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Three faces of the Occupy Wall Street movement
Written by Kristin Deasy
As the Occupy Wall Street movement called for worldwide protests demanding more social equality to mark Labor Day, Future Challenges spoke with three prominent members of the anti-greed movement that rose out of New York last year. First meet Sofia Gallisá Muriente. She helps run the new Spanish-language Occupy Wall Street […]
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Jueces abren un nuevo camino en temas ambientales
Written by Nicolás Tereschuk
Abstract: Argentina’s Supreme Court has started to take action in the environment protection field. First, in order to enforce the process of cleaning of one of the most polluted rivers in the world. The judges have also asked for official environmental information regarding one of the biggest mining projects of […]
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Get “Smart”: Paving the Way to a More Efficient NATO
Written by Tom Fries
Future Challenges is excited to be able to partner with Atlantic Community, a web-based think tank that aims to end the exclusivity of policy discourse and give voice to a new generation of thinkers and young leaders – something Future Challenges wholeheartedly supports! We’re getting involved by publicizing some of these […]
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Earth Day: Local Needs, Global Meanings!
Written by Blanca Vera
As Earth Day approaches, here in Chile we have suddenly woken up and started talking about saving our old Mother Earth. Newspapers, magazines, and TV are full of information spreading awareness about the degradation of the environment. Most of these activities are kind of seasonal, a few days of sloganizing […]
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Un mañana más verde en la India
Written by Tarun
Abstract: A discussion on the deteriorating environment in Indian perspective indicates rising pollution, vanishing forests and growing population, as the obvious causes. Our policy makers are always heard of making grandiose plans of controlling pollution, and of reforestation. We seem obsessed with bigger ideas, while the goal of achieving a […]
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French Lingua and Social Discrimination in the Moroccan Job Market
Written by Mehdi Lbadikho
As pointed out by the previous post on Young Moroccan graduates, higher education in Morocco does not provide reliable social equality, as the professional future of a graduate will be highly affected by his socioeconomic background. In this post and in the continuity of the previous one, I will present […]
