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The Most Polluted Places on Planet Earth

The international non-profit environmental action group, the Blacksmith Institute, last week released its rankings of the world’s most polluted places. Out of over 300 sites nominated by NGOs and local communities, 35 were identified by an advisory board of international environment and health experts as meriting special emphasis. Of these, ten locations were singled out for tragic infamy, ranked together as the Top 10 worst polluted places on the planet:

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24 October 2006 | 03.34pm (CEST) | posted by Joe | 8 comments |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Health & Nutrition | Quality of Life & Prosperity | Energy & Natural Resources | Environment | Future

Global Hunger Index/World Food Day

15 October 2006 | 11.58am (CEST) | posted by Marie | 1 comment » |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Children & Youth Issues | Health & Nutrition

One Laptop per Child: Is Criticism Welcome?

14 October 2006 | 10.35am (CEST) | posted by Marie | 2 comments |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Science & Technology

Ban on Child Labour in India Comes Into Force Today

10 October 2006 | 01.19pm (CEST) | posted by Hili | 1 comment » |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Human Rights | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Quality of Life & Prosperity

Regulating What We Eat

28 September 2006 | 09.14am (CEST) | posted by Marie | comment |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Health & Nutrition | Quality of Life & Prosperity

Olympic Development and Social Costs

26 September 2006 | 09.08am (CEST) | posted by Marie | 1 comment » |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Quality of Life & Prosperity | Demography & Migration

Branding for a Good Cause

20 September 2006 | 06.00pm (CEST) | posted by Marie | 1 comment » |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Media & Information

The Nemesis of Nike?

07 September 2006 | 02.04pm (CEST) | posted by Susanna | 1 comment » |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Quality of Life & Prosperity

ASK YOURSELF:”When does a child’s mind stop being innocent?”

04 September 2006 | 08.32pm (CEST) | posted by Hili | 2 comments |
TAGS Children & Youth Issues

Reinventing School Lunch

01 September 2006 | 03.56pm (CEST) | posted by Hili | comment |
TAGS Children & Youth Issues | Education | Health & Nutrition | Quality of Life & Prosperity | Environment

ASK YOURSELF: “Is it irresponsible for somebody like me, who isn’t really educated in matters of politics, to vote?”

30 August 2006 | 12.02pm (CEST) | posted by Hili | 5 comments |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Democracy & Freedom | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Media & Information

Single-Sex Ed: Policy, Research and Charity

29 August 2006 | 10.58am (CEST) | posted by Marie | 1 comment » |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Children & Youth Issues | Gender Issues | Education | Ethnicity & Culture | Media & Information

Making Moves under 30: Youth Activism

23 August 2006 | 12.26pm (CEST) | posted by Marie | 1 comment » |
TAGS Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Arts & Literature | Media & Information

Mind the Gap

18 August 2006 | 02.03pm (CEST) | posted by Susanna | comment |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Quality of Life & Prosperity

So You Think You Can Do Better? Computer Games Get Serious

16 August 2006 | 02.27pm (CEST) | posted by Susanna | comment |
TAGS Politics & Governance | Peace & Security | Democracy & Freedom | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Media & Information | Science & Technology

Prosperity, Poverty and Personal Responsibility: The Causes of Obesity

12 August 2006 | 10.52am (CEST) | posted by Susanna | comment |
TAGS Children & Youth Issues | Health & Nutrition | Quality of Life & Prosperity

NGO ACTION: Amnesty International Launches Global Action for Lebanese Civilians

11 August 2006 | 06.39pm (CEST) | posted by Susanna | comment |
TAGS Peace & Security | Human Rights | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues

Gay Rights and the War in Iraq

10 August 2006 | 04.04pm (CEST) | posted by Susanna | 2 comments |
TAGS Peace & Security | Democracy & Freedom | Justice & Civil Rights | Human Rights | Ethical Values & Responsibility | Children & Youth Issues | Gender Issues

Children´s Drawings of War-Torn Darfur Color Copyleft Question Film

04 August 2006 | 11.00pm (CEST) | posted by Daniel | comment |
TAGS Peace & Security | Human Rights | Children & Youth Issues | Education | Arts & Literature | dropping knowledge News

112 Free Voices: Nadja Halilbegovich inspires a generation

04 August 2006 | 08.17pm (CEST) | posted by Joe | comment |
TAGS Peace & Security | Children & Youth Issues | Arts & Literature | History & Heritage | dropping knowledge News

Romanian HIV-Positive Teens Abused and Excluded

04 August 2006 | 04.47pm (CEST) | posted by Susanna | comment |
TAGS Democracy & Freedom | Human Rights | Children & Youth Issues | Health & Nutrition