Changemaker of the Week: Luis Fernando Cruz – The Inventor
At only 14 years old Luis took his first steps towards entrepreneurial innovation by teaching himself computer science and the ins and outs of digital electronics. At 16, he became the first ever developer of a video game syste...
5 Things You Can Do Today To Tackle Climate Change
If you ever feel that the steps you can take to reduce climate change have insignificant consequences compared to that of multinational corporations then the following facts will put things into perspective. Seemingly mundane...
Football And Politics: More Similar Than We Think?
The world cup is almost upon us! How similar is international football and international politics? At their roots, these are bodies in which both try to create legal level playing fields, whereby all participants know where the...
Now Is The Time For An Israeli Spring
A majority of Israeli Jews (59%) would support the government discriminating against the country’s Arab minority if it formally annexed the occupied West Bank, according to a survey published by Haaretz newspaper on the 2...
Student Movement No Friend Of Democracy In Taiwan
On the March 18, student protesters stormed into the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan in Taipei to halt the passage of a bill ratifying a treaty that will liberalise trade in services between China and Taiwan. The protesters argued t...
COP18: Climate change and Africa’s health
For health anywhere to be sustained, people need clean air, safe water, adequate food, tolerable temperature, stable climate, and high levels of biodiversity. Climate change is envisaged to alter all these requirements of a hea...
