Global Connections
Hope and Resilience in Kakuma
May 11, 2012 BY Chris Helfrich
Today we toured Kakuma Refugee Camp in the northern Kenya desert, home to nearly 95,000 refugees, about one-third of whom are from South Sudan. People there have walked days or weeks, or ridden buses, or flown in airplanes, to escape dangerous conditions in their home countries. They arrive exhausted, most with little or no belongings.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground
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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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.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Get Involved, Global Issues, Smart Ideas, United Nations
Think of it this way: This week is not just about eating less. It's about taking action.
May 9, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Live Below the Line is a great concept, and I’m glad to participate this week to support the Shot@Life Campaign. Think of it this way. Live Below the Line participants spend $7.50 total to eat and drink for five days. My grocery basket on Sunday night was filled with a loaf of inexpensive bread, peanut butter, two bananas, two boxes of pasta and a (half-priced) dented can of peas.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Global Issues, Smart Ideas
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
CAMPAIGNS & INITIATIVES
May 11, 2012 BY Chris Helfrich
Today we toured Kakuma Refugee Camp in the northern Kenya desert, home to nearly 95,000 refugees, about one-third of whom are from South Sudan. People there have walked days or weeks, or ridden buses, or flown in airplanes, to escape dangerous conditions in their home countries. They arrive exhausted, most with little or no belongings.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Global Issues, On the Ground
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.
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
Think of it this way: This week is not just about eating less. It's about taking action.
May 9, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Live Below the Line is a great concept, and I’m glad to participate this week to support the Shot@Life Campaign. Think of it this way. Live Below the Line participants spend $7.50 total to eat and drink for five days. My grocery basket on Sunday night was filled with a loaf of inexpensive bread, peanut butter, two bananas, two boxes of pasta and a (half-priced) dented can of peas.
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POSTED IN: Social Good, Global Issues, Smart Ideas
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.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Campaigns & Initiatives, Get Involved, Smart Ideas
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
Think of it this way: This week is not just about eating less. It's about taking action.
May 9, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Live Below the Line is a great concept, and I’m glad to participate this week to support the Shot@Life Campaign. Think of it this way. Live Below the Line participants spend $7.50 total to eat and drink for five days. My grocery basket on Sunday night was filled with a loaf of inexpensive bread, peanut butter, two bananas, two boxes of pasta and a (half-priced) dented can of peas.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Global Issues, Smart Ideas
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
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
Think of it this way: This week is not just about eating less. It's about taking action.
May 9, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Live Below the Line is a great concept, and I’m glad to participate this week to support the Shot@Life Campaign. Think of it this way. Live Below the Line participants spend $7.50 total to eat and drink for five days. My grocery basket on Sunday night was filled with a loaf of inexpensive bread, peanut butter, two bananas, two boxes of pasta and a (half-priced) dented can of peas.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Global Issues, Smart Ideas
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
May 9, 2012 BY Peter Yeo
Live Below the Line is a great concept, and I’m glad to participate this week to support the Shot@Life Campaign. Think of it this way. Live Below the Line participants spend $7.50 total to eat and drink for five days. My grocery basket on Sunday night was filled with a loaf of inexpensive bread, peanut butter, two bananas, two boxes of pasta and a (half-priced) dented can of peas.
READ MORE
POSTED IN: Social Good, Global Issues, Smart Ideas
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
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
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
