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CB Global Studies In the course of Crossing Borders Global Studies you will cross your personal, cultural, and ideological borders to become an aware global citizen.

You will test your ideas and build your capacity to act in the world. You will discover the global perspective in all that you do. You will examine globalisation through the lens of ethics (fair trade and the free movement of peoples), socio-cultural issues (freedom of speech and religious and fundamentalism), the environment (and international efforts to manage it), and post September 11 conflict issues. You will examine the larger geo-political forces at work in the world and observe how they… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on November 7, 2009 at 5:14pm — No Comments

NIGERIA: USING A VARIETY OF ADVOCACY TOOLS IN

INTRODUCTION The Nigerian advocacy group Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA / FOE Nigeria) began work in the Niger Delta in the last quarter of 1993 with an environmental survey of Niger-Delta communities. The central objectives of the survey were to understand the issues of survival; the impact of resources on livelihood of local people; the state of the environment; and the interrelationship between the people, their environment, and outsiders such as corporations… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on October 21, 2009 at 4:54pm — No Comments

call for application, SKOLL awards for social entrepreneurship

Application Deadline: November 4, 2008 (and later deadlines applicable) The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time: environmental sustainability, health, tolerance and human rights, institutional responsibility, economic and social equity, and peace and security. These issues are at the heart of the foundation’s vision of empowering people to create a peaceful, prosperous, su… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on October 18, 2008 at 2:54pm — No Comments

EarthCorps (paid internship learning program 6 months ) in Seattle

EarthCorps is now accepting international applications. Please consider forwarding this announcement to any junior staff or volunteers seeking international experience in the environmental field. EarthCorps offers a 6-month service learning program in Seattle, Washington, USA that brings together emerging environmental leaders to learn the fundamentals of: * Environmental Service * Community Building * Leadership EARTHCORPS CHARGES NO TUITION OR FEES for its services and in fact supplies insu… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on October 18, 2008 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Y2Y GLOBAL YOUTH CONFERENCE

What is the Y2Y Global Youth Conference 2008? The conference is part of the United Nations Week celebrations. Every year, UNA-NCA (United Nations Association of the National Capital Area) commemorates the day the Charter of the United Nations went into effect (October 24th, 1945) by organizing a week of conferences and events with several partners in the capitol area. Y2Y is proud to collaborate with UNA-NCA and host the Global Youth Conference as part of these events. The Global Youth Confere… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on October 18, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The World Bank Office in Moldova announced the 10 finalists of the Youth Development Marketplace, Ukraine-Belarus-Moldova 2008

Available in: Limba română Begins: Feb 15, 2008 Ends: Apr 03, 2008 The World Bank Office in Moldova announced today the 10 finalists of the Youth Development Marketplace, Ukraine-Belarus-Moldova 2008 . Following an evaluation process involving experts from a number of international donor organizations, the best 10 project ideas were announced, whose authors became Moldova’s finalists for the final stage of the competition. 55 project ideas were submitted for the competition. Out of the tot… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on March 22, 2008 at 1:00am — No Comments

What to do in recession bound economy..........Vol . 1

It is true that Nigeria have recorded an all time breakthrough in the macroeceonomy sector, but that is no true reflection on the improvement of standard of living in the country. It is a blank paradox..! Our food production have fallen by 25% in the recent time and that is a clear indicator that our economy built on one sector is recess bound, so what can you do to stay relevant to the economy or survive the desperate plight..? is a question hanging on the Lips of many. Just take a leap at USA… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on March 20, 2008 at 11:53pm — No Comments

CALL FOR CIVIL LIBERTY SPEAKERS FOR HIGH LEVEL MEETING 2008 ON AIDS

1. Plenary Speaker (a Person Openly Living with HIV) 2. Speakers at the Informal Interactive Civil Society Hearing 3. Speakers on Panels Background On 10-11 June 2008, a High-Level Meeting will be convened in New York by the United Nations General Assembly to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. Opening plenary: In accordance with the resolution adopted by the Genera… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on March 20, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Register For Global Youth Entreprenuers' conference

With the global youth population reaching a historical high of 1.5 billion, economies world-wide are increasingly unable to provide young people with jobs. The situation has reached critical proportions in developing countries where 1.3 billion youth reside. As youth employment grew by only 0.2 percent over the past decade while the global youth population grew at a rate of 10.5 percent, the world is experiencing a youth employment crisis and the challenges surrounding youth livelihoods have bec… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on March 2, 2008 at 2:43am — No Comments

Inter-Cultural Dialogue

The Framework of the Year 2008 of Inter-Cultural Dialogue and as part of the "Water our Common Future" initiative, the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between cultures (ALF) in collaboration with Piedmont Regional Government and Paralleli Euro-Mediterranean Institute are organizing a Euro-Mediterranean Youth Forum in Turin, Italy, from Tuesday the 20th to Sunday the 25th of May 2008. This project is part of the ALF "1001 Actions for Dialogue" Campaign For details visit… Continue

Added by Richie Felix on February 20, 2008 at 9:31pm — No Comments

Future is connected to today.....

Future is connected to today, therefore every single individual has a part to play in the determination of his future. It is a mortal priviledge to be a strong denominator in creation of your enviable tomorrow. It is only a weakling or a mystic will believe that tomorrow has a way of taking care of itself. Even computers must be commanded into operation before they do so...so be wise.

You can decide to go

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Added by Richie Felix on January 7, 2008 at 12:46pm — No Comments

A word to start the year, 2008

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Added by Richie Felix on January 7, 2008 at 12:27pm — No Comments

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