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FEB 29, 2016 Journal Online Exclusive

Libya and the First Human Right

We tend not to think of the fact that chaos is the biggest violator of human rights. The core right to life—the first human ...

Kalimantan, Indonesia. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/8207797718/">CIFOR</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).

FEB 29, 2016 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: From the Forest to the Health Clinic

Dr. Kinari Webb and her team are saving lives and forests in Indonesia through a very unusual incentives program.

Jack Conway

FEB 23, 2016 Article

Better Transportation for a Better City

Did you know that the longest traffic jam ever recorded--192 miles--occurred in São Paulo? "Not only would an expansion of the subway system increase ...

Dheera Vuppala

FEB 23, 2016 Article

The Fight Against Climate Change

"Climate change is happening," writes 15-year-old Dheera Vuppala. "Nine out of ten scientists say it is. The U.S. has to deal with it, so ...

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FEB 23, 2016 Article

Defining the Undefinable: Gender in Developed Nations

"I yearn to live in a society where we can be ourselves without prejudice," writes Se Bin Ahn, a South Korean student. "It is therefore ...

Annabelle Dunbar

FEB 23, 2016 Article

Goals for a Better World: Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change in the United States within the Next 15 Years

American student Annabelle Dunbar advocates for the United States and its citizens to begin a transition towards more ecologically and economically sustainable ways of living ...

Sanyam Khare

FEB 23, 2016 Article

The Making of Sustainable India

"Sustainable development will not be easy. Yet, it is an unavoidable responsibility that is achievable with better planning, stronger policies, and effective execution," writes Indian ...

Agbeyo Temitope

FEB 23, 2016 Article

Measures for Nigeria to Reach the Objective "Make Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable" in the Next 15 Years

"I have always seen my dear country as the proverbial elephant up a tree: I do not understand how come it got there, but I ...

Claire Nouvian. Credit: © BLOOM

FEB 22, 2016 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Claire Nouvian, Guardian of the Deep

French environmentalist Claire Nouvian has devoted her life to protecting a resource that is largely a mystery to most of us: the deep sea.

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FEB 22, 2016 Article

Ethics in Online Activism: False Senses of Social Action or Effective Source of Change?

"There is a growing skepticism of whether or not sectors of online activism are more self-interested than socially interested," writes Rimah Jaber. When and how ...