“Sustainability” is definitely not a new term or a new concept to me but it is only related to urban development in Hong Kong. After starting this course‚ I discovered that my horizon needed to be boarded to global level. I can see that sustainability can be related to many things‚ not only urban development but also business and our life style‚ how we live can seriously impact how long the planet can last for‚ and even would affect our descendants’ life. I was impressed by the video “the story
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Magnambougou live in “compounds” along dirt paths surrounding the community center. These compounds are made of mud bricks and topped with corrugated iron roofs. A misconception that Americans tend to think is these types of housing automatically makes a third-world country and that they are poor; it is
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migration tend to ignore the ways in which colonial empires have continuously created conditions that force people to migrate in order to survive‚ and as a result‚ obliterates family dynamics and creates a commodification of third world domestic labor. The commodification of third world domestic labor is one prime example of how
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global capitalism. The opponents of globalization argue that highly free trade and free market is the major cause of the downfall of the world economy. To refute this and all the other statements‚ Norberg used many facts and statistics to prove how those are merely assumptions. For instance‚ for the argument that capitalism holds people in poverty and makes world a more unequal place because human nature is fundamentally greedy and selfish. To prove this wrong‚ Norberg used couple examples and
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Fred Hollows was an eye surgeon (Ophthalmologist) who became well known for restoring eyesight to thousands of people all around the world. Fred Devoted his life to helping people see again. It was Fred’s dream for a world without people being blind and Indigenous Australians to be as healthy as everyone else. Fred was born in New Zealand‚ April 9 1929 and he grew up in Dunedin. Fred had two other Brothers Monty and Colin Fred initially attended Bible College in Dunedin‚ wanting to join the clergy
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are too familiar with ourselves‚ living in a wealthy country‚ but the fact is that there are many Third World countries out there where the economy and living conditions are so bad that children have to work in unsuitable and unsafe situations. There are certain charities that help‚ but that it is. Not enough is being done to stop child labour. It is very wrong and should be banned thought out the world and looked at as a disgrace. Figures from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) show that
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Hector and the Search for Happiness Questions 1. Under 12 what made me happy? * Being surrounded by people * Playing sports(especially softball) * Making friends * Spending time with my parents * Going to my grandparents’ house * Dogs * Big family dinners * Christmas * Summer months * Going to camp * Trying new things * Being active * Going to Seattle Mariner games * Husky football games I love and cherish every moment I spent on the ball field
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Hunger is a serious question that affects many countries in the world‚ especially in developing countries. A recent report states that “925 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 percent of them live in developing countries.”(FAO‚2010) “Hunger is not just the need to eat; but can be defined as “the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite‚ [or] the exhausted condition caused by want of food” (Oxford English Dictionary)‚ which means a continuing deprivation in
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and libraries that have become part of curriculum in most schools today. Media comes in different forms and each form affects the way students learn and interpret information. Media has brought the world closer (globalization) so that now students from different universities in different parts of the world are connected through a mere internet connection. Amidst the information revolution mass media has become such a massive part of our lives that it is impossible to ignore its effects. The concept
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be reformed? Being that multinational firms have contributed to economic growth in the developing world there are risks of growing corporate power and with its power comes its abuses. The pursuit of a just society involves careful balance of these two necessities with regard to the corporate sector. Since corporations are responsible for much of the wealth and many of the jobs in these third world countries we would have to encourage the corporate sector that justice and fairness require them to
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