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  • Climate Change: Global Impact and Politics

    Submitted by ashleylulling on Thu, 2010-03-04 17:18


    Climate change affects everyone and everything. In El Alto, Bolivia, scientists argue that melting and disappearing glaciers are leading to water scarcity. Engineers warn that melting glaciers in South America could threaten the water supply of 30 million people. In Kenya, deforestation has caused severe floods, ruining crops and taking lives. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group that studies climate change, estimates that about 20-30% of animal and plant species will face extinction if increases in global temperature are more than 1.5-2.5 degrees Celsius.

  • City Chambers

    Submitted by Grant M on Tue, 2010-03-02 16:16

    On the 2nd day of the festival, we began to prepare for the school summit, held in trhe City Chambers. This would require us to teach our peers what we had learned over the past week. There were 4 groups and each one had a different topic to teach: types of conflict, life cycle of a conflict, a role play activity and the role of the media in fuelling conlfict. Here are the thoughts of Yafa, one of the group members from Jordan.

  • Searching the Streets of Edinburgh

    Submitted by bob.farhat on Tue, 2010-03-02 16:12

    On Friday 22 GCC leaders from Lebanon, Jordan, US and UK wandered the streets of Edinburgh...Scotland.  It was the first day of the Middle East Youth Festival, and it started off with a city scavenger hunt. Even though it was pouring down rain and the wind was blowing umbrellas inside out, it didn't matter, it was really fun and we got to know each other right away.

  • GCC in Scotland

    Submitted by Amie on Tue, 2010-03-02 15:17

    Hi everyone, our names are Farah Fakih, Lana Al-Hanini and Sinan Malley.

  • Help for Haiti

    Submitted by Global Citizen ... on Mon, 2010-02-22 15:54

    Global Citizen Corps Leader, Dina Y. was quick to act when she found out about the devastation in Haiti. Two days after the quake, she called an emergency meeting with fellow students at school to brainstorm ideas. They quickly came up with a simple fundraising idea, a dollar a student = a huge impact. Dina spoke at spirit assembly on Friday to get the word out.

  • سباق العدو من أجل إنهاء الجوع العالمي

    Submitted by Sarah Standish on Wed, 2010-02-17 13:27
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    م سباق عدو نايكي الإنساني الذي امتد 10 كيلومترات في 24 تشرين الأول في بيروت، حيث تجمع ناس قادمون من أكثر من 35 مدينة لأجل دعم قضايا متعددة، إذ تبرّع العدائون برسم تسجيلهم إلى المنظمة أو القضية التي انتقوها شخصياً. ومن ثم لم يوجد في هذه المسابقة من كسب ولا من خسر، فالكل شاركوا فيها من أجل تأييد قضية

     

  • World AIDS Day Event is a Huge Success

    Submitted by NoelM on Tue, 2010-02-16 15:06

    In Corvallis, Oregon a group of Global Citizen Corps students involved with their high school’s Human Rights Club had an idea to plan a dance in honor of World AIDS Day.  They called their dance the “Red Rave”, encouraging students to wear red to the event, and decided to send all the proceeds to Cascade AIDS Project (CAP), a local HIV/AIDS support and service organization.

  • Join the Cool School Challenge

    Submitted by Global Citizen ... on Tue, 2010-01-26 17:22

    The Cool School Challenge is an educational program intended to engage students and teachers in practical strategies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions schoolwide.

     The Cool School Challenge can be administered by anyone your school designates to be a Challenge Coach, such as science, math or other teachers, administrators, or leaders of student organizations. The role of the Challenge Coach is to train, support and oversee the Student Challenge Leaders in implementing the program at your school.

  • UPDATE: Haiti

    Submitted by Sailesh on Thu, 2010-01-21 17:14

    The public response to the earthquake in Haiti has been strong thus far, with corporations such as Amazon.com, ITT, Best Buy, Western Union, Gap, Nike and Violá generously contributing to our efforts at Mercy Corps. The Chronicle of Philanthropy calculates that donations to 32 US nonprofit groups providing relief in Haiti, including Mercy Corps, have exceeded $305 million.

    However, powerful aftershocks continued to shake the ground all week, creating panic and reminding people that an urgent need for help remains. There are widespread casualties and extensive damage. The truth is that no accurate death toll exists, for there are too many problems pertaining to the dire needs of the living to worry about the dead. Logistical challenges continue to slow the delivery of aid, with basic needs such as water, food, and medical supplies are in desperately short supply.

    As part of Global Citizen Corps we can all do something.  First, learn more about the situation in Haiti and check out the Haiti Emergency Action Pack, read blog posts from Mercy Corps staff on the ground.  Share your action projects and ideas with the community so we can all make a difference.

  • Natural Disaster Youth Summit

    Submitted by Global Citizen ... on Wed, 2010-01-20 15:03

    The Natural  Disaster Youth Summit is organized by Tuncsiper Schools and Uludag University. The summit will be held  in the city of Bursa in western Turkey in 2010, August 23-27. There will be 300 students in attendance (150 students from abroad and 150 students from Turkey). Visit www.ndysturkiye.com/index.phb to learn more.

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