Conversations on Vietnam Development
Then you walk around the corner and see this:
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What would you do?
About a fourth to a third of all students report that they’ve been bullied in school. Tiếp tục đọc “Finland is really good at stopping bullying. Here’s how they’re doing it.”
UNICEF_For International Youth Day, UNICEF has released the results of a new global poll of more than 100,000 young people from more than 14 countries that shows two-thirds of young people have been bullied.
We asked Yeshna, a 18 year old blogger living Mauritius to write a reflection on the results and share her thoughts on bullying and why it continues to affect children in every region of the world.
Nerd. Loser. Ugly. Fake. Lame. Fat. Stupid. Worthless. Weak. Hopeless. Pathetic. If these words that so many use appeared on our skin, would we still feel ‘beautiful’? Tiếp tục đọc “If you see it, you can stop it”
huffingtonpost_For HuffPost’s #LoveTakesAction series, we’re telling stories of how people are standing up to hate and supporting those most threatened. What will you stand up for? Tell us with #LoveTakesAction.
What can Zen Buddhism teach us about the art of effective activism in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency?
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, who has been a social and environmental activist for more than 40 years, has said the most important thing for those feeling a sense of despair is to remember that meeting anger with more anger only makes matters worse.
The 90-year-old Vietnamese monk, who is considered to be one of the world’s leading spiritual teachers, is known for creating the idea of Engaged Buddhism, a method of linking mindfulness with social action.
His essential teaching on activism is that mindfulness gives people the ability to find peace in themselves so that their actions come from a place of compassion.
“Mindfulness must be engaged,” Hanh writes in his new book At Home in the World. “Once we see that something needs to be done, we must take action. Seeing and action go together. Otherwise, what is the point in seeing?”
“Nonviolence is not a set of techniques that you can learn with your intellect,” he goes on to say. “Nonviolent action arises from the compassion, lucidity and understanding you have within.”
Drawing from his own experience in seeking an end to the Vietnam War, Hanh writes that activists must learn to look after themselves if they are to be effective:
[I]f we don’t maintain a balance between our work and the nourishment we need, we won’t be very successful. The practice of walking meditation, mindful breathing, allowing our body and mind to rest, and getting in touch with the refreshing and healing elements inside and around us is crucial for our survival.
Ms Frederick noticed a ‘dishevelled’ looking girl accompanied by a well-dressed man and immediately knew something was wrong
Fortune_Wired has provided a glimpse into an initiative to download and securely store reams of climate and environmental data from the Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as the Trump administration takes power. The organizers of the work, including some based at the University of Toronto, were initially motivated by widespread environmental data destruction under Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Tiếp tục đọc “Hackers Scrambling to Save Climate Data from Trump Administration”
Thimphu, Bhutan – Như một cơn mưa cuối cùng đổ vào một màn sương mù dày bên ngoài, Dasho Karma Ura chớp đôi mắt ngước lên trần căn phòng họp ốp gỗ và bắt đầu giảng giải về bản chất của hạnh phúc.
“Mọi người cảm thấy hạnh phúc khi nhìn thấy một việc gì đó có đạo đức,” ông nói. “Khi bạn nghĩ rằng bạn đã làm điều gì đó đúng, dũng cảm và can đảm, khi bạn liên tục có thể nạp lại năng lượng cho chính mình như là một nhân tố có ý nghĩa.” Tiếp tục đọc “Ở Butan, chỉ số Hạnh phúc là một công cụ đo lường cho sự đau yếu của xã hội”
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Last year brought major political shocks to the world: the election of Donald Trump; the rise of “fake news;” and the emergence of populist, anti-globalization movements in Britain, the Philippines and elsewhere. Many of these were fueled by the growing feeling among certain groups that they are being left out of economic opportunities.
The big question for 2017 is: Are these disruptions merely a speed bump for progress toward a more sustainable, equitable world, or will they signal a much larger retreat? Tiếp tục đọc “6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017”
Monday 9 January 2017 07.00 GMT
theguardian_Cities from Sweden to India are pushing for a totally cash-free society. But as more shops and transport networks insist on electronic payments, where does this leave the smallest traders and poorest inhabitants?
e.vnexpress.net_Phu Quoc Island’s long pursuit of a casino may finally pay off.
Since at least 2007, shifting rumors about the casino’s location and investors cast a pall of uncertainty over whether and where the Mekong Delta’s most popular tourist destination would have a casino.
Nothing obscured those questions quite like the country’s ban on local gamblers, which limited any prospective casino to a mere playground for the 20 percent of Phu Quoc’s visitors who hold foreign passports.
Tiếp tục đọc “Caution as Vietnam inches closer to pivotal gambling decision”
Date:January 13, 2017
Source:University of California – Davis
sciencedaily_Summary:The sequencing of the genome of Coffea arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production, has now been announced by researchers.
The first public genome sequence for Coffea arabica, the species responsible for more than 70 percent of global coffee production, was released today by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
Funding for the sequencing was provided by Suntory group, an international food and beverage company based in Tokyo.
Tiếp tục đọc “Arabica coffee genome sequenced”
Thứ Tư, ngày 30/12/2009
ThienNhien.Net – Mọi người biết đến ông là một trong những nhà khoa học hàng đầu Việt Nam về đa dạng sinh học và môi trường. Tiếng tăm của ông càng vươn xa với những giải thưởng danh giá quốc tế. Song, có một lĩnh vực đã gắn bó da diết với ông gần 40 năm nay, và công việc ấy đã trở thành một “thứ bùa định mệnh” khiến ông thể nào rời xa lĩnh vực môi trường, đó là nghiên cứu ảnh hưởng của chất độc hoá học chiến tranh.
Đến với môi trường nhờ diôxin
Cuối năm 1970, đất nước còn chia đôi miền tại ranh giới là cây cầu Hiền Lương ở vĩ tuyến 17 vắt ngang con sông Bến Hải. Bấy giờ, ông phụ trách khoa Sinh của Trường Đại học Tổng hợp, nằm ở số 19 Lê Thánh Tông, Hà Nội. Tiếp tục đọc “Chuyện về ông già nghiên cứu điôxin bằng chim”
English: Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industry
Khi nói về chuỗi cung ứng, điều chúng ta gợi lên là hình ảnh về các nhà máy sản xuất, nhà kho, xe tải và bến cảng vận chuyển. Có loại chuỗi cung ứng khác, một chuỗi cung ứng thực sự đặc biệt cho một sản phẩm cực kỳ quan trọng để chăm sóc sức khỏe và đời sống, và nó rất dễ bay hơi vào lúc này: chuỗi cung ứng máu người.
Florida năm 2009
Tiếp tục đọc “Chuỗi cung ứng bất ổn: thách thức cho ngành công nghiệp cung cấp máu người”
As a part of her ongoing work, in 2001 Jane Elliot’s “Blue Eye, Brown eye” experiment was filmed for release , under the heading of “The Angry Eye” as part of an update psychology series that spans some 30 plus years. Jane tackles a bunch of varsity students, challenging them to understand the true costs of racism, homophobia and sexism.
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