Nicholas Negroponte - 0 views
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Brandon Fox on 28 May 07A brief background on Nick Negroponte the founder of OLPC
This has made them attractive to film companies because even a limited theatrical release can be highly profitable.
Alternative News Sources - 0 views
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Excellent site for the news you can't get any other way
Causes of Poverty - Global Issues - 0 views
National Poverty Center - The University of Michigan - 0 views
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This image shows how poverty is more prevalent in single-mother families. This poverty rate is higher than all the people impoverished in the United States. The trace this chart from the Civil Rights Era. Although this has dropped, it seems to be on the rise again.
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Oxfam International - OI English Homepage - 0 views
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Oxfam international is a confederation of multiple organizations that work together to find solutions to poverty and injustice. They view many of the problems being the result of globalization. The site includes information on their policies, studies, programs and analysis.
Documentary film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Compared to dramatic narrative films, documentaries typically have far lower budgets.
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since they are fairly cheep to make, I think this is a good way to reach people who are at the top. To helo them see the not so green grass on the other side and then maybe they will want to do something about it. If you saturate the industry eith true, disturbing documentaries, they will not be able to be avoided.
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UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - 0 views
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I was looking though some stuff and found this site. Thought they sounded like a cool organization.
Hunger Facts: International - 0 views
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Great site for information on world hunger. It gave me alot of helpful information that can be very useful.
Energy efficiency | Greenpeace International - 0 views
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What can we do to make our homes better? This article provides us with a few simple steps that can make our homes more efficient, which, amazingly enough, not only creates enormous benefits for us, but also helps to protect the environment.
UN Millennium Project | Welcome to Our Historic Site - 0 views
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the 8 goals hoped to be reached by the UN. Supposed to be carried out by 10 seperate task forces.
Why the millennium goals won't work - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tr... - 0 views
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Why MDGs won't work
Global Rich List - 0 views
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Interesting site that lets you know where you are at financially compared to the rest of the world.
Internet Crime Archives - 0 views
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This site has informaiton on mass murders, which is the type of person that most captives our nation, and which most horror movies are based on mass murders.
Global Rich List - 0 views
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Interesting site that lets you know where you are at financially compared to the rest of the world.
Answers.com - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more - 0 views
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Great website that pulls information from tons of webpages and encyclopedias about tons of topics. Great overall site for information!
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: One Laptop P... - 0 views
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Article on olpc
Grameen - Banking for the poor - 0 views
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Grameen was one of the corporate entities that we read about in class. Instead of using its capital gains to feed the upper managements' pockets, they redristribute the funds back into the peoples' coffers. This is a REAL, CREATIVE solution to a poverty problem.
Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 0 views
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I love this website. It helped alot on the Geographic Timeline.
MIT Media Lab & $100 Laptop - 0 views
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revolutionize how we educate the world's children
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This is our goal, to help educate the world. This computer can help for those that want it. They can now have access to the world and all the knowledge they want.
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Kiva.org - Loans that change lives - 0 views
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Kiva has a pretty revolutionary idea. People (mainly from the US) loan money to people in third world countires as an investment. The "loaners" get a return on their investment and the people receiving the loan are able to get on their feet. This promotes people helping themselves. Great if applied to healthcare.
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