July 15th, 2014
Toxic Fashion
| type: | Project |
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| by: | Ama Lorenz |
Over 3.6 billion jeans are produced each year. To make just one of them 920 gallons of water are needed. Upon that enormous dissipation of water the toxic waste of jeans production is polluting the nearby rivers and therefore the oceans as well.
So it’s time to think about an ethical and sustainable way to produce our favorite sort of pants: everyone has one, so everyone should care about it, too!
riverbluethemovie.com
July 14th, 2014
| type: | NGO |
|---|---|
| by: | Julia Lehmann |
"More than me" is a NGO based in Liberia where currently around 40 % of the girls between the age of 10 to 14 never had a chance to go to school. To change that and to give them more opportunities in [...]
morethanme.org
June 29th, 2014
| type: | Protest |
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| by: | FairPlanet Editorial Team |
On June, 26th, refugees registered in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Italy demonstrated in Bruxelles for a humane asylum policy in Europe and demanded of the EU-Authorities to take responsibility for their [...]
vimeo.com
June 24th, 2014
| type: | Petition |
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Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Egyptian court found [...]
amnesty.org.au
June 22nd, 2014
| type: | NGO |
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Working rights keep being violated wordwide. The construction works in Sotschi 2014 are just one of the many examples where worker's lives and well-being was put at risk to satisfy the [...]
ituc-csi.org
June 18th, 2014
| type: | Donation, NGO |
|---|---|
| by: | FairPlanet Editorial Team |
Since 1971 the doctors without borders provide medical aid to people who suffer force of arms, poverty or natural catastrophe. In times of war, like currently taking place in Syria, their help is needed more than ever.
doctorswithoutborders.org
June 16th, 2014
| type: | Petition |
|---|---|
| by: | Deniz Zehra Tavli |
Since June 2013, thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets in unprecedented mass protests. They have complained about increases in public [...]
amnesty.org
May 20th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
|---|---|
| by: | Cyril Zenda |
Weeks after the calamity of Cyclone Idai, nothing had changed for the villagers around the Nyahode River in Zimbabwe.
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May 15th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
|---|---|
| by: | Shuriah Niazi |
In India, some people have issues with the way people from the LGBTQ community lead their lives.
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May 13th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Nature |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
What lies behind the ‘biggest civil disobedience event in recent British history’?
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May 08th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Yair Oded |
Add your name to the Change.org petition calling on Oxford University to rescind the honorary degree of Brunei's sultan.
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May 07th, 2019
| in: | Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
With today’s housing costs becoming higher and higher, could low-cost 3D-printed houses be the solution to enjoying the privilege of ownership?
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May 06th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
|---|---|
| by: | Pablo Pérez Álvarez |
FairPlanet spoke with Óscar Camps is a Spanish lifeguard co-founder of Open Arms, an NGO that has rescued thousands of immigrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
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April 29th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
A young man could not achieve his dreams because of one condition that he had never seen as a hurdle in his life… his HIV positive status.
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April 25th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| partner: | The Beam |
Even in the wealthy economies of the European Union (EU), some people cannot access or afford enough energy to support health and wellbeing.
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April 24th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| partner: | NewsDeeply |
As Tanzania seeks to decongest Africa’s fastest growing city, more women are stepping up to become registered as professional engineers.
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April 23rd, 2019
| in: | Humans |
|---|---|
| by: | Igor Serebryany |
Those who see Russia a menace for the world don't need to mount arms along the borders of the world's biggest country.
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April 22nd, 2019
| in: | Humans, Economy, Technology |
|---|---|
| by: | Bob Koigi |
Millions of refugees struggle with loss of identity, dignity, access to basic services and recognition as they are mostly identified by numbers.
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April 16th, 2019
| in: | Technology |
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| partner: | Screen Shot |
This Instagram account has created a community where questions about race or stereotypes are answered by "people of colour".
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April 15th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Federica Tedeschi |
Between April 2013 and April 2018 over 3.6 million disabled people claimed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in the UK.
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April 12th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Economy, Technology |
|---|---|
| by: | Bob Koigi |
While the rest of the world remains apprehensive about moving drones from warzones and instituting strict legislation on drone use, Africa has leapt in.
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April 11th, 2019
| in: | Humans, Nature, Economy |
|---|---|
| partner: | The Beam |
“Our actions (or inactions) over the next few years will determine the fate of humanity. Each of us need to look at what we personally can offer..."
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April 11th, 2019
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Katarina Panić |
More than 200 cases of measles infection have been recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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