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Michael Franti sat with Peace Portal's Youth Peace Ambassador Clint Shepherd to discuss what each of us can do to create a World of Peace. Visit www.peaceportal.mobi for more! Part of the United Nations Day of Peace International Broadcast Event.
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Michael Franti inviting people to a the free 2009 Power To the Peaceful Festival.
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On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This animation brings all 30 articles to life using different techniques, from pen and ink to digital animation.
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United Nations, New York, 25 July 2011 - Throughout the year, Monique Coleman, UN first Youth Champion, travelled the globe working with local governmental agencies to conduct a series of youth events.
The events are created to bring together a group of people who addresses youth around the issues that affect them in their respective countries.
During her world tour, she visited more than 20 countries of 5 different continents and met with thousands of youth, with the aim of listening to their aspirations.
Detailed diaries of Monique Coleman's trip:
http://social.un.org/youthyear/colemantour.html
Monique Coleman's blog: http://www.gimmemo.com
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Adopt a Village is designed to eliminate the obstacles preventing children from accessing education in a sustainable way. A Free The Children initiative.
Learn more at http://www.freethechildren.com/whatwedo/international/index.php
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we asked people from around the world how they are coping with rising food prices?
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Created especially for Architects of a New Dawn, this original video was created by students at the University of Texas.
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On April 2 and 3, 2009, Dr. Jane Goodall and 40 youth leaders attending Jane Goodalls Roots & Shoots National Youth Leadership Retreat were invited to stand in front of a camera and answer one question: If you had a superpower, what would it be?
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Poet Bill Keyes writes his peace, on the spot, and reads it. Shot on location at Horning's Hideout in Oregon, August 2, 2010
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United Nations, New York, 5 May 2009 - The current influenza A(H1N1) outbreak is yet another reminder of just how much countries are interconnected, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emphasized today, urging global solidarity to tackle the virus. A threat to one country is a threat to all, requiring a collective global response, Mr. Ban told reporters in New York during his monthly press conference. Dr. David Nabarro, Senior UN System Coordinator for Influenza is answering questions to journalists on the outbreak (see the video of the entire Press Conference).
View the entire Press Conference (Real Media, 54 minutes):
http:webcast.un.orgramgenondemandpressconference2009pc090505am.rm
News story:
http:www.un.orgappsnewsstory.asp?NewsID=30699&Cr=+flu+&Cr1=
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Music video by Michael Franti & Spearhead performing Say Hey (I Love You).
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight specific targets set by the world's nations to reduce extreme poverty by 2015.
The Australian Government is committed to helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals through its aid program.
For more information about the MDGs go to http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/mdg.cfm
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The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves' primary goal is to work collectively with its partners to stimulate a thriving global market for clean cookstoves and fuels. This will help it achieve—and ideally surpass—its 100 by '20 target.
To learn more, visit www.cleancookstoves.org.
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United Nations, New York, March 2012 - The goal of reducing by half the number of people without access to safe drinking water has been achieved, well ahead of the 2015 deadline for reaching the globally agreed development targets aimed at ridding the world of extreme poverty, hunger and preventable diseases, the United Nations said today.
Between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, according to a joint report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41465&Cr=MDGs&Cr1=
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In this episode of Hungry Planet: a woman in Ghana breaks into the food processing business(IFAD); a typhoon victim in Manila gets help via text message (WFP); and a project in the Philippines helps protect forests for future generations (FAO).
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Each year, Lions clubs around the world proudly sponsor the Lions International Peace Poster Contest in local schools and youth groups. This Contest encourages young people worldwide to artistically express their visions of peace.
The theme of the 2008-09 Peace Poster Contest, Peace Begins with Me, was open to students, aged 11, 12 or 13. Participants use a variety of mediums, including charcoal, crayon, pencil and paint, to express the theme. The works created are unique and express the young artists' life experiences and culture.
Twenty-four international finalists are selected each year, representing the work of more than 350,000 young participants worldwide. Posters are shared globally via the Internet, the media and exhibits around the world.
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Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley talks about the 3 Month Countdown to Peace Day 2010 and Peace One Day activities leading up to, and beyond, the day.
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A striking short film defining one of the world's most misunderstood subjects: human rights.
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Josh Ruxin and his team are doing great work in Rwanda. Here is a video example of what we will be assembling in a new global Micro for Macro Social Network. All participants -- and thousands more -- are encouraged to share their successes. We are a non-profit leadership group for the 21st Century -- it is not about us -- it is about all the great work already going on and how we make better, across a larger spectrum, faster!
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http://www.playingforchange.com/episodes/30 - This amazing song was recorded live at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Colombia on November 19, 2009. It was just released as part of the PFC Band's Live CD/DVD, which is a must-have for all PFC fans! This song features verses by Titi Tsira, Mermans Kenkosenki, and Jason Tamba (who sings in Ngala!), plus a guitar solo by Louis Mhlanga that dares you to blink!
If you like this song, be sure to check out the rest of the release!...http://www.playingforchange.com/live/
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United Nations, 17 March 2009 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces that the UN will participate in Earth Hour on 28 March by turning off the lights at its headquarters in NY and at other sites around the world. More than 1,000 cities around the world will participate in the event which will show support for action on climate change and for an agreement in Copenhagen this December.
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Paint for the Planet is an exhibit and auction of children's art to launch the global United Nations campaign UNite to Combat Climate Change. The event will feature a selection of paintings from UNEP's International Children's Painting Competition. Showcasing children's fears and hopes for the planet, the paintings are a powerful plea from children for leadership on climate change before it is too late.
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Global Peace Service Alliance provides the framework for the meaningful peace building, but reconciling enemies, embittered by violence, is not easy. It requires work, says Yeqing Li, secretary general of Youth Federation for World Peace, who traveled to Mindanao to support the festival. But the dream of peace, of one human family, is in the hearts of all people. When people taste peace they find it is sweeter than the enmity they are holding. This is what the GPF can offer.
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The United Nations General Assembly has declared for the first time that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. In a historic vote Wednesday, 122 countries supported the resolution, and over forty countries abstained from voting, including the United States, Canada and several European and other industrialized countries. There were no votes against the resolution. We speak with longtime water justice activist, Maude Barlow.
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Check out how companies can benefit from barter. IMS CEO Don Mardak Interviewed by Neil Cavuto.
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Berkshares is a local currency that circulates in the Southern Berkshires region of Massachusetts.
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http://www.instablogs.com/
Environment change threatens food security
Some 400, 000 Kenyans who grow 60 percent of the tea in the country risk losing their livelihood if a temperature rise of only two degrees Celsius occurs due to global warming as large areas would become unsuitable for the crop. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) says the agricultural sector is losing up to Shs 200 billion revenue because of soil erosion Large scale uncontrolled human activities like charcoal production, logging, settlement and crop cultivation pose a huge threat. Natural grass for wildebeest has significantly reduced due to expansion of large mechanized wheat farms in the Maasai Mara. The country is likely to be warmer in future up to five degrees Celsius unless urgent interventions were done. While some areas will experience increased drought, others are likely to have more rainfall spelling doom for low lying areas.
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Unreasonable Institute Co-Founders Daniel Epstein and Teju Ravilochan spill the beans about the Unreasonable Institute selection process, what they're looking for, and their new Unreasonable Village Fund.
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Jeremy Gilley's second film The Day After Peace charts his extraordinary 10-year journey to establish Peace Day on 21 September, and shows how the Day is being used around the world to save lives. The films breathtaking conclusion finds Jeremy joined by Jude Law in Afghanistan, attempting to spearhead a massive vaccination against polio on Peace Day.
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Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a healthier environment, it also nourishes the people who live in it.
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Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leaderhealer), speaks of the ancient prophecy of the eagle and the condor meeting to bring a new harmony into the world. Don Alverto invites us all to trust the universal human intuition to bring greater harmony into our lives, and to seek after life's deeper meaning.
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Millions of people in the Global South suffer from neglected diseases, many of which could be treated, even cured, if they were detected early enough. But reliable, low cost diagnosis hasn't been available, as drug companies have no incentive to invest in the diseases of the poor. New pandemics can go undetected until they have spread out of control, like HIV, and treatable ailments can cripple impoverished communities because it is too expensive to detect them early enough to do something.
LavaAmp makes possible rugged, accessible, DNA diagnostic tool to quickly respond to pandemics and neglected diseases and educational applications of molecular biology. If you like this project, consider donating for the LavaAmp at the Unreasonable Institute, www.bit.lyLavaAmp
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The music video 8 Goals for Africa unites Africa's best known musicians to bring voice to an awareness-raising campaign that calls for commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — a set of eight internationally-agreed goals designed to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths by 2015. As part of the campaign, developed by the United Nations System in Africa, the music video will be screened throughout the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa across all the fan parks and public viewing areas.
The music video features Yvonne Chaka Chaka from South Africa, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo from Benin, Oliver Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe, Eric Wainaina from Kenya, Baaba Maal from Senegal, and the Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa. World renowned jazz musicians Hugh Masekela and Jimmy Dludlu from South Africa are instrumentalists on the track, produced by Arthur Baker from the United States of America.
UNIFEM is one of a number of UN agencies charged with supporting countries in moving forward on the MDGs. The eight goals, adopted by the international community in 2000, set targets for 2015 on eradicating poverty, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV and AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and providing financing for development. All eight MDGs touch essential aspects of women's well-being, and in turn, women's empowerment is critical for achieving the goals.
The song and music video are available free of charge at the 8 Goals for Africa website.
8 Goals for Africa website:
http://www.8goalsforafrica.org/
MDGs website:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
(Publishers: UNDP, UN Action; Release Date: 14 May 2010)
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http://playingforchange.com/episodes/40/ - Hello everyone, today we are honored to share with you all the first video from our new CD/DVD titled, "PFC2: Songs Around the World". This video is a version of "Redemption Song" performed around the world in honor of Bob Marley's birthday. We have reunited Bob with his son Stephen and the support of the entire planet. In this song there is a felling of rising above the past and moving forward with love in our hearts and hope in our eyes.
Follow the link below to pre-order the album and support Playing For Change by telling all your friends and family to join the movement.
Pre-Order "PFC2: Songs Around The World" now on Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/PFCsatw2
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CAP2015 is a Global Initiative to raise the awareness of the Millennium Declaration and to implement practical solutions to eradicate extreme poverty and all dehumanizing conditions that affect the entire world by a target year, 2015. By Educating Celebrities, Citizens and Children on the 8 Millennium Development Goals, we can provide hope for better tomorrow for future generations. Check out www.cap2015.org for more info.
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Maya Azucena speaks on Millennium Development Goal 5 (Maternal Health) for the www.peaceday.tv International Day of Peace Global Broadcast.
Brooklyn singer/songwriter Maya Azucena believes that music is a tool for healing and activism, and supports humanitarian causes with her voice.
Maya was commissioned to write two original songs for IFC documentary Lockdown USA; has contributed music to Emmy-winning UN documentarian Lisa Russell's latest film "Not Yet Rain," regarding the advancement of Women's Health laws and reproductive rights in Ethiopia; was invited two years in a row to be the official post-race entertainment at the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in NYC's Central Park; and produced Hope Night, a concert night of domestic abuse awareness which brought together four nonprofit organizations.
Recently a Grammy winner for her duet on Stephen Marley's "Reggae Album of the Year," named Best Alternative Artist by AllHipHop.com, winner for three awards including Best Female Vocal in the international competition for ABC Radio Network's Fame Games EFFIGY Awards, and two-time nominee for Best Female Vocalist of the Year at the Reader's Choice Soul Tracks Awards
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This is the part 2 of CNN's Principal Voices program on Technology & Innovation.
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The 2008 Global Youth Peace Summit united refugee, international, immigrant and local youth in Wimberley, Texas to create a village dedicated to love, respect, community, honesty and peace. Youth ages 11-18 came together to become community leaders, public speakers, peace activists and global citizens. The Amala Foundation celebrates the youth for their inspiration and dedication to unifying the world in peace and community!
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http:playingforchange.com - Born of the inspiration to connect the world through music, the producers of Playing For Change Songs Around The World traveled the globe to find musicians who shared the common goal of peace and understanding of their fellow human beings. Music is a universal language we all share and can serve as a powerful tool to unite us. This trailer will give just a bit of insight into the process of making the Songs Around The World CDDVD. We hope you enjoy it.
The CDDVD Playing For Change: Songs Around The World is available now at amazon.com: http:tinyurl.comc6mhgd
Playing For Change Songs Around The World is also available at your neighborhood Starbucks and everywhere music is sold.
Order the WarNo More Trouble, Stand By Me, Don't Worry, and One Love videos and the new Songs Around The World album now at itunes!
Sign up at http:playingforchange.com for updates and exclusive content. You can also buy cool stuff in our new online store!
Join the Playing for Change Online Street Team at:
http:ufanz.comteamsplayingforchange
Join the movement to help inspire people from around the world to come together through music.
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A music video from Amnesty International that brings together 16 of the worlds top musicians—some of whom have fled oppressive regimes—in a rousing musical plea to guarantee human rights for all.
The track, donated by Aterciopelados and arranged by fusion music guru Andres Levin, combines the voices of Hugh Masekela, Julieta Venegas, Stephen Marley, Angelique Kidjo, Yungchen Lhamo, Aterciopelados, Yerba Buena, Natacha Atlas, Rachid Taha, Kiran Ahluwalia, Chiwoniso and Emmanual Jal with those of U.S. artists Natalie Merchant, and Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5. Introduction by Laurence Fishburne.
Video produced by: Link TV: Television Without Borders for Amnesty International
Directed by: Joshua Atesh Litle
Music produced by: Andres Levin for Music Has No Enemies
Nacional Records
Photos courtesy of Magnum Photos
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The Bah twins join fellow war refugees Mohamed (Sierra Leone) and Kadijah (Central African Republic)and share thoughts as they travel : first to The African Refugee Center in Staten Island, NY, and then to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where they visit a Somali family. All agree about the importance of prayer in achieving peace in the world.
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The Secretary General of the UN has used his considerable postion to strengthen the global call for peace, by urging the people of the world to participate on the International Day of Peace which happens on September 21st. Join him and millions of other people as they celebrate and call for peace on earth.
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight specific targets set by the world's nations to reduce extreme poverty by 2015.
The Australian Government is committed to helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals through its aid program.
For more information about the MDGs go to http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/mdg.cfm
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Carlos Santana, Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione invite our Architects community to get involved.
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Following the success of 2007 Peace One Day Concerrt event, Peace One Day took over the Royal Albert Hall again on 21 September for their most successful gig to date. The evening featured a gala screening of The Day After Peace introduced by Jude Law, followed by musical performances from Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams, Lenny Kravitz and John Legend. Our special guest speakers included UNICEF goodwill ambassador Martin Bell OBE; actor, Emilia Fox; Tottenham and England football star, David Bentley; and BBC Sports Presenter, Gabby Logan.
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United Nations, New York, 21 April 2011 - The world must dramatically step up its existing efforts to conquer malaria if it is to reach the goal of near zero deaths from the disease -- which, despite being preventable and curable, currently kills almost 800,000 people every year -- by 2015, the United Nations warns today.
Ahead of World Malaria Day, which is officially observed on Monday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the goal will not be met unless there is "an extraordinary intensification" in two key areas.
Full story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38166&Cr=malaria&Cr1=
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A film about the deadliest plague that humanity has ever known that is still, today, killing nearly one million people each year.
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A short film from The Nobelity Project (www.nobelity.org) about the inspiring work with Indian orphans by The Miracle Foundation (www.miraclefoundation.org). Take the peace train with 120 orphans to the opening of the new Sooch Village orphanage and adoption center.
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Promotional video for the United Nations University book entitled Globalization of Human Rights; economic globalization impacts the implementation of human rights.
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Pathways to Peace at the United Nations: Building a Culture of Peace. This video features Avon Mattison at he 27th Annual International Day of Peace Observance at the United Nations.
Music by Family Tree
http:www.familytree.tc
Created by Some Day Fire Productions
http:www.somedayfire.org
http:www.youtube.comsomedayfire
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This film illustrates the problem women face when giving birth in Sierra Leone. 1 in 8 women die giving birth in Sierra Leone as opposed to 1 in 4000 in developed countries. In a country where over 50% live on less then 1$ a day and a quarter live in extreme poverty, the poorer you are the more likely you are to die giving birth.
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Afghanistan is a challenging place for a woman to live and work—especially one as independent as Challiss. A Public Information officer for WFP, she says that while daily life for women can be tough, that hasn't stopped her from falling in love with the country and its people.
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Peter Coyote, actor and activist, for the 2011 www.peaceday.tv Peace Day Global Broadcast, celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace.
Join us for the 2011 Peace Day Global Broadcast September 17-21st, brought to you by Xeden (Z-Den), Unity Foundation, Peace Portal, and GLTV. Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon) is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books.
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A music video showing the flags of all 192 Members of the United Nations, which took forever to make!...
Song : 'We Are The World'
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UNICEF correspondent Suzanne Beukes reports on UNICEF's efforts to improve education in Benin.
For more information, please visit: http://www.unicef.org
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The War Against War is a documentary film about UN Peacekeeping operations. Part 4 of the documentary asks the question "why peacekeeping?"
Produced by Fisher Stevens, Culture Project and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
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Mary Robinson's lecture took place on November 23rd 2010, and focused on reshaping the debate on climate change to focus on justice in the developing world and how addressing the issue of climate change must address the issue of justice also. According to the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice:
"The debate on climate change is becoming tense and obscure. It is being lost. It is time to change it - and the change means talking about two things: what we can do right now, and who will suffer if we fail."
The lecture was the eleventh in an ongoing series organised by the EPA. The series continues in 2011 with Climate Change -- The Transport Challenge on February 1st and Climate Change & Agriculture : ensuring food production is not threatened on Tuesday 15th March. Both of these talks will also be made available on YouTube.
You can watch all the videos in the lecture series on YouTube, see: http://www.youtube.com/user/EPAIreland#grid/user/CDE951EB77E87100
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations and most recently Head of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization initiative has established the Mary Robinson Foundation -Climate Justice. The Foundation is a centre for thought leadership, education and advocacy on the struggle to secure global justice for victims of climate change who are usually forgotten -- the poor, the disempowered and the marginalised across the world. The Foundation is based at Trinity College, Dublin.
The EPA has established a Twitter feed specifically for Climate News. See www.twitter.com/EPAClimateNews for short, timely updates from the EPA's Climate Change Unit.
The Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice can be found on the web at www.mrfcj.org, and you can follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MRFCJ
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http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2010
Some of the same technologies, such as cloud computing and semantic search, that make the most popular social networking applications possible are now being applied to development, education and healthcare delivery.
How can these readily available technologies be best leveraged to address complex issues?
Rainer Brüderle, Federal Minister of Economics and Technology of Germany
William D. Green, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture, USA
Michael W. Laphen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation), USA
Didier Lombard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, France Telecom, France
Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Joel D. Selanikio, Director, DataDyne, USA
Moderated by
Adam Lashinsky, Editor-at-Large, Fortune Magazine, USA
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www.peaceday.tv was provided this wonderful music video by Polo Jones & Danny for use in the 2010 Peace Day Global Broadcast.
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http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2010
The combination of food and financial crises trapped an estimated 50 to 90 million people in extreme poverty in 2009.
How can the Millennium Development Goals for 2015 be met in the wake of the economic crisis?
Vikram K. Akula, Founder and Chairperson, SKS Microfinance, India; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Poverty & Development Finance
Helen E. Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York
William H. Gates III, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), Geneva; Global Agenda Council on a Healthy Next Generation
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals, USA
Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Moderated by
Lord Malloch-Brown, Senior Adviser, Global Redesign Initiative, World Economic Forum
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The Global Peace Festival (GPF) in Kenya was preceded by environmental service projects, interfaith activity and sports competitions that brought together groups that had been in conflict after the elections. The festival was joined by Prime Minister Odinga and his wife.
River Nairobi Clean Up project was organized to promote environmental sustainability in Nairobi. GPF Kenyas organizing team has been developing future action plans towards 2012 expecting the project to be a crucial strategy for achieving the 7th goal of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
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Water.org co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon visit project sites and discuss the success of WaterCredit, a microfinance-based solution for bringing safe water and sanitation to the poor. http:water.org
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UNICEF correspondent Guy Hubbard reports on an innovative aid distribution system for families displaced by the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
For more information, please visit: http://www.unicef.org
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Volunteers standing for peace and a U.S. Department of Peace created photo postcards of themselves to send to the President and Congress. Narration is verbatim comments from the texts of those postcards.
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A retrospective of our journey this past year offering a picture of what is being born during this time of global transformation.
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http:playingforchange.com - As we made our way around the world we encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became very clear that as a human race we need to transcend from the darkness to the light and music is our weapon of the future. This song around the world features musicians who have seen and overcome conflict and hatred with love and perseverance. We dont need more trouble, what we need is love. The spirit of Bob Marley always lives on.
This is the fourth Song Around The World video released from the CDDVD Playing For Change: Songs Around The World and the follow up to the classics Stand By Me, One Love and Don't Worry. This unforgetable track was performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
Order the CDDVD Playing For Change Songs Around The World now at amazon.com!
http:tinyurl.comc6mhgd
The Playing For Change Songs Around The World CDDVD is also available at your neighborhood Starbucks and everywhere music is sold.
Order the WarNo More Trouble, Stand By Me, Don't Worry, and One Love videos and the new Songs Around The World album now at itunes!
http:tinyurl.compfcitunes
Sign up at http:playingforchange.com for updates and exclusive content. You can also buy cool stuff in our new online store!
Join the Playing for Change Online Street Team at:
http:ufanz.comteamsplayingforchange
Join the movement to help inspire people from around the world to come together through music.
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Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.
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Nothing But Nets helps to prevent malaria in Africa by distributing bed nets. What is malaria exactly? Find out here.
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight specific targets set by the world's nations to reduce extreme poverty by 2015.
The Australian Government is committed to helping achieve the Millennium Development Goals through its aid program.
For more information about the MDGs go to http://www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/mdg.cfm
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UPDATE! ---See the HD version with full credit list on your big-screen TV. Go to your On Demand Menu Now on Cable and DISH network. --- Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) We Are The World 25 For Haiti, in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; producers Humberto Gattica and RedOne; and co-producers Rickey Minor, Mervyn Warren and Patti Austin to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief efforts and the rebuilding of Haiti.
Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and behind-the-scenes production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici.
The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.
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United Nations, New York, 19 August 2010 - On 11 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly decided:
"...to designate 19 August as World Humanitarian Day in order to contribute to increasing public awareness about humanitarian assistance activities worldwide and the importance of international cooperation in this regard, as well as to honour all humanitarian and United Nations and associated personnel who have worked in the promotion of the humanitarian cause and those who have lost their lives in the cause of duty, and invites all Member States and the entities of the United Nations system, within existing resources, as well as other international organizations and non-governmental organizations, to observe it annually in an appropriate manner."
World Humanitarian Day is in part dedicated to the memory of all those aid workers, who have lost their lives while bringing assistance to others, the majority of them from the communities they are trying to help.
19 August 2003 is the date on which a brutal terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad killed 22 people, including UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Website:
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/index.shtml
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PEACE (ELEVATE FILM FESTIVAL VERSION):
The highly-anticipated video for Peace, by the Luminaries, which premiered at the Elevate Film Festival 2008 - Winner: Best Editing. Edited by Charles Litte III. Available here for a limited time - Stay tuned for the full-length version - Coming Soon! Peace, now available worldwide on iTunes - Visit http:itunes.apple.comWebObjectsMZStore.woawaviewAlbum?id=292419816&s=143441 For more info, go to http:luminariesmusic.com or http:myspace.comluminariesmusic
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A Thousand Suns tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area has remained remarkably intact both biologically and culturally. It is one of the most densely populated rural regions of Africa yet its people have been farming sustainably for 10,000 years. Shot in Ethiopia, New York and Kenya, the film explores the modern world's untenable sense of separation from and superiority over nature and how the interconnected worldview of the Gamo people is fundamental in achieving long-term sustainability, both in the region and beyond.
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The film charts Gilley's extraordinary 10-year journey to establish Peace Day on 21 September, and shows how the Day is being used around the world to save lives. The film's breathtaking conclusion finds Jeremy joined by Jude Law in Afghanistan, attempting to spearhead a massive vaccination against polio on Peace Day. The Day After Peace is produced in association with the BBC and Passion Pictures.
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Riane Eisler is an internationally known scholar, futurist, and activist, best known as author of the international bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future. She is the President of the Center for Partnership Studies, co-founder of the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV), and The Alliance for a Caring Economy (ACE). For more videos, check out www.globalonenessproject.org
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Created by HeartMath in honor of International Day of Peace on Sept. 21st.
This Peace Day, let's make a difference. Let's work together to spread care and appreciation.
You can view the video in high-resolution and download a free e-book at www.heartsforpeace.com.
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A series of projects on the Philippines island of Mindanao are helping women displaced by years of conflict rebuild their lives.
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Are you feeling the pain of the global economic crisis? Most of us are. -- In the shops, at the fuel pumps, at the money distributor. All over the world, the poorest among us are struggling to survive,
struggling to provide food, or wondering when they will eat again.
Just as we are all affected by the situation, we can all change it. Do you want to do something about it? You and I can change the world;
make it a better place for you and all our children.
Globalization makes our task all the more easy. The children are our future. Their hope is in your hands. What happens to children in their first period of their lives is essential in their
development (intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically and morally), and thus the development of our society and the world.
I am SHOCKED at seeing the NEWS
"Children being Killed while going to school. Wars in many Regions of our Planet! The Financial Crisis that is destroying millions of honest Families!
For Political Reasons!?!"
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Uma homenagem ao exemplo máximo do humanismo nacional. Sérgio foi mais que um brasileiro, foi um cidadão do mundo, ultrapassando fronteiras sociais e geográficas para levar a paz. Um exemplo a ser seguido de um homem que enxergava além de seu tempo.
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