You Can Build Weapons of Mass Nutrition Here

The world hunger crisis is all over the news this week. In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled. If we don't do something soon, hundreds of thousands of people face starvation and a hundred million more could fall into extreme poverty.

I just took action with the ONE Campaign and you can too, here:

http://www.one.org/hungercrisis?rc=hctaf

Developing Life Skills Using Technology

Here's a pretty innovative youth programming that uses technology for developing life skills.

TheOneMinutesJr Network. www.theoneminutesjr.org. They are sixty-second videos made by young people (between the ages of 12 and 20) from all over the world. Time may be limited in a oneminutesjr video (this challenges the youngsters to form their ideas clearly), but not the freedom to express oneself creatively, which is the basic right of every person.

TheOneMinutesJr network is a non-commercial community without any set political belief or ideology. The network gives young people, especially those who are underprivileged or marginalised, the opportunity to have their voices heard by a broad audience, to share with the world their ideas, dreams, fascinations, anxieties,and viewpoints.

It consists of the interactive oneminutesjr website, a yearly festival competition, workshops across the world, video broadcasting on ten European public TV channels, and screenings at festivals and events. And this is only for now... As they involve more partners and explore new ways of getting the oneminutesjr videos out there, the network will continue to expand.

Also check out these similar projects:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/. A BBC initiative offering opportunities for young people to develop their own ideas, find contacts, explore their interest in art, dance, music or film and showcase their own work.

http://www.netdays.at/ netd@ys promotes the use of new technologies, especially the internet, in education and culture.

http://mediarights.org/launchpad/ The one-stop shop for the next generation of mediamakers" launchpad highlights stories by and for young people. it features tools, resources and media, exploring what it takes to launch, promote and distribute their work. from New York to Bangalore, join these emerging voices and become part of the growing community.

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/philanthropy/youthvoices/

World Class Sewage Equestrian Resort

Kuala Terengganu is the Heritage Waterfront City. Or is it the Sewage Waterfront City. This is a picture of the self-proclaimed World Class Equestrian Resort - the Terengganu Equestrian Resort or TER, www.ter.com.my. There are at least 5 sewage drains feeding the resort's lake. The main ones feed untreated waste water from shops and houses across the road.

We may recall a Hollywood shoot that was supposed to happen on the waters of the Hong Kong harbour. It was called off because the harbour sea water has dangerous levels of contaminants. The TER lake is where people fish and do recreational activities. Take a walk along the lake and you'll be breathing pungent air from the lake. So here's the deal that city-status citizens get.