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Celebrating Shark Awareness Day: Understanding and Protecting Our Ocean’s Guardians

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB   Every year on July 14th, we celebrate Shark Awareness Day. It is not just a tribute to one of nature’s most misunderstood creatures; it is a call to action. Sharks have cruised the oceans for…

World Chimpanzee Day: Advocating for Our Closest Relatives

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB   World Chimpanzee Day is not merely a celebration; it’s a global call to action to protect and preserve one of humanity’s closest relatives. Sharing over 98% of our DNA, these intelligent primates hold a special…

Time Is the New Money

Time banking is easing financial strain and promoting societal health. By Damon Orion In an economy driven by competition and self-interest, it’s easy for societal problems like unemployment, substandard quality of care in retirement facilities, and food insecurity to worsen.…

On losing ‘the greatest teacher of nonviolence in America’

Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy. By Kent Wong This story was first published by In These Times. I had the privilege of teaching a course at UCLA on ​“Nonviolence and Social Movements” with Rev.…

Can this conference inspire a new Israeli-Palestinian peace movement?

For activists Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah, reviving a joint peace effort that learns from past obstacles is ‘the biggest antidote to extremism.’ By Oren Ziv Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah are an unlikely pair. Inon, 49, is…

Oppenheimer’s Apology to A-Bomb Survivors Revealed in New Footage

June 20, Hiroshima — NHK has uncovered newly found video footage in Hiroshima City, revealing that J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the development of the atomic bomb, apologized to survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 60…

Tapestry of Art Voices: Celebrating Cultural Artistry through Student Collaborations

by: Robert Dela Peña and Genevieve Balance Kupang In alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals) and the National Cultural Heritage Act…

Amazigh diaspora: Bringing a forgotten culture back to life

An essential element of a dynamic society, culture is expressed in the way it tells stories, which corresponds to the roots of a century-old and venerable tree, which “tethers” a people and gives them a solid, fixed anchor, and celebrations…

Four Out of Five People Want Increased Climate Action, UN Poll Says

According to a new global survey of 75,000 people — Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024 — 80 percent want their governments’ climate commitments to be stronger. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The poll, conducted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), GeoPoll and Oxford University, posed…

La Manga and David Andersson of Pressenza @ the WSCG

For the fourth time this summer Bar Crawl Radio podcast is not at a bar.  But we are continuing to have conversations with neighbors doing positive work for their community.  We will be talking with a citizen journalists who works…

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