A brief history of the "Israelo-Palestinian" conflict, in song. A must-see! From http://laughingsquid.com: This Land is Mine is a animated musical short by artist Nina Paley that she describes as a... continue reading

posted by hpqp 1 decade 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,550 views • 3:32

YT: Intermarché launched the Inglorious Fruits&Vegetables, a film, print, poster and radio campaign, celebrating the beauty of the Grotesque Apple, the Ridiculous Potato, the Hideous Orange, the Failed... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 342 views • 2:31

1/3 of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted before it is eaten, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization estimates. Here's a quick look at some of the numbers behind that stark reality.

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 408 views • 1:03

YT: Tourism in Antarctica is ruining the environment. So don't go there. Just go to Alaska. Who even knows the difference?

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 4 months 2 weeks ago • 822 views • 2:52

It's an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much money—now have consequences worldwide. But still, countries operate independently,... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 358 views • 17:55

YT: GoPro: Polar Bears - The Quest for Sea Ice

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 5 months ago • 423 views • 2:50

For nearly all of human history, most people were very, very poor. But something happened after 1800. Average wages began to rise. For example, in the past 200 years, the average wage in the United States... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 6 months 3 weeks ago • 999 views • 3:19

YouTube Description: This $200 alternative to a power wheelchair could get thousands of physically impaired kids mobile How One Man's Trip to Toys 'R' Us Brought Mobility to Hundreds of Disabled... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 7 months 3 weeks ago • 713 views • 4:50

A good friend of mine, who works for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research analyzing fecal matter, was telling me about this the other day. TMI?

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 7 months 4 weeks ago • 340 views • 3:15

(youtube) A young girl's life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. Could this ever happen in the UK? This is what war does to children.

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,184 views • 1:34

Would you help a freezing man in his 40's?

posted by pumkinandstorm 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 283 views • 1:19

This visualization shows how global temperatures have risen from 1950 through the end of 2013.

Saturday morning, a Palestinian doctor who reports for Israel's channel 10 television witnessed three of his daughters hit by Israeli bombs. Israeli officials said shells were dropped in response to... continue reading

posted by E_Nygma 1 decade 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 3,210 views

ARTE description: "Taxation, tax avoidance, tax EVASION... the word is out! Tax Evasion the great scandal of the beginning of the 21st century. How can companies like Google, Amazon or Colgate... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 953 views • 4:10