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Humanitarian·8 January 2019

Mexican shelter welcomes LGBTI refugees

La 72, run by Franciscan Friar Tomás González Castillo near the Guatemalan border, is the first shelter in Mexico to cater to the needs of LGBTI refugees. © UNHCR/Sebastian Rich

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Uncategorized·8 January 2019

Let a billion trees bloom: Can a great green wall of trees stop China’s spreading desert?

Volunteers and students plant trees and check on the green wall throughout the year. Growing a ‘great wall’ of trees may stop the Kubuqi desert from spreading. (Moon Lai)

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Humanitarian·8 January 2019

Solar energy is lighting up the lives of 80,000 Syrian refugees

File photo of Za’atari refugee camp in April 2016. © UNHCR/Jordi Matas

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New Museum·7 January 2019

COOL EARTH

Half the world's rainforest has been lost over the past forty years.

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Sustainability·7 January 2019

Transforming Garbage into a Sustainable Solar Future

T.H. Culhane, founder of the international nonprofit Solar C.³I.T.I.E.S., turns stored solar power from garbage into clean energy.

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Humanitarian·7 January 2019

Massimo Bottura and his global movement to feed the hungry

The Italian is one of the finest chefs in the world. But his greatest achievement is Food for Soul, his project to feed the poor and cut food waste, now about to open in London

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Arts & Culture·7 January 2019

Thread Benefit Exhibition | David Zwirner

David Zwirner is pleased to announce a benefit exhibition in New York to support Thread, a Senegal-based non-profit cultural and community center established in 2015 by The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. The exhibition will feature 28…

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Arts & Culture·7 January 2019

Serota sets up commission to explore benefit of arts for children

Arts council chairman Sir Nicholas Serota, the outgoing director of the Tate, wants to look at widening access to the arts

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Charities·7 January 2019

Long-Term Development | Oxfam International

Around the globe, we work to find practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. By supporting schools, to helping farmers sell their crops for a fair price, to improving access to people with HIV/AIDS…

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Charities·7 January 2019

Jake Chapman on Refugee Rescue in Greece

It was September of 2015 when Irish curator Jude Bennett watched a police officer scoop up the tiny body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi from the beach near the Turkish resort of Bodrum. The Syrian toddler had drowned, along with his five…

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Uncategorized·7 January 2019

The Mighty We

2016 has been a difficult year. From East to West, campaigns of fear have gathered momentum, resulting in economic uncertainty and extreme social division.

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Uncategorized·7 January 2019

Syrian surfer finds refuge on Lebanon’s waves

Ali had never seen the sea until his family fled to Lebanon. After catching his first wave, he was embraced by the country’s fledgling surf community.

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New Museum·3 January 2019

Artist John Akomfrah Wins Artes Mundi Prize - his work feels particularly urgent.

His work, tackling migration, racism, and religious persecution, feels particularly urgent.

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Sustainability·3 January 2019

Solar-powered ambulance to save lives in Bangladesh

The solar three-wheeled ambulance can run entirely on solar power and is perfect for Bangladesh’s many rural areas without adequate services.

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Arts & Culture·3 January 2019

TEDx Berlin The Next Step Speakers - Alice Phoebe Lou

Alice Phoebe Lou is a passionate street musician originally from South Africa. She shares some of her own story and music at TedXBerlin

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Uncategorized·2 January 2019

Hepworth Sculpture Prize Winner vows to share £30,000 award

Helen Marten speaks after collecting the prize during a ceremony at the Hepworth Wakefield gallery on Thursday. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

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Uncategorized·2 January 2019

Pantone’s Color of the Year Reflects Hopefulness and Connection to Nature

Jonas Wood, Dinosaur Pots Still Life, 2014, is a work that would well-illustrate 'Greenery,' the new Pantone color of the year. via Anton Kern Gallery website.

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Uncategorized·2 January 2019

Two Goats - Save the Children

Desalegn lives in Ethiopia. Desalegn’s mum and dad were struggling to feed their children and they had no livestock to give them food or money. But then, after receiving help from Save the Children's livelihoods project, including two…

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