Global Connections
Light Can Be the Difference between Life and Death
May 10, 2012 BY Sean Bartlett
When the electricity goes out, you know how quickly and easily your life is disrupted. You can’t watch television; your food could spoil in the refrigerator; you stumble in the darkness to find a flashlight or candles; the traffic lights might even be out of service in your neighborhood.
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The Time Has Come for LGBT Rights
May 9, 2012 BY Maureen McNally
With the headlines announcing Obama’s support for same-sex marriage, it has reminded us that, as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared, “the time has come” to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights a top priority with the United Nations.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Global Issues, Smart Ideas, United Nations
Mashable Is Heading to Brazil for Rio+Social
May 7, 2012 BY Aaron Sherinian
This past week at Mashable Connect, the UN Foundation’s Robb Skinner, 92Y’s Henry Timms and Mashable’s Stacy Green announced the exciting partnership that is bringing the world Rio+Social. This is a first-of-its-kind meeting that will bring social media leaders, UN leaders, pioneers in innovation and global thinkers into the same space to talk about sustainability, the future of world, and how we all can make a difference.
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Global Competency 101
May 4, 2012 BY Patrick Madden
Students these days are great at memorizing dates, timelines, chemistry tables, and grammar. Both the students and our education system have become quite efficient at taking (or administering) tests well. The problem with this examination priority is simple: what we don’t need is a generation of test-takers. The world needs problem solvers.
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Freedom of the Press: Fueling a Free Society
May 3, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Before finishing my breakfast this morning, I had read through the A section of the Washington Post, checked three cable news and network morning shows for major headlines, and read stories on six different news sites recommended by colleagues and friends via email and social media. By the time I go to bed tonight, I cannot tell you how many news sources I will have consumed.
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Will you join Girl Up and say I DO stand against child marriage?
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
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CAMPAIGNS & INITIATIVES
May 10, 2012 BY Sean Bartlett
When the electricity goes out, you know how quickly and easily your life is disrupted. You can’t watch television; your food could spoil in the refrigerator; you stumble in the darkness to find a flashlight or candles; the traffic lights might even be out of service in your neighborhood.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
The Time Has Come for LGBT Rights
May 9, 2012 BY Maureen McNally
With the headlines announcing Obama’s support for same-sex marriage, it has reminded us that, as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared, “the time has come” to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights a top priority with the United Nations.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Global Issues, Smart Ideas, United Nations
Mashable Is Heading to Brazil for Rio+Social
May 7, 2012 BY Aaron Sherinian
This past week at Mashable Connect, the UN Foundation’s Robb Skinner, 92Y’s Henry Timms and Mashable’s Stacy Green announced the exciting partnership that is bringing the world Rio+Social. This is a first-of-its-kind meeting that will bring social media leaders, UN leaders, pioneers in innovation and global thinkers into the same space to talk about sustainability, the future of world, and how we all can make a difference.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Global Competency 101
May 4, 2012 BY Patrick Madden
Students these days are great at memorizing dates, timelines, chemistry tables, and grammar. Both the students and our education system have become quite efficient at taking (or administering) tests well. The problem with this examination priority is simple: what we don’t need is a generation of test-takers. The world needs problem solvers.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Freedom of the Press: Fueling a Free Society
May 3, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Before finishing my breakfast this morning, I had read through the A section of the Washington Post, checked three cable news and network morning shows for major headlines, and read stories on six different news sites recommended by colleagues and friends via email and social media. By the time I go to bed tonight, I cannot tell you how many news sources I will have consumed.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved
Will you join Girl Up and say I DO stand against child marriage?
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
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May 9, 2012 BY Maureen McNally
With the headlines announcing Obama’s support for same-sex marriage, it has reminded us that, as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared, “the time has come” to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights a top priority with the United Nations.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Global Issues, Smart Ideas, United Nations
Mashable Is Heading to Brazil for Rio+Social
May 7, 2012 BY Aaron Sherinian
This past week at Mashable Connect, the UN Foundation’s Robb Skinner, 92Y’s Henry Timms and Mashable’s Stacy Green announced the exciting partnership that is bringing the world Rio+Social. This is a first-of-its-kind meeting that will bring social media leaders, UN leaders, pioneers in innovation and global thinkers into the same space to talk about sustainability, the future of world, and how we all can make a difference.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Global Competency 101
May 4, 2012 BY Patrick Madden
Students these days are great at memorizing dates, timelines, chemistry tables, and grammar. Both the students and our education system have become quite efficient at taking (or administering) tests well. The problem with this examination priority is simple: what we don’t need is a generation of test-takers. The world needs problem solvers.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Freedom of the Press: Fueling a Free Society
May 3, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Before finishing my breakfast this morning, I had read through the A section of the Washington Post, checked three cable news and network morning shows for major headlines, and read stories on six different news sites recommended by colleagues and friends via email and social media. By the time I go to bed tonight, I cannot tell you how many news sources I will have consumed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved
Will you join Girl Up and say I DO stand against child marriage?
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
May 7, 2012 BY Aaron Sherinian
This past week at Mashable Connect, the UN Foundation’s Robb Skinner, 92Y’s Henry Timms and Mashable’s Stacy Green announced the exciting partnership that is bringing the world Rio+Social. This is a first-of-its-kind meeting that will bring social media leaders, UN leaders, pioneers in innovation and global thinkers into the same space to talk about sustainability, the future of world, and how we all can make a difference.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Global Competency 101
May 4, 2012 BY Patrick Madden
Students these days are great at memorizing dates, timelines, chemistry tables, and grammar. Both the students and our education system have become quite efficient at taking (or administering) tests well. The problem with this examination priority is simple: what we don’t need is a generation of test-takers. The world needs problem solvers.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Freedom of the Press: Fueling a Free Society
May 3, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Before finishing my breakfast this morning, I had read through the A section of the Washington Post, checked three cable news and network morning shows for major headlines, and read stories on six different news sites recommended by colleagues and friends via email and social media. By the time I go to bed tonight, I cannot tell you how many news sources I will have consumed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved
Will you join Girl Up and say I DO stand against child marriage?
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
May 4, 2012 BY Patrick Madden
Students these days are great at memorizing dates, timelines, chemistry tables, and grammar. Both the students and our education system have become quite efficient at taking (or administering) tests well. The problem with this examination priority is simple: what we don’t need is a generation of test-takers. The world needs problem solvers.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
Freedom of the Press: Fueling a Free Society
May 3, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Before finishing my breakfast this morning, I had read through the A section of the Washington Post, checked three cable news and network morning shows for major headlines, and read stories on six different news sites recommended by colleagues and friends via email and social media. By the time I go to bed tonight, I cannot tell you how many news sources I will have consumed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved
Will you join Girl Up and say I DO stand against child marriage?
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
May 3, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Before finishing my breakfast this morning, I had read through the A section of the Washington Post, checked three cable news and network morning shows for major headlines, and read stories on six different news sites recommended by colleagues and friends via email and social media. By the time I go to bed tonight, I cannot tell you how many news sources I will have consumed.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved
Will you join Girl Up and say I DO stand against child marriage?
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues
April 30, 2012 BY Gina Reiss-Wilchins
I know a girl named Kidan from Ethiopia. Like so many girls around the world, she has dreams and aspirations. She wants to be a doctor one day. But Kidan is at a crossroads; there is a key obstacle standing in her way. Do you know what that is? Watch her story to find out!
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