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People & Nature in Global Development
Our planet and lives are being reshaped by big global trends – population growth, economic development, climate change and urbanization. Solutions must focus on empowering people and protecting nature.
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Business and finance shape economic opportunities and inequality. Sustainability calls for a long-term approach to risk, investing and innovation that works for everyone.
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Aid Game App from Save the Children Australia
A new aid game App from Save the Children Australia gives users the chance to experience what it’s like to try to respond to a natural disaster in real time with peoples’ lives hanging in the balance, according to a recent Reuters article. On the organization’s...
Aging 150 Year Old Japanese in Abundance – Health Secrets and Population Issues
If you want to live forever, try moving to Japan and living like the Japanese. More than 77,000 missing Japanese residents are at least 120 years old according to government records. In an eye-opening case of bureaucratic oversight, Japan’s Justice Ministry recently...
Body Art – A World of Tattoos and Meaning
Photographer Chris Rainier travels the globe to capture the emotion, aesthetics, and cultural significance behind the ancient body art of tattooing and help save the dying traditions of indigenous peoples and cultures on the edge. A Smithsonian Magazine article looks...
Help Market and Brand (Develop) an African Country
The global brand consultancy Interbrand has been assigned to help develop a brand and marketing platform for an African country. They’re asking for your help by filling out an interesting survey on factors that would affect your decision to take a holiday or...
Russian Spies, Oh My!
If you want to know if your neighbor is a Russian spy, just check the flowerbeds. (GS is still cleaning out its backlog of entertaining oddly true news from the summer before we were on the map.) Did you get the eerie feeling that you just might be under the prying...
An Ode to Paul the Psychic Octopus
The 2010 World Cup just would not have been the same without the mesmerizing predictions of that silent psychic cephalopod, Paul the Octopus. GS takes a nostalgic look back at Paul’s run in anticipation of our upcoming World Cup-themed crossword puzzle and quiz. (GS...
Japanese Sumo Wrestlers Type Better with Ipads
The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) will distribute 60 iPads to the sport’s 51 training stables to help fat-fingered sumo wrestlers keep in touch. The iPads are intended to help the Sumo world address and move past a shocking gambling scandal by facilitating...
Japanese Baseball Changes Tack on U.S. Manager Strategy
NYT article on Japanese baseball teams moving away from the use of U.S. managers, including some colorful commentary on leading figures. "Nomura, who is 75 years old and has managed for 24 years, is known as an astute baseball mind but is also associated with...
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