The Good Times wishes you optimism and more positive news in 2012! gelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar / ilufio ètussé / Gëzuar vitin e ri / e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr / عام سعيد (aam saiid) / sana saiida / shnorhavor nor tari / amokitanone / yeni iliniz mubarek / aw ni san’kura […]
Check out MassiveGood, and fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and improve maternal and child health. How? It’s “the social network generation’s solution to put a stop to the millions of deaths from HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, and to improve maternal and child health in the developing world. If social media has revolutionized the way in which […]
Got an old bicycle in your garage that you don’t know what to do with? Send it to Bern, where it will be restored and shipped to Africa so people living in rural areas can cycle to work. That’s what Paolo Richter does. His company, Gump-& Drahtesel hires unemployed individuals to recycle old bicycles for Africa, […]
Here’s something worth knowing about. Women out there are actually conducting grocery audits, walking down store aisles scrutinizing the ingredients in food products and translating their findings into actions that provide communities with suggestions on how to be healthier. One idea to help parents in grocery stores identify healthy snacks for children quickly is adding labels next to those […]
Here’s a message from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum: “In case of a major humanitarian disaster, the primary mechanism for coordinating humanitarian assistance is the Cluster system – unique cooperation involving key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners. The Logistics Emergency Teams (LET) developed by the World Economic Forum and partner companies are the first example […]
South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka empowers communities in the fight against diseases and poverty. In addition to being UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador against malaria and an Ambassador for Roll-Back Malaria, a worldwide initiative to fight the disease sponsored by the World Bank, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization, among other institutions, Yvonne ceaselessly […]
Help marine scientists identify whale “dialects,” by listening to them online. Whale songs translate into a complex language that researchers are trying to decipher. You can help marine researchers understand what whales are saying simply by listening to their sounds and deciding which calls match, grouping them into categories. The Whale Song Project aims to “understand […]
Here’s part 4 of the series on water conservation by global expert James Workman, pictured here. James Workman is author of Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought. He is a visiting professor at Wesleyan University’s College of the Environment and co-founder of SmartMarkets LLC, […]
