Owen Geronimo

About this talk. We’re at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today’s interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic — and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy.

Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations’ response to the world’s financial crisis and has been a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to…

Artsworld features South African writer and performance poet Lesego Rampolokeng, who is known for being outspoken on sensitive political issues.

With the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa and election violence elsewhere on the continent, Lesego has no shortage of ammunition for his sharp tongue.

Plus a top London art gallery, famous for its collection of Old Masters, believes art can help young people turn away from street crime, gang culture and drugs.

Dulwich…

Join author Shelley Seale at Stop Child Slavery, where host Jeff Turner will be conducting a webcam video interview with Shelley. Watch it at:

http://stopchildslavery.com/

Child slavery is a problem larger than most are willing to admit. We need more voices crying out for it’s end. We need more people awakened to the horrors inflicted on our innocents. We need to make a stand and call out for others to make a stand as well. We need education. We need action.

And they need hope.

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International Rivers’ Lori Pottinger talks about how the Mphanda Nkuwa Dam, proposed for the Zambezi River, will not meet the development needs of Mozambiquans and will have large social, environmental and economic impacts…. Filmed and edited by Liane Greeff. MORE INFORMATION: Visit our Mphanda Nkuwa campaign page .

The Road to Doomsday Part 1

The Road to Doomsday Part 2

The Road to Doomsday Part 3

This 20-minute documentary by Tapas Majumdar, Indrajit Das and Souparna Lahiri, shot in 2006 and 2007, narrates the story of the changing landscape of West Bengal and Sikkim in the Himalayas in Northern India. The region is home to the fierce Teesta River, tropical evergreen forests, cultivated lands in the foothills of the mountains and small community settlements. Today, the…

Over 30 families living with HIV/AIDS in the “green shed” at the Borei Keila social land concession are facing the prospect of eviction. The families living in the temporary “green shed” have been waiting for new apartments to be allocated to them for the past 2 years, but they are now faced with the prospect of being evicted to the Toul Sambo relocation site 20km outside of Phnom Penh. At Toul Sambo there is inadeuqate housing, no clean water and is far from any markets, schools,…