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  The Highs and Lows of Climate Activism

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Nov 4, 2009 3:05 PM ET

  solutions to global warming.The AP reports that glaciers are melting rapidly, forming lakes that threaten to flood villages. Himalayan regions like Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal are particularly at risk, but the worse the situation gets, the wider the area of concern.This isn't the first such stun Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Global Warming, Water, Associated Press, The Associated Press, Ocean, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nepal, Lakes, Maldives
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  Braille Without Borders In Tibet

  By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:57 PM ET

  2.62 million people of which an estimated 33,000 are blind. The high rate of blindness is largely attributed to a deficiency of vitamin A in the Tibetan diet and exposure to strong ultraviolet rays because of the region’s high altitude. To make matters worse, the blind are treated wit Read More

  More like this in: Children, The New York Times, Travel, India, Farmers, Germany, Agriculture
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  Philanthropy Catches Up With the YouTube Generation

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Sep 8, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  An example of the site's content is the following video about The Tibet Vision Project, which aims "to eliminate preventable blindness throughout Tibet, with local resources only, by the year 2020." The organization hopes to connect with enough donors through World Flix to raise the money for Read More

  More like this in: YouTube, Nonprofit, Film, World, Technology, Social Responsibility, Asia, Tech Does Good, Giving, Fundraising, Activism
• The Brief March 30: B'way Punk, Virtual Med School, Mama Madonna

  By Caroline Walker | Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:55 AM ET

  is bound to be our greatest epidemic. African healers take to the interwebs. Get your virtual medicinal doses today. Tourism again welcome in Tibet. Oprah shares the cover girl spotlight with her favorite Lady. Second Life med school. Reverse-againg Madonna trudges through adoptio Read More

  More like this in: Madonna, Rihanna, Climate change, Cambodia, Malawi, Leukemia, Green Day, Earth Hour, Second Life, Khmer Rouge
• Good News Ghosts, March 8 - 14: Barbie, NYSE, Women's Day

  By Caroline Walker | Sat Mar 7, 2009 12:00 PM ET

  of said status before sadly getting the boot. March 9, 1959: Birth of the Barbie doll. An American -- if unrealistic -- icon. March 10, 1959: Tibetan National Uprising marked the protest for peace in the occupied Buddhist country. March 10, 1969: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin Read More

  More like this in: New York, Africa, Planet, Chocolate, Peace, Women's Rights, Slavery, Ghosts, Barbie (Doll), New York Stock Exchange, International Women's Day