Some 1.2 million asylum applications were made in Europe in 2015. To put that figure into context, this summer more than 300,000 applications were made.That'...
How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of...
How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three gu...
In this film, organic market gardeners Frank and Josje talk about why the supermarket system doesn't work and how...
In this film, organic market gardeners Frank and Josje talk about why the supermarket system doesn't work and how Community Supported Agriculture fits into a new story for food growing. CSA members help farmers to grow the best quality vegetables and to nurture healthy soils by committing to receive a vegetable box every week for a season.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. About TEDx, x =...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of idea...
Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just...
Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experienc...
One day while walking around Shinjuku, a major hub for government and business in Tokyo, Japan, I noticed a shelter...
One day while walking around Shinjuku, a major hub for government and business in Tokyo, Japan, I noticed a shelter built by a homeless man. It looked semi-permanent, but more importantly, had solar panels on it. I thought this was very different than the homeless I encountered in my former city of Vancouver, Canada, so I started to investigate homelessness in Japan.
Robert J.S. "Bob" Ross is Research Professor of Sociology and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise in...
Robert J.S. "Bob" Ross is Research Professor of Sociology and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise in Clark University. The son of a teacher and a garment worker and the grandson of garment workers, Ross has cared deeply about workers and their conditions and has been learning and teaching about these matters since 1994. He is Vice-President of the Sweatfree Purchasing consortium, an organization of nineteen cities and states which are working to remove sweatshop labor from the supply chains of their public purchasing of uniforms. The author of Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops, Ross has written extensively on the global apparel industry and labor conditions and workers’ rights in it. His writings on these and other issues have appeared in variety of professional and journalistic sources.
Greece has been the poster child for European economic crisis, but former Prime Minister George Papandreou wonders...
Greece has been the poster child for European economic crisis, but former Prime Minister George Papandreou wonders if it's just a preview of what's to come. ...
Imagine the hottest day you've ever experienced. Now imagine it's six, 10 or 12 degrees hotter. According to climate...
Imagine the hottest day you've ever experienced. Now imagine it's six, 10 or 12 degrees hotter. According to climate researcher Alice Bows-Larkin, that's the...
What is NGO? What does NGO mean? NGO meaning - NGO pronunciation - NGO definition - NGO explanation How to pronounce...
What is NGO? What does NGO mean? NGO meaning - NGO pronunciation - NGO definition - NGO explanation How to pronounce NGO? Source: Wikipedia.org article, adap...