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“India has certainly arrived”, exclaimed Sandeep, my neighbor (a passionate sports fan) talking about the recent Formula 1 Grand Prix on a glistening, newly-built race track. For some, India is definitely shining. And after all, it’s quite something to belong to a nation with promising GDP growth and the potential […]

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. – Cree Indian Proverb (Or, in the case of Australia, ‘when the last plot of arable agricultural land has been mined…’) Food security is […]

Peter, his wife and their two small children are a middle class family who own a two-bedroom apartment in a central location in Varna, Bulgaria’s third largest city. They have two cars and go on vacation twice a year. Peter has a degree in economics and used to work for […]

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002), the International Conference on Population and Development (1994), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), and the 2005 World Summit all acknowledged the pivotal and important role women play in sustainable development. However, democratic governments and institutions have yet to draft a […]

What’s the hashtag for this revolution? From #solidarity to #occupy, we’re seeing the power of Internet-enabled political action all around us. Individuals can organize quickly, they can unify around ideas, they can find and spread information (and misinformation) with lightning speed. It’s obvious that virtual platforms can have real-world impact, […]

Water.org co-founder Matt Damon speaks about why he’s working to improve access to clean water and sanitation