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John Oliver explores America's wage gap between men and women and proposes a possible solution. Note: Solution proposed is 100% sarcastic.
As children in this world, there comes a time when (through observation of the world around Us) We all come to the realization that Our Loved Ones, are going to die. Funny enough most of Us do not even think of the fact that We are going to die primarily, but We do think of...
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Documentary 51 min. 2009 XTVL Television DO. Spain. English subtitles. Queer theory dynamites the foundations of the predominant dualism of our society: man-woman, gay-straight, normal-rare... There's as many shades between man and woman as between black and white. As an...
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- As the protests continue in Ferguson, Missouri, over the shooting of Michael Brown, we turn now to two well-known voices who have come to Ferguson to show their support. Talib Kweli is a world-renowned hip-hop artist and activist from New York City.
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SOS Halkidiki! REACHING OUT to all citizens of Canada and the world. A video with information about the gold mining project of the Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold Corp. and the social resistance movement against destructive mining activities in Halkidiki, Greece.
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The latest investigation by the UK Ecologist magazine probes the impact Greece's economic crisis is having on the nation's environment, examining a controversial mining project. www.theecologist.org and www.ecologistfilmunit.com
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A good movie gives you a ticket to a secret world and Big Men delivers again and again, taking you into rooms you have no business entering. You’ll eavesdrop on meetings about oil deals worth billions of dollars and watch heavily armed militants preparing to strike. It’s a...
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Lecture by Lee Maracle: There is a direct connection between violence against the earth and violence against women: looking to the past to restore our future.
Lee Maracle is a writer, activist and performer from the Stó:lō nation located in the area now known as British...
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Watch this beautifully filmed message from Charity Water. The videography is brilliant and the message is very powerful. We are so humbled by these amazing women for all that they do to bring water to their families. - The Philanthropy Channel
A few days ago, Deadspin's Kyle Wagner began to compile a list of all police-involved shootings in the U.S. He's not the only one to undertake such a project: D. Brian Burghart, editor of the Reno News & Review, has been attempting a
D. Brian Burghart
The corporate media loves to talk about violent protesters, while the biggest forms of violence in our society go unchallenged.
Mickey Z.
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Powerful short video remix. Graham Hancock and Joe Rogan discuss our current situation on the planet. The audio was taken from Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode 417.
A growing number of people are choosing to shun the conventional option of a foundation, mortgage and spare room in favour of a house the size of the average suburban garage. So what exactly is a tiny house, why is it so appealing, and what is it like to actually live in one?
Steph Wetherell
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Karatbars 2 Minute Intro Exchange your money into real currency-gold-One Gram at a Time. www.karatgoldkaos.com
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In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt declared that the United States had to intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American. In his own words: "if any South American country misbehaves it should be spanked."All US presidents that succeeded him have, in lesser or greater...
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The Tirana is a small village composed of 24 families living in the middle of the mangrove forest on the Pacific Ocean coasts of El Salvador in Central America. In the lasts 5 years, part of the mangrove has been dried due to the increment of sea levels provoked by the global...
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In China, expanding deserts are taking a heavy toll on the lives and livelihoods of many in the world's most populous nation. In Kulun Qi, a dry area in northeastern Inner Mongolia, attempts have been made to stop, and maybe even reverse, the danger.
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A village in Makueni county experiences a dry spell season of 7-8 months, this situation has led to a lot of suffering regardless of the ages. With over a population of 15,000 people in all the villages they share on dam which is a health risk and also long distances are...
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The documentary showcases the impact of Climate change in Tana River County in Kenya and how the community is adapting to climate change through agricultural training (good farming practices). A video by Mercy Adundo, Horace Onyango, Noella Luka and Stephanie Boy (Kenya)
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We tried to capture how climate change is related to the local employment of the village folklore. They are trying to avoid migration to cities thus finding avenues in the villages itself for their sustenance. Eco/village tourism has come handy for them in this endevour.
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Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains rise 5000m from the heart of Africa. At their summits are some of Earth's only equatorial glaciers. But these "Mountains of the Moon," whose existence caused a sensation in Europe when they were first climbed in 1906, are changing fast.
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The A2C2 (Action Against Climate Change) project is a PACMAS initiative showcasing "voices of youth" to raise awareness about local climate change solutions. A video by: Mariah Nasak,Melissa Bule,Chelsea Vuke, Royline Jacob, Felicity Abbil (Vanuatu)
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In 2012, the Project 90 by 2030 team began working together with the community of Msobomvu, a village of around 250 households located outside of East London, South Africa, in identifying ways to enhance the energy and water security of the community. Two years down the line...
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In South Africa, approximately 1 million people use coal for their various energy needs. Domestic burning activities have proved dangerous to the environment, the climate and people's health and safety. On top of industry and car emissions, townships are a significant...
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The South Moroccan Oases are characterized by their attractive natural views. They are storing palm trees which are considered to be an environmental heritage of a universal value Unfortunately, the oases are suffering from an extreme fragility; therefore, everybody should...
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Xing Long Village in Southern China's Yunnan Province was once a peaceful farming community. But when a factory dumped 5,000 tons of chromium 6 into a nearby reservoir, cancer rates in the village skyrocketed. The environmental damage and human suffering caused by the illegal...
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Danang, like many other cities in Central Vietnam, is highly vulnerable to climate change. In particular, typhoon and flood and their recently unpredictable patterns have caused severe impacts on the people's lives, especially the youth. This short film tells 2 interweaving...
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After you watch this, you may never view the way our culture communicates the same way again.
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She addressed a UN Meeting on issue of environment. What an inspirational speech.
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Police officers are sworn to serve and protect us--but they are literally killing our people in our communities.
Mike Brown. Ferguson. John Crawford. Ohio. Eric Garner. New York. Ezell Ford. Los Angeles.Israel Hernandez. Miami.
We've gotta take action.
We are asking young...
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Creativity for the sake of the soul was the message from Kurt Vonnegut in a letter to High School students.
No one with any sense who observes keenly the present condition of humanity, will deny the fact that the world today needs the religion. Why I say the religion and not a religion is because there are many religions in existence which might be called a religion; but what is...
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? Filmmaker Julia Bacha has spent the last 8 years documenting Israelis and Palestinians who are trying to end the conflict using peaceful means. There are many Palestinians who are using nonviolent resistance to defend their land and water...
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What if everybody received every month enough money to live by? Will society collapse? Will we all become slackers? Myths and facts about Unconditional Basic Income, with analysis from a real world experiment conducted in India between 2011-2013. Keynote speech by Federico...
"3 Massive Mistakes Even Smart A List Actors, Pro Athletes, Employees and Business Owners make that keep them feeling unfulfilled, burnt out and dissatisfied... and how you can easily avoid them...."
#3
Painful Present Syndrome (PPS)
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The Wild Ride is a 1960 American film directed by Harvey Berman and starring Jack Nicholson as a rebellious punk named Johnny, of the Beat generation, who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. The film has become part of the...
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Abby Martin speaks with Mike Papantonio, attorney and host of the Ring of Fire radio show, discussing the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, MO, including the militarization of police and the case against Darren Wilson the police officer who shot unarmed 18 year old Michael Brown...
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"We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't," says slam poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease” is a good way to convey why we see so much war and division in our news yet hear so little about the many quiet miracles of peace and unity that are happening all over the world. White Buffalo Day is a fine example of a widely unknown...
Jacob Devaney
Most children in our society protest going to school. Am I telling you something new?
Peter Gray
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The dawn of fear is timeless, like the coming
of the fog. Its nature is to tame us, veiled mysteries unsolved...
read the rest of the poem here: http://www.mysticalpoetryandpolitics.com/2011/09/fog-of-fear.html
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A good friend of mine, Ian Mackenzie recently shot this short film The Meaning of Death – Stephen Jenkinson. Hope you are as moved as I was by the film.
IN JANUARY this year, I flew out to attend my first full session of the Orphan Wisdom school, founded by Stephen...
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Prayer for the Great Turning
May the turning of the Earth save us.
Itʼs a cool spring day in Merville, BC as Moss Dance, sole proprietor of Ripple Farm, unfurls irrigation lines along tightly spaced rows of lettuces. Itʼs early in the season, but there are already fresh greens, radishes and onions ready to harvest for the weekly farmersʼ market.
Nicole Shaw
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The Unist'ot'en, a clan of the Wet'suet'en Nation have built a protection camp to block the Pacific Trails Pipeline or PTP, in so called British Columbia in Canada. The PTP pipeline would bring natural gas obtained through fracking to the Pacific ocean and would cross through...
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A documentary about the super typhoon Yolanda - Haiyan which hit the Philippines on Nov 8th 2013. A video by Dobrin Kashavelov (Bulgaria/Philippines).
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When the residents of the Municipality of Compostela shifted their lush forests into industrial sites, they've seen its unexpected effects: Extreme Heat and an Abnormal Weather causing sudden flash floods and a Super Typhoon. One woman, on the other hand, tied the knot to...
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With fast development of urbanization in China, the air pollution becomes worse and worse which has been a big challenge of both government and citizens. Beijing, the capital city in China, is under attack by fog and haze. The air suspension with a lot of smoke,dust...
“Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure.”
Maria Popova
This body of words deals with themes of addiction and escalation, scrutinising the interface between fast porn, human trafficking and global debt exploitation. It focuses on case studies and perspectives from developed nations, rubbing up against the perilous misconception...
A. Person
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VICE's Ryan Duffy went to Colombia to check out a strange and powerful drug called Scopolamine, also known as "The Devil's Breath." It's a substance so intense that it renders a person incapable of exercising free will.
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The Freedom Project documentary, "Every Day in Cambodia", first broadcast last year, airs again this weekend. The film, presented by actress Mira Sorvino, documents the appalling plight of children sold into sex slavery, sometimes by their own mothers, and the people fighting...
Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ) was formed in 2009 by white people from across the US to respond to the significant increase of targeting and violence against people of color in the aftermath of the election of Barack Obama. The killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson...
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
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Oh, rebel winds can be cruel, as it whispers
its laments, of battles won and battles lost,
it makes for a weary heart...read the rest of the poem here: http://www.mysticalpoetryandpolitics.com/2011/02/rebel-wind.html
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The battle can be tough for those who fight the good fight everyday. Our souls get weary from the constant strife, but we must remain still undefeated...read the rest of the poem here: http://www.mysticalpoetryandpolitics.com/2011/02/still-undefeated.html
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There is a rebel spirit in every man, who fights for truth and justice. It has withstood the blows of many years, and will do so to the end...read the rest of the poem here: http://www.mysticalpoetryandpolitics.com/2011/02/rebel-spirit.html
The rise of fundamentalism is a decidedly modern phenomenon in which US imperialism has always played a major role. The Islamic State is no exception.
Jerome Roos
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The shooting of Michael Brown offers Americans yet another reminder that their criminal justice system is riddled with racial disparities. From encounters with police to prison sentences, Ferguson is another drop in a very full bucket.
Read the latest updates on Ferguson...
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A public event held in Newtown Powys on 4.8.14 to comemorate the 100 year anniversary of the declaration of WWI In memory of the many who served and died in the First World War.
The corporate media, reflecting their owners’ anxiety at the failure of Black people to revert to a state of passivity in Ferguson, Missouri, have arrived at a general consensus on two counts: the need to “demilitarize” the police (fewer bullets, smaller armored vehicles?)...
Glen Ford
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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. - April 4, 1967 - Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence Full and unabridged.
Personal favorite quotes:
8:09
"A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor -- both...
Is it possible
That weapons somehow create
The urge to use them? (via NYT)
Fun fact: Violence fetishizes itself. Worships. Adores itself with psychotic levels of megalomania and self-aggrandizement – sociopathic and chilling and face-slappingly obvious throughout all of...
Mark Morford
“The military character and mission of the police is more clear today than when the Black Panther Party and others sounded the alarm in the Sixties.”
The brave and besieged people of Ferguson, Missouri, have already caused serious complications for the U.S. National Security...
Glen Ford
Smearing a Progressive Website to Support Israel
Like many other news websites, Common Dreams has been plagued by inflammatory anti-Semitic comments following its stories. But on Common Dreams these posts have been so frequent and intense they have driven away donors from a...
Lance Tapley
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Some priceless wisdom shared by the one and only Michael Tsarion.
Michael Tsarion is a researcher and alternative historian who has written and spoken extensively on the Occult, Symbolism, Religion, Freemasonry, Secret Societies, Psychology, Spirituality, Consciousness...
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Abby Martin remarks on the growing militarization of America's local police forces in the midst of the unrest in Ferguson, MO, highlighting a program known as Urban Shield, where US police forces train and learn military tactics together. LIKE Breaking the Set @...
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Rally for Tibet March 10, 2013 Nashville, TN with One Human Race For Justice
From Nashville
Song "The Wind" by Shawn Gallaway
One Human Race for Justice (1HR4J)
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Stolen Wages is a short documentary aimed at creating awareness about the ongoing demand by the Aboriginal community for the return of wages that were withheld from them during the years 1905 to 1972. A period where the Australian Government had made the decision to withhold...
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Minorities have it rough in this country. We are the 1%.
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Everyone who is not us is the enemy and should be branded as infidel. This seems to be the prevailing ideology of the extreme Takfiri terrorists known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Their aim is said to be the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate. Shias...
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This is the story on the people who have existed and thrived in their land for thousands and thousands of years before they were kidnapped, tortured, chained, raped, and enslaved. This is the African who was stolen from his motherland and civilization and had everything taken...
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Not many Americans know that the value of the minimum wage has dropped significantly since its peak in 1968. One could have bought a grocery basket full of food with only one hour’s worth of minimum wage work in 1968 (working out to $10.75 in 2014 dollars) . Today, one would...
Richard Register invites permaculturists to scale up their ideas on a bigger level to cater for our increasingly large world population.
Richard Register & Sven Eberlein
Let me start by saying something that sounds controversial but actually isn't:
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AtPeace Makita, a single mother of five children who turned to activism after her water was shut off by the Detroit Water and Sewage Department, talks with Dennis Trainor, Jr. about the Detroit Water Brigade and what it is like to living during the current push for the...
How we think about and talk about ecological crises and our role in them form the structures of our responses. This is why thought forms, concepts, frames as George Lakoff calls them, are all central, form the crux, of attempts to protect species and the planet’s systems...
Elizabeth Oriel
Institutionalized Racism and the Militarization of Police in Ferguson, MO
Last week, after days of violent police rampages in Ferguson, Missouri, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan) said the Senate will "review" the Defense Department program...
Nadia Prupis
Every once in a while, a dramatic news story can actually produce real reform. More often the momentum peters out once the story disappears from the news (remember how Sandy Hook meant we were going to get real gun control?), but it can happen. And now, after the aftermath of...
Paul Waldman
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This is the first episode of HOME FREE, giving a broad overview of the two plans that have been created to end homelessness through the Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness and Dr. Robert Marbut. Regardless of the challenges we may face along the way, Sarasota has every...
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Last week I got to visit Sweden. It is an impressive place. The accomplishments of the Swedish social model are many, but the lessons it teaches may be different from what you think...
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Looting, chanting, tear gas, rubber bullets – these are the images from Ferguson, Mo. entering American homes. But the vast majority of protesters are armed with little more than chalk and paper signs, hoping to create a memorial for Michael Brown, the teenager killed by a...
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Proponents of the pro-choice lobby say abortion promotes womens rights, forgetting that at least - and in Asia more than - 50% of victims of abortion are female. This poem gives voice to one of these unborn female victims of abportion, and outlines how the women rights lobby...
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Music; Golden Silvers- Magic Touch
We don't need no education. At least not of the traditional, compulsory, watch-the-clock-until-the-bell-rings kind. As a growing movement of unschoolers believe, a steady diet of standardized testing and indoor inactivity is choking the creativity right out of our kids. The...
Ben Hewitt
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In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, John Oliver explores the racial inequality in treatment by police as well as the increasing militarization of America's local police forces.
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In a land of poverty, where the majority of people can't swim, Jamaican spearfishermen are an elite breed of free spirits and bold adventurers who head underwater in order to make their living.
Since Jamaica is now so heavily
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Mai Ali, is a Sudanese human rights defender, activist, and nonviolence trainer, affiliated with several NGOs and nonviolent social movements in Sudan. She remains deeply committed for change and the people in Sudan. After facing human rights violations in Khartoum in 2010...
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“There is nothing like art” to effect change in society, actor Ahmad Srour said.
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“When people ask me, ‘What do you do?’ I say I create crisis, because crisis is that edge where change is possible.” – Lisa Fithian
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How do you turn your nonviolent protest into a street theatre? By hiring unwilling actors, who might be very good at their job, like the police. In this video you will learn from the world-famous Yes Men how to incorporate predictable actors in your protest and create a...
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During their stay in Turkey in February 2014 the directors Arash and Arman T. Riahi themselves have been involved in a dangerous situation, when the police attacked civilians with tear gas. One of them even got hit by a tear gas catridge. For some time they could only breath...
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A short anti-legal high music video for Plasmator's song Vortex this is my directorial debut and I must say that I am rather pleased with it I hope you enjoy it cheers
In an article that will no doubt make “progressive” hearts go pitty-pat (“The 1% May Be Richer Than You Think, Research Shows,” Bloomberg, August 7), Jeanna Smialek suggests that top 1%’s wealth is far greater even than official statistics indicate – and that because so much...
Kevin Carson
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"Global ecological initiatives are like energy that lies dormant until activated." Household waste can now be turned into fuel. Does the World’s first Waste-to-Biofuel facility located in Canada inspire you?
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"Art changes people and people change the World."
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"Art changes people and people change the World."
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Since Israel decided to pull out from Gaza in 2005, following a 38-year occupation, the strip has been subjected to near constant bombardment from the air. It has also acted as a base for various rocket attacks that have pounded Israel over the years.
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Take action for a slavery-free 2022 World Cup at www.walkfree.org/qatar Migrant workers in Qatar are living, working and dying in modern slavery to bring the world the 2022 World Cup. Watch this video to find out why this happening -- then take action to stop it...
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This viral public awareness video has a powerful and heart-tugging message about the consequences of our eating and lifestyle habits - dating back to our first years of life.