Watch the four-part series of short films on the deadly global TB epidemic and the race to develop new tools to prevent it. http://www.aeras.org/exposed
EXPOSED Chapter 2: The Rise of a Superbug
Dr. Jayant Banavaliker, a leading TB doctor in Delhi, chronicles his daily struggle to save patients using today’s antiquated tools: diagnostics barely more predictable than chance, drugs that can be toxic and weak against the pathogen, and...
EXPOSED Chapter 3: The Innovation Movement
Unathi Gwintsa lives with her daughter in Worcester, South Africa, a community devastated by TB. But she's not sitting back and waiting for the answer. She has volunteered in a clinical trial of one of a dozen TB vaccine candidates in...
EXPOSED Chapter 4: The Last Mile
Professor Helen McShane has dedicated the last 12 years of her life to developing a new tuberculosis vaccine. We follow her team's unprecedented work at Oxford University and explore why now is a pivotal moment in history to save millions of...
People You May Know
In 2010, Mayank Sharma of New Delhi, India contracted tubercular meningitis, a serious inflammation of the central nervous system. After a week in the hospital, he emerged without any memory of ever getting sick—or of the first twenty-seven...
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs and is caught from other people. Your body’s natural defences, its immune system, usually control or destroy the germs once they are inhaled leaving them...
Costa Rica’s Last Green Mile
"Costa Rica is on a path that seeks development, but only development in a healthy environment,” says Edgar Gutiérrez, Costa Rica's Environmental Minister. Gutiérrez explains how Costa Rica, one of the greenest countries on Earth, is...
The tutorial is designed for UN staff, highlighting the work that's underway across the UN System to improve its environmental performance and providing helpful advice on how each individual can contribute to that effort, by calculating and reducing their own...
The World Meteorological Organization, as the successor of the International Meteorological Organization, created in 1873, has its fundamental mission to support the countries of the world in providing meteorological and hydrological services to protect life and...
What is the Met Office?
Dr Richard Betts explains what goes on at the Hadley Centre. Filmed at the Met office and used as part of the Indie Screenings Launch May 2009.
Met Office Hadley Centre
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-guide/science/science-behind-climate-change/hadleyExploring one of the world's leading climate change research centres The Met Office Hadley Centre, based at the Met Office's Exeter HQ, provides world-class guidance on the science of climate change and is the primary focus in the UK for climate science....
WaterAid is an international organisation whose mission is to transform the lives of the poorest and most marginalised people by improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
Water Aid – Global Strategy Film
WaterAid work so that everyone, everywhere can have access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education by 2030. Together we believe that Grace and her family can escape poverty when they have access to these essential resources. Help us...
Lesson plans and games for kids. http://wateruseitwisely.com/kids/ Part of our special focus for World Water Week.
WaterAid – A sustainable approach
WaterAid works with local partners who understand local issues, providing them with the skills and support they need to help communities set up practical and sustainable projects. Technologies are used that fit the local...
Lesson plans about health and water for primary and secondary schoolchildren. http://www.wateraid.org/uk/audience/schools#/teaching-materials
Read more“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”
– W.H.Auden
Thousands have lived without love
“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” - W.H.Auden
charity: water promo featuring “Time Bomb” by Beck
charity: water's latest promo video featuring "Time Bomb" by Beck. This video features well-drilling projects in the Central African Republic. Directed by Simon Willows. Find out how to help at charitywater.org
Technology and society
Technology and society - technology helps us all connect and learn. It also drives change. This film makes for interesting viewing and discussion, and consideration of the perspectives shown...let us know what you think and how you use it....
Poetry, when firmly rooted in the belief in human dignity, equality and potential, and actively used to empower people, can serve as a significant force for peacebuilding. The power of the heart that is not scared to imagine and believe, matched by action is...
Liz Lochhead reading ‘The man in the comic strip’ in Bethlehem
Liz Lochhead reads her poem 'the man in the comic strip' in the Lajee Centre, the arts and community centre in Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem. This video was recorded during our 4 day stay in Aida in June 2012 as part of a tour of the West...
Read more“As a deep expression of the human mind and as a universal art, poetry is a tool for dialogue and rapprochement. The dissemination of poetry helps to promote dialogue among cultures and understanding between peoples because it gives access to the authentic expression of a language.”
– Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
As a deep expression of the human mind
"As a deep expression of the human mind and as a universal art, poetry is a tool for dialogue and rapprochement. The dissemination of poetry helps to promote dialogue among cultures and understanding between peoples because it gives access to the authentic expression...
Read moreWhen power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
– John F. Kennedy
When power leads man toward arrogance
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. - John F. Kennedy
HOW DO YOU SEE ME- – March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day – #HowDoYouSeeMe
"Persons with disabilities, including those with Down syndrome, are more than persons in need of assistance; they are agents of change who can drive progress across society – and their voices must be heard as we strive to reach the Sustainable Development Goals."...
World Down Syndrome Day
Persian Rite of Spring نوروز Nowruz countdown تحويل سال Niloufar Talebi نیلوفر طالبی
Excerpt from 'Persian Rite of Spring' DVD (35 min) the story of Nowruz from Yalda to 13-bedar یلدا جشن سده چهارشنبه سوری نوروز سیزده بدرPersianRiteOfSpring.com. Created by Niloufar Talebi, with Bobak Salehi
Nowruz is an international celebration of spirit of hope and renewal for the peoples from the steppes of North Western China, through the mountain ranges of Iran, the Caucasus and Mesopotamia, to the urban centers of India, the valleys of the Balkans and for the...
International Day of Nowruz (Diyarbakır, Turkey)
At the Nowruz celebrations in Diyarbakır where more than 2 million people attended, the second letter of Abdullah Öcalan which contained messages of peace, was read. Diyarbakır'da iki milyondan fazla kişinin katıldığı Newroz kutlamalarında,...
Read more“Nowruz reminds us of the values and aspirations we all share for peace through tolerance, respect and mutual understanding.”
– Ban Ki-moon
Nowruz reminds us of
"Nowruz reminds us of the values and aspirations we all share for peace through tolerance, respect and mutual understanding." - Ban Ki-moon
