Bicycling Could Save Billions
If people chose to take half of their car trips on two wheels instead of four, health care costs could drop by billions.
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Why gender matters to lift 150 million ppl out of hunger
This year’s FAO at work looks at the huge boost to food production that would occur if women farmers were given the same access as men to productive resources such as land and credit – enough to feed 100-150 million people.
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Steve Jobs – Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
Steve Jobs delivered an inspiring speech in the Stanford University at 2005. The video was passing around ever since then, especially after his death. His speech made you understand more about this genius and his secret to success – the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
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Notre Dame researchers develop paint-on solar cells
Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside.
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Girls Not Brides. Traditions can change – ending child marriage
Child marriage robs 10 million girls a year of their childhood. A harmful traditional practice, child marriage denies girls their rights to health, education and security.
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Kenyans Going Mobile to Stay Healthy
Apart from help targeting disaster aid, mobile phone can serve in more means. Nairobi startup’s health app surges; Safaricom gives subscribers links to experts for two cents a minute.
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Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development
Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior.
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More than 100 million kids worldwide work in hazardous jobs
Every minute of every day, a child laborer somewhere in the world suffers a work-related accident, illness or trauma, the International Labor Organization said Friday.
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Mobile phones help to target disaster aid, says study
Mobile phones of people fleeing natural disasters can be used to target emergency aid according to a new study.
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Volunteering Matters
Join UNV and Grammy-award winning singer, Angelique Kidjo, in showing the world why volunteering matters. Between 30 October and 6 December we want to collect photos of volunteer action from every country in the world
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Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her otherness” — first
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10 stories that mattered in access to medicines in 2011
2011 marks the ten-year anniversary of two events that have helped shape people’s ability in developing countries to access quality, affordable medical care.
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