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Chelcie

Ecological Footprint Quiz - 0 views

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    This quiz allows individuals to see how their actions are affecting the environment. It ask various questions and then calculates your answers and gives you a final score.
Justin Heldenbrand

One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a $100 laptop for the world's children's education - 0 views

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    This is the official website for One Laptop Per Child
Kyle

Wal-Mart Watch - 0 views

shared by Kyle on 28 May 07 - Cached
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    I thought this site was neat
naytanda

World Peace Forum 2006 - 0 views

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    A place to get involved-people coming together to make goals.(shown)
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    Thought this web page was insightful concerning our issue on world solidarity
Justin Heldenbrand

The OLPC Wiki - OLPCWiki - 0 views

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    A Wiki article on the OLPC project
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    Wiki for the olpc program
bmoran

Global warming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Wikipedia's page dedicated to Global Warming... It briefly delves into the history, causes, effects, and some of the potential solutions to this global conundrum.
Aaron Scott

Microcredit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Overview of the history of Microcredit, as well as some of the banks and loan organizations that are considered as microfinance institutions. Also has principles of microfinance, as well as sections on strengths and criticisms.
Lynn Dee

The Eco-Advantage - Green 50 - Sustainable businesses - 0 views

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    50 green companies
Amie Mosier

Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy - 0 views

shared by Amie Mosier on 28 May 07 - Cached
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    just an organization site to help inform their methods
Chelcie

Endangeredspecie.com, How to Help Endangered Species - 0 views

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    Helping to protect endangered species is another problem that fits in with our assigned topic. This page offers useful advice to how to help species that are suffering. I think this would be a great project for teachers to assign students in elementary classrooms specifically.
anonymous

Fair trade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    shows how fair trade can help improve the lives of the impoverished. Very good info.
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    Details about fair trade policies and their benefits.
elligant35

Poverty Facts and Stats - Global Issues - 0 views

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      This article will be a good source for finding out how mamy people are living in poverty. This article also lists some things that are wrong structurally within poverty. One of the most interesting statistics that this article claims that 27,000 children died today and this is a number that coincides with the 3 billion people that live on less than two dollars a day.
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    This article basically describes poverty as a result of third world debt, free trade, corporations, consumption and consumerism, and a complex list of other facts that places almost three billion people living on less than two dollars a day.  The article goes on to state how much money is being spent to try to help solve the poverty issue.
Seiji Ikeda

One Laptop Per Child News - 0 views

shared by Seiji Ikeda on 28 May 07 - Cached
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    OLPC News Blog.
elligant35

Human Rights Watch: Child Labor - 0 views

shared by elligant35 on 28 May 07 - Cached
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      Addresses all aspects of child labor globally and locally. Links child labor to HIV/AIDS, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Education, Terrorism and more. Focuses on all third World countries along with the United States. Gives the labor force of children in all these areas.
Brandon Fox

MIT World ยป : The Hundred Dollar Laptop-Computing for Developing Nations - 0 views

shared by Brandon Fox on 28 May 07 - Cached
  • Negroponte has begun to line up millions of orders from Brazil, Thailand, Egypt, China and South Africa.
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      I think we need these in the States as well. There are children here too who dont have computers and might benifit from them.
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    MIT explains how OLPC will improve developing nations
Justin Heldenbrand

BBC NEWS | Technology | $100 laptop could sell to public - 0 views

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    bbc article on olpc and selling to the public
Aaron Scott

Beijing +5 - Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century Tw... - 0 views

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    This page looks at the corellation between poverty and women, and how the majority of people in the world living on less than 1 dollar a day are women. This is called the feminization of poverty. The page looks at  how globalization has effected the role of women and how change can be made.
Justin Heldenbrand

Mahatma Gandhi Album: Gandhi: A Biography - 0 views

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    This article gives a little more information on Gandhi.
Brandon Fox

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sub-$100 laptop design unveiled - 0 views

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    the $100 laptop shows international interest
katiescan

Global Warming and Clean Energy Main - Sierra Club - 0 views

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    This website is dedicated to promotoing solutions to global warming using the latest technology.  This website is for those who love the planet and who want to protect it.  There are a variety of articles that state what global warming is and a lot of solutions to global warming posted on there as well.
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