This is a video that I made for an English project about agriculture. It's slightly more serious than my usual content, but please enjoy it anyway.

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

Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question 'CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?' Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround. IN THEATERS: Sept. 12 New York - Angelika Film Center Los Angeles - Laemmle Sunset 5 Sept. 19 Huntington, NY - Cinema Arts Center Washington, DC - Landmark E-Street Cinema San Francisco - Landmark Lumiere Berkeley - Landmark Shattuck San Diego - Landmark's Ken Sept. 26 Philadelphia - Landmark Ritz at the Bourse Denver - Starz Film Center Boston - Landmark Kendall Oct. 3 Columbus, OH - Gateway Theater Atlanta - Landmark Midtown Oct. 10 Portland - Cinema 21 Oct. 17 St. Louis - Landmark Tivoli

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Dr Peter Olumese from the World Health Organization's Global Malaria Programme talks about the new edition of Malaria Treatment Guidelines

Michael Nouri 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. Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including NCIS as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer (now Special Agent) Ziva David, The O.C. as Dr. Neil Roberts, and Damages as Phil Gray

Edward James Olmos for the 2011 www.peaceday.tv Peace Day Global Broadcast, celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace. Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is a Mexican American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. 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.

An introduction to Peace One Day created for Peace Day 2009

December 10, 2008 - Message of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commemorating Human Rights Day and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Introduction to the Universal Peace Federation and Summary of Recent Activities www.uk.upf.org http:peacedevelopmentnetwork.wordpress.com

Sean Connery speaks out for the UN World Food Programme

The GLOBAL YOUTH PEACE SUMMIT is part of the Amala Foundation's Sustainable Peace Movement. The Summit unites youth delegates from around the world for a 9 day conference of peace, healing and community, creating one village of love and respect. The 3rd annual Summit was held August 8-16 outside of Austin, Texas, bringing together 70 international, refugee, immigrant and local youth ages 11-18 as peace leaders of a global community. This year's Summit united youth from Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma, Cuba, Somalia, Bhutan, Iran, Colombia, Congo, Guatemala, Tibet, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Burundi, South Africa, Mexico, India, Nepal, Thailand, and the United States. Summit delegates continue to meet during the year through the Amala Foundation's One Village project, working together as Peace Leaders to serve and uplift their communities. For more information, and to get involved in this Sustainable Peace Movement, please call the Amala Foundation at 800-476-1184, or visit our websites: www.SustainablePeaceMovement.org www.AmalaFoundation.org www.AuthenticPeace.org LOVE - RESPECT - HONESTY - COMMUNITY - ONE VILLAGE!

Jane Goodall's organization for youth now in over 87 countries, with over 6,000 Roots and Shoots groups across the globe.

Hunger: every 6 seconds a child dies from hunger. If you're reading this, you can make a difference. Take action: http:bit.ly539R9t (Please note: The children featured in this video are not accompanied by their true names and countries. The hunger conditions they face are real, but we have changed some of their identifying information.)

This music video (featuring a remix of the Tracy Chapman song 'Let It Rain') endeavours to highlight the urgent need of our brothers and sisters in Horn of Africa, whose lives are endangered by the worst drought in sixty years. More than 10 million people (including those in the worst affected areas of Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Ethiopia). United Nations and international aid agencies say the crisis is overwhelming their ability to provide assistance to the millions of people who are suffering... and as the agencies are overstretched and under-funded, they are appealing for more help from the international community. The U.N. Children's Fund estimates more than two million young children from the Horn of Africa are malnourished, and in need of urgent life-saving actions. It says half a million of those children are facing imminent life-threatening conditions... and warns that many of the children may be left with long-lasting physical and mental problems. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are fully stretched in various locations inside Somalia, as well as assisting exhausted refugees crossing Somalia's borders into Ethiopia and Kenya. According to World Vision... Risks of the outbreak of disease are growing, and people's access to food and water is in jeopardy. Children are among those most vulnerable in the worst hit countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Save the Children has advised that more than a quarter of children in the worst-hit parts of Kenya are now dangerously malnourished... and in Somalia, malnutrition rates have reached 30 percent in some areas, making the Horn of Africa one of the hungriest places on earth. Save the Children has already launched a major humanitarian response in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia... feeding tens of thousands of underweight children; providing life-saving medical treatment; and getting clean water to remote communities. But with the situation worsening by the day - and no more rain due till late September - Save the Children urgently needs money to dramatically ramp up its response. According to Matt Croucher, Save the Children's regional emergency manager for East Africa... "Thousands of children could starve if we don't get life-saving help to them fast"... "Parents no longer have any way to feed their children; they've lost their animals; their wells have dried up; and food is too expensive to afford"... "We can stop this tragedy unfolding, but we only have half the money we need. We urgently need to raise the rest so we can save more children's lives." Donations can be made at the following sources... World Food Programme https://www.wfp.org/donate/hoa_banners Save the Children https://secure.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6239017/k.569B/Child_Hunger_Crisis_Fund/apps/ka/sd/donor.asp Médecins Sans Frontières http://www.msf.org/msf/donations/donations_home.cfm CARE International https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9140&9140.donation=form1&7080.donation=form1 World Vision http://donate.worldvision.org/OA_HTML/xxwv2ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?funnel=dn&item=1754360&go=item§ion=10366& unicef http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLEJSOALpE&b=7542627 Plan International http://plan-international.org/what-you-can-do/emergency-appeals/east-africa-appeal Oxfam International http://www.oxfam.org/en/emergencies/east-africa-food-crisis#donate Islamic Relief Worldwide https://www.donate.bt.com/DEC/dec_form_eaca.html?p_form_id=PFA45

GPF Philippines leads the world in promoting peace and bringing people from different religion, nationality, politically, organization, race and culture together. To create One Family Under God. Aju!!!!

Zimi's story, recorded for One Laptop per Child in South Africa. The impact of OLPC on education and one child's life.

Giant Peace Dove puppets have flown in over 70 countries! Please join us in celebrating the desire for peace in the human heart at http:www.rootsandshoots.orgcampaignsdove

Message From Anonymous. Occupy Together - http://occupytogether.org/

An inspiratonal invocation celebrating those common ties that join us: Love Compassion, Worship. You spirit will soar and your heart uplifted. Review from Mainlypiano.com "Blessing" is a word of encouragement or approval that usually also has a spiritual connotation to it. With an emphasis on winter and all things associated with Christmas, Seay embraces the essence of the season on both a commercial and spiritual level with her gorgeous choir of voices and multi layered keyboards. The tender yet compelling beauty of this magical recording is only further evidence that it will be when not if Seay becomes a household name.As the world faces significant economic worries and a rather bleak future, Seay counters our fears by bringing her message of hope, love, peace and joy courtesy of the ever optimistic composition All Around The World. The song encapsulates the spirit found on We Are The World and Do They Know It's Christmas? resulting in a song that will elevate and lift your spirits high. MIchael Debbage Copyright 2010 Tuscan Sun Music sesac http://www.tuscansunmusic.com http://www.seayonline.com http://www.seaymusic.com All Rights Reserved

H. Arney, from our international programs staff narrates her recent visit to photographs from Tigray, Ethiopia. She learns that generations ago, before deforestation and climate change, many in these areas had access to water. Now women walk miles each day to collect water for their families. http:water.orgethiopia

A talk given in Session 3 "How Can We Use Finite Resources To Propel Ourselves In The Future?" of TEDxTokyo 2009, held on May 22 at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. Gunter PAULI, Founder of ZERI, on how the laws of physics will shape the new economy About TEDx, x=independently organize event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Positive Spin TV: experience the Global Peace Festivals around the world with their cultural diversity and inspiring humanitarian service programs. Interview as well with Sergio Duarte, UN Under Secretary-General for Disarmament conducted by Bill Miller of Global Connections Television. Later we

APAID is finalist at the Unreasonable Institute! The Unreasonable Insitute is an amazing incubator for social ventures. Get ready to support APAID on www.unreasonablefinalists.org from January 22nd! Thanks!

Zulu Sangoma (healer) Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa calls on all human beings to awaken the mother mind, that part of human consciousness that feels what is happening in the world.

United Nations, New York, 24 March 2010 - Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, briefed the members of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, following his trip to the region.

Gandhi's Satyagraha Music 4 Peace 100 Years of Nonviolence launch of The Gandhi-Tour at 10th Earthdance Peace Festival 2006 in California

Michael Franti inviting people to a the free 2009 Power To the Peaceful Festival.

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

In the first of a series of mini-films, Excellent Development explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya. In addition to exploring each individual element of the charities holistic approach to soil and water conservation, these films also offer a valuable insight into how Sand Dams, a key element of Excellent Development's approach, represent an effective and necessary small-scale approach to strengthening communities' long-term sustainability. Whilst being critical to improving water supplies, food production, health and incomes for communities in semi-arid Kenya, sand dams are also a grassroots answer to fighting climate change, a benefit recently reinforced by the release of the government commissioned Stern Report. The Stern Report has renewed attention on the impacts of climate change in Africa highlighting their uneven distribution, with the poorest countries being most affected. Simon Maddrell, Excellent Development co-founder comments, "The development challenges in semi-arid Africa are completely different to the industrial nations. In semi-arid Africa it is conservation that can actually create sustainable development. Water and soil conservation provides farmers with the environment to create livelihoods by creating oases in semi-arid lands that can support water and food security. Arguably, the communities we are working with are doing far more to reverse the impacts of climate change than any of us in the West. They deserve our support, not just because they struggle to sustain their lives, but as global citizens concerned with the future of our planet." To see more, please go to http://tv.oneworld.net These films were produced by Globell Media -- www.globellmedia.com A DVD of these films, along with the full length feature documentary is available from http://www.excellentdevelopment.com

From our friends at charity: water http://www.charitywater.org Imagine if New York City's taps went dry. What would we do? Jennifer Connelly walks to Central Park to get dirty water for her family as millions of mothers in Africa do every day.

- Some communities are printing their own currency for local use - It's legal as long as currency doesn't resemble U.S. dollars and is paper only - Any income from business conducted in local currency is subject to taxes - Some businesses say local currencies keep people spending locally. Steve Carlotta's family-owned camera store is struggling along with other mom and pop stores. But he's found a way to compete with Internet stores and big-box chains. Carlotta's store accepts BerkShares -- a local currency in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He credits it with helping keep local customers coming back to his store. And as U.S. dollars and credit vanish in this economic crisis, more communities are looking into printing their own currencies. This concept isn't new. During the Great Depression dozens of complementary currencies flourished as thousands of banks failed. Today, it's estimated there are at least 2,500 complementary currency systems around the world, says Bernard Lietaer, a co-founder of the Euro and a local currency proponent. In the United States, there are alternative currency systems in California, Wisconsin, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Massachusetts. BerkShares are a form of local currency developed in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts two years ago. About 350 merchants accept BerkShares in addition to U.S. currency. People pay 95 federal cents to get one BerkShare or $95 for 100 BerkShares.

Images of the UN in Haiti UN Photo/Logan Abassi UN Photo/Marco Dormino UN Foundation Photo/D. Evans

http:playingforchange.com - From the award-winning documentary, Playing For Change: Peace Through Music, comes the first of many songs around the world being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it travelled 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 now available at your neighborhood Starbucks and everywhere music is sold. Order the Stand By Me, Don't Worry, One Love, and WarNo More Trouble 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.

Unity Foundation Historical Profile of 33 years in media and service campaigns, visit them at www.unityfoundation.org

Young people are driving the vision for peace. Peace One Day hopes to put our free Education Resource in every school in the world.

Peace Day Global Broadcast, Building Peace Through Sustainability by achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals. www.peaceday.tv ~ music by Masauko Chipembere

With a voice over by Sarah Michelle Gellar, CARE's TV campaign highlights the importance of women helping other women around the world. To learn more, visit http:www.care.org

http://www.amnestyusa.org/store The book, "Dignity", is a moving collection of photographs by Dana Gluckstein, which honors Indigenous Peoples worldwide and celebrates the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Amnesty International. Dignity's impassioned call to action makes it a historic book in support of indigenous peoples. Amnesty International is proud to partner with Dana on this important book.

http://playingforchange.com - "Higher Ground" is a song that speaks of the perseverance it takes to reach the higher consciousness. Let's all keep trying together, one heart and one song at a time, until we all reach the Higher Ground. Follow the link below to order the new album and support Playing For Change by telling all your friends and family to join the movement at http://playingforchange.com Order "PFC2: Songs Around The World" now at: http://store.playingforchange.com/vShop.aspx

VISIT SITE - http://www.theamericandreamfilm.com - If you liked this film please visit our site, donate or buy the dvd, so we may continue sharing with YOU more films on what is going around affecting our lives. The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you've been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you know how your money is created? Or how banking works? Why did housing prices skyrocket and then plunge? Do you really know what the Federal Reserve System is and how it affects you every single day? THE AMERICAN DREAM takes an entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we have today are nothing new, and why leaders throughout our history have warned us and fought against the current type of financial system we have in America today. You will be challenged to investigate some very entrenched and powerful institutions in this nation, and hopefully encouraged to help get our nation back on track.

United Nations, New York, 17 March 2010 - Mr. Hamidon Ali, President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) outlines his plan of ECOSOC for 2010, including its annual meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on 18-19 March 2010 and the agenda for its High-level (Ministerial) Segment of its annual substantive session. ECOSOC website: http:www.un.orgenecosoc

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.

United Nations, New York, 22 March 2010 - The General Assembly through the adoption of its resolution 64198, invited the President of the General Assembly to convene a High-Level Interactive Dialogue (HLID) of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly in New York on 22 March 2010, World Water Day, on the implementation of the International Decade for Action Water for Life. H.E.Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the General Assembly, H.E. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Akil Ghaibullayevich Akilov, Prime Minister of Tajikistan, H.E. Sha Zhukang, Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Achim Steiner, Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) opened the High-Level Interactive Dialogue. High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Water website: http:www.un.orggapresident64thematicwater.shtml

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.

Shakira United Nations Millennium Campaign Message

United Nations, New York, 14 September 2009 - This is the Secretary-General's message for the International day of Peace (21st september), which focuses this year on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. United Nations website for the International Day of Peace: http:www.un.orgeventspeaceday UN Office for Disarmament Affairs website: http:www.un.orgdisarmamentindex.shtml

Safe Motherhood, Gender Equality, Girls' Education, Poverty Reduction, Combating HIV AIDS, Maternal and Newborn Health. Produced by Women Deliver. http:www.womendeliver.org.

Ed Asner for the 2011 www.peaceday.tv Peace Day Global Broadcast, celebrating the United Nations 30th anniversary of the 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.

A striking short film defining one of the world's most misunderstood subjects: human rights.

United Nations, New York - The annual United Nations forum aimed at advancing the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous persons around the world opened today with a call to turn those rights into a practical reality. More than 1,300 delegates are expected to participate in the two-week Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which is being held at UN Headquarters in New York and is marking its tenth anniversary. Full story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38396&Cr=indigenous&Cr1=

United Nations, New York, 23 October 2009 - The UN Day concert saluted the more than 115,000 men and women dedicated to bringing stability to the most troubled parts of our world. For the first time since its inception, the concert had a theme: A Tribute to Peacekeeping. It has been organized by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, in partnership with the Culture Project, a New York based non-profit organization dedicated to artistic work focusing on social justice and civic engagement. Musical performances by artists from a broad array of countries, oral presentations by public figures, and documentary film clips highlighting the faces and stories of the people in the field, have been used to pay homage to the Blue Helmets on the sixty-fourth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. Among the artists who performed are John McLaughlin ( United Kingdom) with the band Remember Shakti ( India), Emmanual Jal ( Sudan), Sister Fa ( Senegal), Salman Ahmad ( Pakistan), Harry Belafonte ( United States), Angelique Kidjo ( Benin), Lang Lang ( China) and Colombian band Aterciopelados. The Master of Ceremonies was Isha Sesay of CNN International. View the entire concert (Real Media, 2 hours and 4 minutes) http:webcast.un.orgramgenondemandspecialevents2009se091023pm.rm UN day website : http:www.un.orgeneventsunday2009 News Story: http:www.un.orgappsnewsstory.asp?NewsID=32699&Cr=united+nations+day&Cr1=

United Nations, New York, 16 October 2009 - Today is World Food Day. The theme this year is achieving food security in times of crisis. Marking this occasion, the Secretary-General says in a message that over the past two years, volatile food prices, the economic crisis, climate change and conflict have led to a dramatic and unacceptable rise in the number of people who cannot rely on getting the food they need to live, work and thrive. The Secretary-General calls on all to respond to respond to the needs of the hungry -- by ensuring adequate political and financial support for emergency food assistance and by investing in food production and distribution. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on the world to remember the more than one billion urgently hungry people with inadequate access to food. World Food Day is actually No Food Day for almost one out of every six people around the world this year, said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran. She added that for decades, WFP has been able to feed around ten per cent of the world's hungriest men, women and children, but this year, for the first time, the agency is unlikely to reach that target. And Jacques Diouf, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO) asked world leaders to reach a road consensus on the total and rapid elimination of hunger when they gather in Rome for the World Summit on Food Security, on November 16-18. News Story: http:www.un.orgappsnewsstory.asp?NewsID=32579&Cr=malnutrition&Cr1= Secretary-General's message on World Food Day: http:www.un.orgappssgsgstats.asp?nid=4165 WFP website: http:www.wfp.orgstories10-things-you-can-do-world-food-day# FAO website: http:www.fao.orgnewsstoryenitem36350icode# World Summit on Food Security website: http:www.fao.orgwsfsworld-summiten

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs

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

The trailer of a 4-DVD set published by The Resonance Project Foundation.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Doha, Qatar ( 21 to 25 April 2012) - How the global economy can spread its benefits more inclusively and sustainably, creating jobs and raising living standards for poor people and nations, will be a focus of the thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to be held in Qatar, from 21 to 25 April 2012. UNCTAD 13 website: http://unctadxiii.org/en/Pages/Home.aspx

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

The world is experiencing a drastic age change, from the ravishes of a tired Industrial Age system, into the potentials of a new Information Age culture and economy. We have the tools to make it successfully by adopting new ways of interaction in commerce and developing cooperative sustainable solutions.

ULGII, Mongolia, 28 September 2007 -- Twice a year, here in the capital of Mongolia's westernmost province, Khuangan grabs a shovel, ties a cord around his waist and descends into the darkness to keep the water supply flowing. Securing a steady and safe source of water is one of Khuangan's main concerns. Few households enjoy piped drinking water in his neighbourhood. Most families must take it upon themselves to provide water -- digging and maintaining their own wells, or using public water-pumping stations. Khuangan's is a common problem in rural Mongolia, where only one out of five households has access to improved water sources, compared to 62 per cent in urban areas. Fewer than 5 per cent of rural homes have adequate sanitation. As a result, every year thousands of children under the age of five suffer from diarrhoea, and hundreds more are infected with Hepatitis A. UNICEF is working to provide rural families with better access to safe water and improved sanitation. In collaboration with local communities, the organization aims to improve the quality of water sources and latrines, especially in schools. It also seeks to teach children and their families better hygiene habits, such as thorough hand-washing with soap or disinfectants. To read the full story, visit: http:www.unicef.orginfobycountrymongolia_41035.html

In 2000, 189 nations came together and made a promise to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015. (Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than a dollar a day). This promise led to the Millennium Declaration - a document outlining 8 specific goals to help the world realize this promise.

United Nations, New York, 6 July 2010: Video Contest: Tell the World Leaders what YOU think about the Millennium Development Goals. Contest Rules: Only entries submitted via the YouTube platform will be eligible for consideration. To sign up for an account on YouTube, please visit http://www.youtube.com/create_account. Video entries should be two (2) minutes in duration or less. The contestant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to enter the contest. Video submissions should be original and unpublished work by the contestant. The submitted video must address at least one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) listed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration. For more information about the MDGs, please visit http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals. The submitted video should address one of the following challenges: 1. "Why are the Millennium Development Goals important to you and your family?" 2. "What is your community, city or country doing to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?" 3. "How can the international community better work together to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?" Submitted videos must be recorded in English or French, or in any other language but with English or French subtitles. Please see http://www.youtube.com/t/captions_about for simple instructions on how to create closed captioned subtitles for YouTube videos. The nationality and age of the contestant must be clearly indicated in the YouTube user profile to be eligible for consideration. Video submissions may not contain any offensive or inappropriate content, according to United Nations principles and practices, and must comply with YouTube's general terms and conditions. Current or former staff members, interns or retirees of the United Nations Organization, its Agencies, Funds or Programmes and any family and/or house-hold members of these staff members are not eligible for consideration in the contest. Submissions will end on 23 August 2010 at 11:59 p.m. New York time. Any entry submitted after this time will not be accepted. Any video modified after the end of the contest will not be eligible. The results will be announced in late September 2010 on the official Citizen Ambassadors website, on http://www.uncitizenambassadors.org and on the UN Channel on YouTube. Please visit: http://www.uncitizenambassadors.org for more information on the Terms and Conditions, including the Selection Process. 'Hey Boys and Girls' performed by Evermore ( www.evermoreband.com ) courtesy of Scorpio Music ( www.scorpiomusic.com.au ).

The WIR Bank, formerly the Swiss Economic Circle (GER: Wirtschaftsring-Genossenschaft), or WIR, is an independent complementary currency system in Switzerland that serves small and medium-sized businesses. It exists only as a bookkeeping system, with no scrip, to facilitate transactions.

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.

Created especially for Architects of a New Dawn, this original video was created by students at the University of Texas.

In this complete interview, Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa reflects upon the meaning of oneness in this age. Noting how values of oneness hold the Tibetan culture in exile together, His Holiness describes how cultural cohesion has revivified the religious view of metaphysical oneness. His Holiness believes that religion and spirituality must adapt to reflect the evolving human condition, although root causes of suffering remain the same. Spiritual leaders and luminaries can facilitate this adaptation by connecting their spiritual power with the devotional power of the masses. Spirituality can be spread not through commodification, but rather through meaningful and conscious relationships intended to benefit the whole.

For people living in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan, central Sudan, getting enough clean water has long been a difficult task. Working with ECHO, the European Community Humanitarian Office, UNICEF has turned the situation around, building and rehabilitating the region's water plants to ensure more than 110,000 people can have access to safe drinking water. Credits: Producer:Kun Li

Watch how the City of Arendal, the County of Aust-Adger and Norway are moving towards carbon neutrality

A bank foreclosure story you've got to see to believe. A Collier County couple turns the tables on Bank of America, the bank that tried to foreclose on their home. Now, the family is foreclosing on the bank! Even bringing trucks and deputies ready to seize property. The foreclosure nightmare started when Warren and Maureen Nyerges paid cash for a home owned by Bank of American in the Golden Gate Estates. They never had a mortgage whatsoever. But, the bank fouled it up and wound up issuing a foreclosure through their attorney. The couple took their case to court and after a year and a half nightmare the foreclosure was dropped. A Collier County judge said Bank of America has to pay the couple's $2,534 legal fees for the error. After more than five months the bank still hadn't paid up. So, the homeowners' attorney did just what the bank would do to get their money, legally seize their assets. "I instructed the deputy to go in and take desks, computers, copiers, filing cabinets, including cash in the drawers," Attorney Todd Allen told WINK News. Outside the Bank of America on Davis Boulevard, several deputies stood by with movers ready to start hauling out the bank's office supplies and furniture. Inside, the homeowners' attorney was locked out of the bank manager's office by deputies while the bank manger tried to figure out what to do. Allen says the manager was visibly shaken, "Having two Sheriff's deputies sitting across your desk, and a lawyer standing behind them, demanding whatever assets are in the bank can be intimidating. But, so is having your home foreclosed on when it wasn't right." After about an hour the bank finally cut a check to satisfy the debt, and no furniture was taken. A representative for Bank of America issued a statement saying they are sorry for the delay in issuing funds. They claim the original request went to an outside attorney who is no longer in business. As for Allen, he calls this a symptom of a larger problem he sees often in the courts, where banks don't perform their due diligence on foreclosure cases. "As a foreclosure defense attorney this is sweet justice." ADG Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alien-Disclosure-Group/189249627773146 Follow ADG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ADG_UK FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

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NEW YORK, USA, 2 July 2007 -- Despite progress made at the halfway point to the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the global MDG targets will be achieved only if more concerted action is taken immediately and is sustained until 2015 and beyond.

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)

Climate Change: We live in a changing world. We live in an uncertain world. We live in a HUNGRY world. Helping people help themselves. Turning Hunger into Hope. Because the future is NOW! To find out more: http:www.wfp.orgclimate-change

This is the Official Online (Youtube) Release of "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" by Peter Joseph. [30 subtitles ADDED!] On Jan. 15th, 2011, "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" was released theatrically to sold out crowds in 60 countries; 31 languages; 295 cities and 341 Venues. It has been noted as the largest non-profit independent film release in history. This is a non-commercial work and is available online for free viewing and no restrictions apply to uploading/download/posting/linking - as long as no money is exchanged. A Free DVD Torrent of the full 2 hr and 42 min film in 30 languages is also made available through the main website [below], with instructions on how one can download and burn the movie to DVD themselves. His other films are also freely available in this format. Website: http://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com Release Map: http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/zmap $5 DVD: http://zeitgeistmovingforward.com/dvd Movement: http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

Special bumper celebrating the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peace (September 21st) to be used in the 2011 Peace Day Global Broadcast by www.peaceday.tv ~ The broadcasts takes place September 17-21st, playing for 100 days leading up to the show is the preview program, catch it at www.peaceday.tv

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

Chris Bashinelli speaks out on Millennium Development Goal #7 Environmental Sustainability. He is is an accomplished actor you've seen in such shows as the Sopranos, he now host's a conscious program called Bridge The Gap where he's spending thirty days in each of the poorest countries on Earth, investigating the lives of young people across the globe. He'll discover how people live, what they care about, and how their lives compare to ours in the United States. This is all part of Bridge the Gap, a new Reality/ Travel Series that Chris is producing and hosting.

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.

United Nations, New York, March 2012 - The United Nations has named 2010-2020 the UN Decade on Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. A phenomenon unknown to many, desertification threatens almost half of the world's land. If left unchecked, its effects are disastrous. But in the drylands of Brazil, new hope is emerging... United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20) http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/

United Nations, New York, 18 March 2010: The Creative Community Outreach Initiative (CCOI) of the United Nations Department of Public Information aims to form meaningful and productive relationships with professionals in the film and television industries in order to raise awareness of critical global issues. This clip highlights some of CCOI's collaborative projects. Please see the CCOI website for more info: www.un.orgencreative.

Bettina Luescher of the WFP details the organization's efforts in fighting hunger in Haiti and around the world.

Carlos Santana, Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione invite our Architects community to get involved.

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.

International Day Of Peace - September 21st 2009 - The Song I Had The Strangest Dream The Spinners

Sign The Petition at http://www.youthPROMISEaction.org In this video clip, Baron Davis, Robin Wright, Russell Simmons, Star Jones, Mayor Cory Booker, Jim Brown, Tom Hayden, Rob Dyrdek and others support the Youth PROMISE Act (Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education HR 1064/S 435), a youth violence prevention program spearheaded by Congressman Bobby Scott and Councilman Tony Cardenas. Imagine giving every young person the opportunity to reach his or her potential. Imagine healthier families, safer communities, and stronger support for youth across the country. Now stop imagining and make it a reality. Become a Citizen Cosponsor of the Youth PROMISE Act today. This Bill is also supported by The Peace Alliance and The Student Peace Alliance.Video Produced by the Office of Los Angeles Councilman Tony Cardenas.

Marilu henner for the 2011 www.peaceday.tv Peace Day Global Broadcast, celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace. Marilu Henner, is an American actress, producer and New York Times bestselling author. She is best known for her role as Elaine O'Connor Nardo on the sitcom Taxi from 1978 to 1983. Join us for the 2011 Peace Day Global Broadcast on www.peaceday.tv

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.

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.