Takushi! Tokyo’s Lovely Taxi Signs
Tokyo is one of those cities with a very outspoken and recognizable style. This becomes even more clear when you take a look at the city’s remarkable signs on the...
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Online Game “Food Force” Puts Players On Front Lines Of Hunger
WFP and KONAMI Digital Entertainment have teamed up to create an online game with a real-world impact. Food Force puts players at the helm of the world’s largest...
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REVOLUTIONART. 40 theme packed issues > from Water to BioHazard
We are proud to announce a new YL friendship with REVOLUTIONART MAGAZINE, a unique, independent, free, global, co-creative art magazine with 120,000...
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Improv Everywhere : Say Something Nice
Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv...
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Books With No Bounds
When we learned First Nation Children were 3 to 4 years behind in literacy skills… that children in these communities did not have access to books in their...
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Jane McGonigal re-visited: Games Change the World
There are many wicked ways to describe Jane McGonigal : Smart, optimistic ARG & MPG designer & researcher who turned into slayer-player “Jane the Concussion...
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Ta’Kaiya Blaney (10) Speaks and Sings up for Canada’s Pristine North
Ten-year-old Ta’Kaiya Blaney stood outside Enbridge Northern Gateway’s office on July 6, waiting for officials to grant her access to the building. She thought she...
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‘Against All Odds’. Got the Guts to Play Refugee?
Who dislikes online games? Who can say he or she has never played any Facebook games? The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) made a unique,...
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Julia Bacha: “Focus on Non-Violence”
“To create a peaceful Middle East, it is not for Palestinians to start adopting nonviolence, but for us to start paying attention to those who already are. There...
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Harnoor Gill: Volunteer Virtuoso
When most kids his age were obsessed with video games, cartoon heroes, and Barbie dolls, and only thought about buying the next PlayStation series gaming console,...
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Naima Mc Lean. Songs of Healing for Africa’s Women
“Beautiful, brave woman. She has strong thoughts and she is not afraid to share them with others, with the world. Listening to and reading her poetry I had a feeling...
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Kimmie Weeks. Liberating Child Soldiers.
“I saw the mission and ultimate goal that we had to achieve as greater than myself. I put it ahead of my own life and personal safety. It wasn’t about me. It...
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UN Captain Ban Ki Moon on INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY
UNITED NATIONS. The Secretary-General – MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY DOWNLOAD in arabic, chinese, english, french, russian, spanish. 12 August 2012 ...
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What is the Integral Movement?
Ken Wilber is considered one, if not the most advanced pioneer in the philosophy of human consciousness of our times. We connected to him some years ago and have...
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A Game Changing Birthday Wish
2 weeks ago, I sat in the beautiful Newmark Theater in Portland, Oregon as I listened to Scott Harrison of charity: water describe his story and the history of this...
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Don’t Stop Believing
Just over a year ago, I attended the inaugural World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon, which would come to be an experience that motivated and inspired me in ways...
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Jill Bolte Taylor: The ME and WE in our Minds
Jill’s presentation explains how a new civilization and the world we wish to see requires a change of mastery of one’s thinking, feeling and perception. A...
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Wrecking an International Project. Notes from a saboteur’s vade mecum
Observations on why important things don’t happen. The author has observed the global efforts for sustainable development and sustainability since the words were...
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rio+20: revisiting “The Art of Non-decision Making.” An Elegy to Old Politics
I have just browsed and responded to Tony’s current musing, and am sharing this 1997(!) post with you. The Art of Non-Decision Making. It’s an good eye...
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Japan making its mark by reducing it – with Bicycles!
Why the heck there’s so much pollution in cities, such noise and heavy air compared to towns and villages, where the pollution count is much lower? And the air is as...
Read MoreAnuradha K. Bhagwati building stepping-stones towards the transformation of military culture
Before we talk about what she has accomplished, let’s talk about the kind of person she is. Anu joined the Marine Corps in 1999, fresh out of college, mostly as a...
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Phebe Meyers – Bird Whisperer & Rainforest Saviour
How about protecting some rainforest by raising $165,000 through schools? Phebe has done it. The wise world out there thinks young people are naive and inexperienced....
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The Ruins of Detroit
The Symbol of the End of the Industrial Era: Motor City Detroit. When the old, unsustainable car industry broke down, an entire city collapsed, downtown closed...
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Sing London – Uniting the city through the festival of singing
London is the most populous municipality in the European Union and largest metropolitan area in the UK, this makes London a leading global city with strengths in arts,...
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350.Org leading hard-hitting climate activism. Worldwide!
How often do we think of our planet and all the elements which help it to function; the sea, rivers, eco systems, weather patterns? When we wake up in the morning do...
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Robin Bryan, the diehard protector of East Shore Wilderness Area in Manitoba, Canada
When Robin realized that so much of the wildlife, parks and public land in Manitoba were endangered due to unsound industrial practices, he made up his mind to stand up...
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Justice Restored: Bannerman and Trench Sentenced for Ecocide
On Saturday two fictional CEOs, Mr Bannerman and Mr Tench were sentenced for committing Ecocide. The two separate counts of Ecocide committed by the offenders were...
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Christina Wong carries out a fulfilling mission on Conservation & Urban Ecosystem
Conserving environment involves everything, like, rivers, forests, mountains, and wide-open spaces. Of course our cities and urban centers are also connected to the...
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Alafuro Sikoki: Design for Ecosystem Benefits
The water hyacinth is a beautiful plant, floating in water with beautiful purple and pink blooms. However, this plant can quickly take over, choking lakes and ponds,...
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SAM’s wave of awareness on saving forests rippling through Malaysia
Back in year 1988, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM- Friends of the earth Malaysia) received the Right Livelihood Award for its outstandingly positive contribution in the...
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KALA RAKSHA – Preserving Traditional Art and Empowering Artisans
Anyone can learn skills but it takes generations to learn a tradition. With this premise KALA RAKSHA (“Preservation of Art”) a social enterprise, is operating in the...
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Kalanirvana: Art as a solution to world problems
Art is a great speaker. It speaks not only the artist’s mind but also tells us about the traditions, culture, issues, emotions and numerous other things about a...
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Wen Bo: An Environmental Crusader working tirelessly in China
Wen Bo uses his media to support local NGOs in China to speed up environmental activism and apread awareness-raising programs. Wen has been featured as TIME...
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International Rivers making sure we have healthy rivers and a healthy planet
International Rivers, otherwise known as a, “global environmental and social justice non-profit organization focused on protecting rivers and the rights of those that...
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“Yes! I am emotional about torture!” — Shami Chakrabarti
Shami Chakrabarti, a vibrant passionate human rights activist, lawyer and director of the Human Rights organization Liberty, has single handedly gotten the conversation...
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Young Afghans Headbanging at their first Rock Festival
It’s not the sound of shedding bitter tears of rage and grief for the turbulence prevailing for decades in Afghanistan but the bang and roar of throbbing of drums,...
Read MoreWeirdest Way of Charity run by TV Host Leon Logothetis’ US Cab Trip
Meet the coolest Weirdo on the face of the planet: Leon Logothetis. Let’s read about his different, interesting and ‘cool’ way of charity. Happy Reading,...
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Egypt, Jan 25th – Take what’s yours!
The famous Egyptian revolution video by the young Egyptian American Tamer Shaaban has been nominated and short listed for the international short film festival in Berlin...
Read MoreCity Map that Changes Lives of the Poor: TRANSPARENT CHENNAI
Here is a fascinating story of an on-going project in the city of Chennai, India where a group of people conducting research about civic issues for the well-beings of...
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Mutual Blood: A peaceful solution for the Conflicted WEST BANK
The Israeli and Palestinian members of the Parents Circle Families Forum (PCFF), a joint Israeli/Palestinian organisation for people who have lost an immediate family...
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