International Day of Cooperatives

http://www.un.org/en/events/cooperativesday/

“Land degradation, caused or exacerbated by climate change, is not only a danger to livelihoods, but also a threat to peace and stability.”

– Ban Ki-moon

International Day for Biological Diversity

http://www.un.org/en/events/biodiversityday/

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Disease, International Day, Safety

Million occupational accidents occur each year. Million occupational diseases occur each year. Every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease. In 2003, the International Labour Organization (ILO), began to observe World Day in order to stress...

What It Takes to Wipe Out Malaria

http://www.gatesnotes.com/health/what-it-takes-to-kill-malaria-mosquito-week

The Story of Place

Documentary, Environment, International Day, Short < 10m, Sustainability, Video

“What is this place worth in oil? Where do we want to steer our civilization? What do we want left when we’re done? — Craig Childs, The Story of Place Protect Greater Canyonlands Today: gctru.st/Protect_Greater_Canyonlands Canyonlands National Park, and the lands that...

Mother Earth

Environment, International Day, Video

A celebration of our glorious...

International Mother Earth Day (22 April)

Environment, International Day, Video

‘Nature has just as much right to be protected by us, as we need to be protected if we were in danger. Without nature, there is no house, there’s no food, there’s no air, there is no life’. Video portraits from Australia, Russia, New Zealand, Turkey,...

Stop TB Partnership

http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2015/

Undermined – An epidemic in South Africa’s Gold Mines

Business, Disease, Family, Health, Human Rights, International Day, Video

Mine workers in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world, with more than 760 000 new cases per year connected to the mining industry. Undermined explores the river of TB flowing out from the mines, and why a vaccine is critical to the...

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