I was in tears several times reading through the comments, touched by what you had to say. 'Spiritual Learning' is one major priority: This is the voice and face of the cyber-sangat.
Gallup International researchers showed a negative correlation between “religiosity” and per capita income based on responses to the question: “Irrespective of whether you attend a place of worship or not, would you say you are a religious person, not a religious persons or a convinced atheist?”
A high-level U.N. panel recommended an ambitious roadmap Thursday to tackle the world’s major challenges, from climate change to equality for women, with a key goal of ending extreme poverty everywhere by 2030.
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defence, a United Nations report said on Friday.
No, I like Eve Ensler’s way. Dance in the face of your oppressors – if rape is a non-verbal method of communicating hatred, surely dancing is the perfect protest.
Small but simple actions by consumers and food retailers could dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted across the world each year, according to an unprecedented global campaign launched on Tuesday.
Food prices will more than double and the number of malnourished children spiral if climate change is not checked and developing countries are not helped to adapt their farming, food and water experts warned on Tuesday at the UN climate talks in Doha.
Human rights are interlinked and interdependent rights inherent to all human beings without any discrimination of any nationality, ethnic origin, sex, religion, language, or cast and creed or any other status...
The planet must not be allowed to warm beyond 2 degrees Celsius, according to the official targets at the Climate Change Conference in Doha. But a new study shows the goal is far from realistic. Current human activity is set to increase the temperature by some 5 degrees, and the consequences will be dire, scientists warn.
BeProud's mission is simple yet challenging: to end hate. Hate crimes affect us to our very core, but as recent tragedies have made clear, news coverage after the fact is not enough. Nothing will change if we do not stop hate before it grows.
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What does it take to make people in developed countries more aware of these life-and-death issues happening in what can seem like distant parts of the world?
Achieving food security, the report argues, is a complex challenge involving a host of factors. Two of the most critical have been identified as water and energy, both essential components to produce food.
THE past four years have seen the worst economic crisis since the 1930s and the biggest food-price increases since the 1970s. That must surely have swollen the ranks of the poor. Wrong.
A move by farmers in developing countries to ecological agriculture, away from chemical fertilisers and pesticides, could double food production within a decade, a UN report says. Insect-trapping plants in Kenya and ducks eating weeds in Bangladesh's rice paddies are among examples of recommendations for feeding the world's 7 billion people....
The ITU report also noted that U.N. analysts expect that there will be 226 Million new Internet users just this year, and that 162 Million of them will be from developing countries.
Our mission is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
Melting glaciers, more humid air and eight other key indicators show that global warming is undeniable, scientists said on Wednesday, citing a new comprehensive review of the last decade of climate data.
A large part of the growth in communications in developing countries is however coming primarily from China and India. Although developing countries have more mobile subscriptions than developed countries, more than one-third of mobile subscribers are in China and India...
