September 2009
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How Film and the Web are Mobilizing Millions to... →
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We just confirmed that both Directors of The Fuel Film, winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sundance will join this discussion along with Jennifer Redfearn, Director of Sun Come Up. Lizzie Gillet will take time out of her busy schedule preparing for the massive premiere of Age of Stupid to join as well as Judy Harper who organized the Solar-powered Film Series. Come...
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Oxfam: 75 mil fewer children will attend school;... →
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The report, Beyond Aid, outlines the dangers of raiding aid budgets to pay for necessary adaptation efforts, estimating that at least 75 million fewer children would be likely to attend school and 8.6 million fewer people could have access to HIV/AIDS treatment if aid is diverted. Without at least $50 billion a year in addition to the 0.7% of national income rich countries have...
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SECURITY INFORMATION FOR THE PITTSBURGH SUMMIT... →
First phase includes plans for perimeter near David L. Lawrence Convention Center. PDF of the security zones and access points are provided here.
Pittsburgh’s Gems | by University of Pittsburgh →
This University of Pittsburgh article provides a brief backgrounder on the area’s culturally significant architecture, including the who and where to learn more. Examples:
The birthplace of Stephen Foster, America’s first professional songwriter
Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning, the second-tallest educational building in the world
Pitt’s Nationality Rooms, classrooms that ...
Deciphering the declarations of G-20 summits |... →
International negotiating sessions have been going on through the summer to put together a declaration that — once diplomats, financial gurus and leaders of the world’s largest countries are done with it — will likely be difficult for anyone without a Ph.D. in economics to understand.
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How to find $280bn for poor countries this weekend
This weekend the finance ministers of the G20 – the world’s most powerful nations -will meet in London. While the rich world’s green shootists apparently feel that the worst of the economic crisis is behind us, the poorest countries are being hammered, with those living on the margins of the global economy paying the highest price for the bankers’ folly. Here are 3 easy ways the finance...
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