Wind farms have minimal visible impact and generate alternative energy essential to combating climate change. Yet opponents across Australia are lobbying hard to prevent planning permission being given to them, reports Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old from Melbourne. A recent announcement by the Australian federal government of a commitment to a price on carbon is certainly great …
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Wind farms have minimal visible impact and generate alternative energy essential to combating climate change. Yet opponents across Australia are lobbying hard to prevent planning permission being given to them, reports Sean O’Rourke, a 26-year-old from Melbourne. A recent announcement by the Australian federal government of a commitment to a price on carbon is certainly great …
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The economic downturn in the Bahamas is forcing many young people into a life of crime. A national development program is now needed, according to Olivia Curry, a 27-year-old from Freeport, Grand Bahama. With the current downturn in the Bahamian economy it seems as though the Biblical adage of God helping those who help themselves …
Young people at a Youth Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization received a crash course in geo-politics and international security. Zuki Mqolomba, a 25-year-old South African from Johannesburg, reports. I had the opportunity to attend the NATO Youth Summit in Portugal, Lisbon, held between 19 and 20 September 2010. The summit was held alongside meetings of …
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Young people at a Youth Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization received a crash course in geo-politics and international security. Zuki Mqolomba, a 25-year-old South African from Johannesburg, reports. I had the opportunity to attend the NATO Youth Summit in Portugal, Lisbon, held between 19 and 20 September 2010. The summit was held alongside meetings of …
Say what you think, share your opinions, let your voices be heard. Don’t let fear stop you from telling the world how you feel, writes Paige Burton, a 16-year-old from Sydney, Australia. After watching a speech given by 12-year-old Severn Cullis Suzuki of the Environmental Children’s Organisation at the United Nations almost ten years ago, …
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As refugee migrant workers flee political upheavals in North Africa and beyond, 27-year-old Londoner Sam Bayes asks whether a global body needs to take charge to safeguard their employment and welfare. Of increasing concern for decision makers around the world is the dramatic increase of refugees fleeing North African and West Asia as a result of …
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As refugee migrant workers flee political upheavals in North Africa and beyond, 27-year-old Londoner Sam Bayes asks whether a global body needs to take charge to safeguard their employment and welfare. Of increasing concern for decision makers around the world is the dramatic increase of refugees fleeing North African and West Asia as a result of …
Australians supposedly pride themselves on a society built on the egalitarian notion of a “fair go” and are supportive of the “underdog”. Yet social attitudes toward gay marriage are still worryingly conservative, writes Neil Thomas, a 20-year-old from Perth, Western Australia. March 5 saw Australia’s annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, a massive and …
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Australians supposedly pride themselves on a society built on the egalitarian notion of a “fair go” and are supportive of the “underdog”. Yet social attitudes toward gay marriage are still worryingly conservative, writes Neil Thomas, a 20-year-old from Perth, Western Australia. March 5 saw Australia’s annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, a massive and …
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