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Entries from March 2007

The future in their eyes">The future in their eyes

March 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Tomorrow’s leaders say we’ll make it – but too bad about the tigers. James Goodman reports on an eye-opening survey.
Tigers will be extinct in the wild within 25 years, oil will have run out, and the gap between rich and poor people’s incomes across the globe will be even wider than it is today. That’s [...]

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Tags: Earth & Environment · Politics & International Relations · Society · Sustainable Development · World

How to be a world citizen in modern-day India">How to be a world citizen in modern-day India

March 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Small-town India’s new middle class is negotiating globalisation and modernity in much more meaningful ways than the metropolitan middle class, says Sanjay Srivastava’s new book, titled Passionate Modernity: Sexuality, Class and Consumption in India.
The book examines the middle class in globalising India through the lens of the ‘friendship magazines’ of the Hindi heartland and popular [...]

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Tags: Actuality · Asia · Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Society

Using water pumps as a toy">Using water pumps as a toy

March 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The PlayPumps Water System performs modern-day alchemy, converting the energy of children cavorting on a simple playground merry-go-round into clean water. As children spin, the system pumps water from an underground well into a 25-foot-high storage tank. Instead of the time-consuming task of hauling water, villagers need only turn a tap.
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Tags: Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Sustainable Development

The 59 Smartest Orgs Online">The 59 Smartest Orgs Online

March 28th, 2007 · No Comments

GetActive, NetSquared and Squidoo partner up to bring you this list of the 59 smartest nonprofit organizations online today.
These charities were chosen for their excellence in online storytelling and collaboration with their donors. We didn’t play favorites to one cause over another, nor did we look at their fundraising goals or number of members. Instead, [...]

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Tags: Developing Countries · Earth & Environment · Globalization & Global Culture · Sustainable Development

The 51 Best* Magazines Ever">The 51 Best* Magazines Ever

March 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m in the mood for magazines today! Take a look at Good Magazine’s “Smartest, Prettiest, Coolest, Funniest, Most Influential, Most Necessary, Most Important, Most Essential, etc.” periodicals ever.
The essential strength of a magazine is its ability to amplify. An idea, or an image, or a story, set within the pages of a magazine and assembled [...]

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Tags: Actuality · Design & Technology · Fun · Photography & journalism