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KRudd shares his 3things to change the world
Alex from Sydney University recently had the opportunity to ask Kevin Rudd what he would do to change the world.
Give Racism The Finger
Anti-racism organisation All Together Now have a great new campaign - Give Racism The Finger. And there's many different ways you can take part.
Stopping hunger in Mozambique: Ecerina’s story (part 2)
Last week we introduced you to Ecerina, a grandmother from Mozambique looking after two of her own children and six of her orphaned grandchildren. At the time, Ecerina had just harvested her first crop using techniques in drought-resistant farming that she learned from our local partner Mahahle.This week we give you an update on how Ecerina is doing a year later.
Exploring how to apply development in the Arms Treaty
The latest roundtable meeting finds that the Arms Trade Treaty needs to have a strong basis in development in order to be successful in preventing the conditions that have given rise to the need for such a treaty.
Fairtrade tastes better
When Oxfam volunteer Olivia Rolleston thinks Fair Trade, she thinks chocolate. So, she was easily convinced to attend the Fair Trade Fortnight event held at Oxfam in Sydney last night.
Fairtrade on Tour – chat #1
We're in the middle of 2011's Fairtrade Fortnight, and as part of our series of live webchats, fairtrade producers Senarath and Cecilia met with Oxfam's Debbie Hunt to talk fair, trade and all things in between.
1,000 Economists write to the G20 Finance Ministers
A thousand economists from 53 countries have written to G20 Finance Ministers, who met in Washington in mid-April, to urge the adoption of a financial transaction tax.
Stopping hunger in Mozambique: Ecerina’s story
Ecerina Adolfo Nhamtumbo is from Inhambane Province, Mozambique. She lives in Quene village, where she looks after two of her children and six of her orphaned grandchildren. But feeding eight mouths is no easy feat when your garden soil has turned to sand.
The Mekong River is under threat: media updates
The Mekong River, one of the world’s last great wild rivers, is now under threat from the controversial proposal to build up to twelve dams along its lower reaches. The livelihood and survival of the millions of people and communities who live upon the Lower Mekong could be seriously in danger if the proposed dams […]
