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The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to the world’s deadliest war since World War II and chances are, you don’t know much about it. In fact, the relative obscurity of the ongoing violence that has caused 10 million deaths and led to millions displaced has become almost as dumbfounding as the conflict itself. The [...]

African witnesses will testify to the impact of climate change at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen this year (link). Although the continent has contributed only negligibly in the whole scheme of global emissions (some estimate a mere three percent–and I’ll take that with a grain of salt after five weeks wading through the black [...]

Our sister site StudentStuff.com just finished a big weekend in L.A. County as a co-sponsor for Habitat for Humanity’s American Dream Walk fundraiser. The day was packed with celebrities, groundbreakings, and hundreds of volunteers all for a great cause! You can read the story here!
Check back for events of similar magnitude, coming soon to GlobalShift!

What happens when you combine a Kentucky classic (Ale-8-1), a community need (a covered bus stop), and an innovative designer (Aaron Scales)?
You get the Bottlestop, a solar powered bus stop that now promotes public transportation in the community of Lexington, Kentucky. The Bottlestop addresses both human need and environmental preservation in a gloriously green marriage [...]

I remember it well. The brisk air howling as it whipped across the black

In a recent post, Rosaleen O’Sullivan discussed the reality of human trafficking in the United States and her experience with a young student who ended up in jail as a result of victimization.
When I Die They Will Send Me Home – Youth Behind Bars, a video sponsored by Human Rights Watch tells the story of [...]

Stop and think before you ask yourself the above question because it has the potential to ruin forever your uninhibited enjoyment of some of the world’s greatest wonders.
Today I happened across an article about Kruger National Park in South Africa. Brendan Borrell recounts his experience touring beautiful natural wildlife and his unsettling encounter with a [...]

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I have been following the situation in Eastern Congo, an area once penned the “sexual violence capitol of the world”, since 2007 when I traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and saw the carnage firsthand.
My interest was piqued recently when I heard Hilary Clinton would journey to the heart of the conflict and become [...]

Ohhhhhh….blubber is to fat as whales are to people? Got it! Some find it offensive, others genius. Will this ad campaign help or hurt the cause?