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Thursday 21 March 2019

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND (BOOK AND FILM)

William Kamkwamba  reveals that he will eventually (in the end) be successful in creating windmill that generates electricity. He begins by describing his childhood in rural Malawi, where magic is far more influential than science. William's father, Trywell has no time for magic. Trywell was a trader as a young man, rather than a farmer, and earned a reputation for drinking and fighting anyone. Trywell fell in love with Agnes, and later married her... Read more.

Tuesday 19 March 2019

SING FOR THE PLANET


Sing for the Climate Lyrics We need to wake up We need to wise up We need to open our eyes And do it now-now-now We need to build a better future And we need to start right now We're on a planet That has a problem We've got to solve it, get involved And do it now-now-now We need to build a better future And we need to start right now Make it greener Make it cleaner Make it last, make it fast and do it now-now-now We need to build a better future And we need to start right now No point in waiting Or hesitating We must get wise, take no more lies And do it now-now-now We need to build a better future And we need to start right now Source: www.singfortheclimate.com

Sunday 17 March 2019

AUDIENCE: A BASQUE ROCK MUSIC GROUP THAT SINGS IN ENGLISH

Audience is a rock music group from Gernika (Bizkaia). They sing mostly in English but they also sing in Basque. The speak Basque fluently like people in Gernika usually do. They seem to be very good musicians.

Sunday 10 March 2019

IT'S TIME TO GET ANGRY (GRETA THUNBERG)

"I would like to talk to people in power" the Swedish climate activist told AFP shortly after arriving in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum.

With the train trip from Stockholm, which took 32 hours, Thunberg was making a statement in opposition to many of the Davos elite, who flew in by private jet.

"I have stopped flying for climate reasons because I don't want to say one thing and do another thing. I want to practise as I preach", she said.

"Young people need to realize that their future is at risk. They need to do something about that and get angry and form that anger into action", she said, insisting that when children speak up they can have a "huge impact"

Tuesday 5 March 2019

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2019: BETTER THE BALANCE, BETTER THE WORLD

The future is exciting. Let's build a gender-balanced world. Everyone has a part to _ all the time, everywhere. We are entering an exciting period of history where the world expects balance. Balance drives a better working world.

The 2019 #BalanceforBetter campaign runs all year long. It doesn't end on International Women's Day.

Gender balance is essential for economies and communities to thrive (flourish, prosper).

Gloria Steinem once explained: "The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights"

Watch this video and know how girls around the world feel when they are judged, labelled, discriminated...