influential business leaders such as Bill Gates and Michael Dell, we'll also take a look at a number of pioneers of this new form of innovation.

The show starts with a profile of Benjamin Zander, Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a motivational thinker who explains how the discipline of music can help foster creativity in a business environment. According to Zander, "The moment a firmly-held assumption is out of the window, then innovation has a chance to flower."

We then concentrate on the new movement of collaborators and examine the unlikely alliances designed to make a difference to the planet as well as the bottom-line. One example is Bobby Shriver, the co-founder of the Red campaign, an alliance between a credit card company, fashion brands and the U2 singer Bono. Red's ambition is to create a global fund to fight AIDS and HIV in Africa. Shriver tells CNN, "We're trying to build a gang of companies who are great branders, who want to eliminate this terrible, ugly little virus."

In this show we take a voyage towards the discovery of existence and we aim to ask the big questions: where did we come from, what are we made of and where we are going? Along the way, Becky Anderson will talk to a number of contemporary scientists who exemplify the spirit of science and discovery.

We start the show with a bang, in fact the biggest bang ever. The start of creation and the genesis of the universe. Becky visits the particle physics laboratory CERN, in Geneva, where the biggest experiment in the world is underway. It's an attempt to recreate the conditions that led to the Big Bang, essentially the birth of the universe. A multi-billion dollar experiment that's being conducted under the French/Swiss border, it's a controversial attempt to push our understanding of science to its limits.

Becky then travels back to London to meet Sir Martin Rees, one of the world's leading astronomers and Astronomer Royal since 1995. He has catalogued the threats facing the human race in a 21st century dominated by unprecedented and accelerating scientific change. He calls on scientists and nonscientists alike to take steps that will ensure our survival as a species.

Finally, Becky heads to California to meet Craig Venter. Venter is the American biologist and businessman who decoded the human genome in 2000, one of the biggest scientific breakthrough over the last two decades.

Our conclusion: science is alive and well and embodied in the likes of the Rees, Venter and the scientists at CERN. Men of genius, who are never happier than when staring into a microscope or staring into the future.

This month "The Spirit of" takes a look at diplomacy and the art of negotiation. To aid our journey, CNN's Becky Anderson enlists the help of four Nobel Peace Prize winners.

In Northern Ireland, Becky talks to John Hume and David Trimble - two men credited with bringing peace to the war-torn province. The two shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 and they share their insights into the peace process with CNN. Away from the politics of Northern Ireland, Becky talks to FW de Klerk, the former South African President, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela for bringing down the curtain on apartheid. Finally, we talk to the world's most accomplished diplomat and Nobel Laureate, Kofi Annan, who discusses his time as the UN Secretary General.

Whether it be household objects, the cars we drive or the landscape we are surrounded by, design impacts on every aspect of our lives.

In October Becky Anderson travels to design-obsessed Italy to look at one of the most iconic products to come out of that country - Fiat's Cinquecento. Becky interviews Fiat brand CEO Luca De Meo and Fiat chief designer, Roberto Giolito.

This year the much loved car celebrates its 50th anniversary. Using the Lingotto in Turin - the building immortalised in The Italian Job - as a backdrop Becky talks to the people who have been given the responsibility of making sure that the car retains its iconic reputation.

After that we travel to Milan where the Triennalle - the world famous design show - is taking place. While in Milan we talk to fashion designer Giorgio Armani - who helped choose the latest design for the Cinquecento.

Back in London we hear from experts as varied at Terence Conran and Stephen Bayley about their love of design and, in particular, their love of the Cinquecento.

In this show we take a voyage towards the discovery of existence and we aim to ask the big questions: where did we come from, what are we made of and where we are going? Along the way, Becky Anderson will talk to a number of contemporary scientists who exemplify the spirit of science and discovery.

We start the show with a bang, in fact the biggest bang ever. The start of creation and the genesis of the universe. Becky visits the particle physics laboratory CERN, in Geneva, where the biggest experiment in the world is underway. It's an attempt to recreate the conditions that led to the Big Bang, essentially the birth of the universe. A multi-billion dollar experiment that's being conducted under the French/Swiss border, it's a controversial attempt to push our understanding of science to its limits.

Becky then travels back to London to meet Sir Martin Rees, one of the world's leading astronomers and Astronomer Royal since 1995. He has catalogued the threats facing the human race in a 21st century dominated by unprecedented and accelerating scientific change. He calls on scientists and nonscientists alike to take steps that will ensure our survival as a species.

Finally, Becky heads to California to meet Craig Venter. Venter is the American biologist and businessman who decoded the human genome in 2000, one of the biggest scientific breakthrough over the last two decades.

Our conclusion: science is alive and well and embodied in the likes of the Rees, Venter and the scientists at CERN. Men of genius, who are never happier than when staring into a microscope or staring into the future.

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This month Becky Anderson uncovers "The Spirit of Giving". Who's really making a difference? Can technology & innovation change the face of "giving"?

Becky's journey takes her to South Africa where she gets to grips with what's actually needed and meet the people who matter. She discovers that it's all about "Ubuntu" -- a traditional Sub-Saharan ideology that reflects humanity and compassion. It's one of the founding principles of the republic of South Africa and it's how Africans descibe the sense of giving. Guiding her journey is Kumi Naidoo, an advocate from Africa who's responsible for rallying everyone from Angela Merkel to Bono in the fight against poverty alleviation.

Becky also meets with James Wolfensohn, former World Bank President and a champion for the poor. He's the one who brought the plight of the developing world to the international stage. He talks to Becky about the new approaches required for progress to be made.

Becky visits the site of Play Pumps International -- a novel way in which merry-go-rounds on children's playgrounds are used to pump clean drinking water. It's gained celebrity backing from the likes of U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and hip hop star Jay-Z. Play Pumps is an example of a simple idea that's really making a difference.

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Ever wonder what inspired Edmund Hillary to climb Mount Everest? What drove Magellan to voyage around the world? Did Shackleton ever foresee the hazards as he journeyed towards Antarctica? What motivated them to push the limits?

To find the answer, Becky Anderson embarks on a journey of her own.In "The Spirit of Adventure", Becky braves the harsh conditions near the North Pole to undergo an intensive ‘Arctic Survival Course'. Venturing to the island of Spitsbergen, Becky learns the vital skills needed to endure the Arctic wilderness.

Guiding Becky's adventure is insight from the world's most famous mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once referred to as the "Michael Jordan of Mountaineering", Messner was the first person to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and the first to ascend all fourteen "eight-thousanders" (peaks over 8,000 metres above sea level). This month he speaks to CNN about his experiences. Whether it's climbing the world's highest peaks, skiing across Antarctica, or traversing the Gobi Desert - Messner explains why man chooses to push himself to the limit.