WhatWorks: Urban Innovations That Work | New Cities Foundation [Crowdsourcing Announcement]

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"WhatWorks is our global community of urban innovators. | New Cities Foundation
 
We build the WhatWorks community each year by selecting between 10-12 innovators to showcase their projects at the New Cities Summit. Each one has 6 minutes to tell the story behind the urban innovation they have launched to transform their cities and tackle some of the greatest urban challenges of our time. Throughout the year, we engage with the WhatWorks community to ensure that their urban innovation projects develop and inspire others to innovate.
 

Reminiscences of an ancient town: KHOKANA | Veneeta Singha

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A Yatra brought us to an ancient town. It took us to a modern paradigm. It offered us values and sights that are nothing less than life-affirming. The Yatra is a key basis for the Nepali way of life. Does Khokana remember us today, the yatris?

CITIZENFOUR: Directed by Laura Poitras [Documentary Recommendation]

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"CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).
Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name “CITIZENFOUR,” in January 2013."
 

Knowledge, Power and Inequality: Why I Wrote The Paradox of Orphanage Volunteering

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Martin Punaks - the Country Director for Next Generation Nepal - explains why he decided to document the links between orphanage voluntourism and child trafficking. He reflects on his own experiences of voluntourism and how this influenced his motives for writing his report, The Paradox of Orphanage Volunteering.

#SocialUN: UN Social Media Day - January 30 [Event Recommendation]

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'The first “UN Social Media Day” will take place at UN Headquarters on Friday 30 January 2015. All are invited to join the conversation online by using the hashtag of the day: #SocialUN! The event aims to provide participants with new knowledge and inspiration, as well as acting as a working guide to the exciting – and sometimes challenging – social media environment.
 

Future of Work Podcast | Jacob Morgan [Podcast Recommendation]

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'Each episode of the Future of Work Podcast will tackle a specific theme or idea related to the future of work such as big data, collaboration, management, flexible work, globalization, the internet of things, and much more. An expert guest will also provide their ideas and advice on the topic we cover. Why is the world of work changing? How is work changing? What do you need to do about it? Listen to the Future of Work Podcast to find out!'

 

More at: www.thefutureorganization.com/future-work-podcast/

Rethinking International Volunteering (Part II): Interview with Claire Bennett, Major Trends on International Volunteerism

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Claire Bennett, Co-Founder, Learning Service and Co-Author of Re-Thinking International Volunteering, an upcoming book that will offer a paradigm shift in the way we think about volunteeering overseas. In this second part of the interview, Claire focuses on major trends related to the subject from the rise of short term volunteerism, the influence of internet and payment based volunteering.

The Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood [Book Retrospective]

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"Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her 2006 collection, “Moral Disorder“, with nine tales of acute psychological insight and turbulent relationships bringing to mind her award-winning 1996 novel, “Alias Grace“. In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game." 
 
 
 

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