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Canadian artist Jon Rafman is an unusual photographer – he explores Google Street Views and takes screenshots of the most incredible sights here.
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Gaza’s problems in water and electricity, education and health will only get worse over the coming years unless remedial action is taken now, a senior United Nations official warned today.
The United Nations is playing a larger role in the reagion by asking for more humanitarian aid for Gaza and a change in the political status quo.
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“A Cameroonian boy shows the recycled parts used to construct a toy RC car.”
I originally found this video on one of the coolest websites ever: http://www.afrigadget.com/ ; The website seeks to show people “solving everyday problems with African ingenuity.” While the developed world lives in a commercial, disposable society, Africans often need to maximize the useablity of all objects. The solutions they come up with can show students that it is not all doom and gloom in Africa, an represent a triumph of the human spirit.
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Landesa partners with governments and local NGOs to ensure the world’s poorest families have secure land rights, which develops sustainable economic growth and improves education, nutrition, and conservation…
Globally speaking, women are the primary agricultural workers yet rarely own land.
See on www.landesa.org
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I found these cartograms from an article in the Telegraph and was immediately impressed. The cartograms originated here and use data from the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project as to create the int…
This series of cartograms shows some imbalanced populations (such as the pictured Australia) by highlighting countries that have established forward capitals. Question to ponder: Do forward capitals change the demographic regions of a country significantly enough to justify moving the capital?
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Ever wonder how charitable the people are who live in your area? It turns out that lower-income people tend to donate a much bigger share of their discretionary incomes than wealthier people, according to a new study.
Questions to ponder: What are some reasons that Providence RI is the ‘least charitable’ metropolitan area in the United States according to this data? Why is the state of Utah ranked as the ‘most charitable state?’ Why are the bottom 3 states all in the New England region?
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Being a woman can be much more difficult, based on where you live.
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Water scarcity’s effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed population expected to reach 9bn by 2050…
This article represents a good example of neo-Malthusian ideas concerning population growth and food production. The recent drought and subsequent food shortage/spike in global food prices has renewed interest in these ideas.
See on www.guardian.co.uk
