Search Results for: global health
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Videos
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Global Angels: London & New York
People involved with Global Angels, including Causecast Leader Aaron Cohen, Natasha Bedingfield and sister Molly Bedingfield discuss the "revolution in kindness" Global Angels seeks.
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A photo-shoot for Global Angels seeks to raise awareness of the work that organization is doing to help people all over the world.
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Tucker talks about global warming making the polar bears almost extinct
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A description of the work of FACE AIDS, a national organization devoted to inspiring and mobilizing students to fight AIDS in Africa. FACE AIDS, located in Palo Alto and founded in 2005, has raised over 1.4 million dollars for Partners In Health, the renowned global health organization led by Dr. Paul Farmer and Dr. Jim Kim.
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2009 Pre-Oscar Party with Global Green
Causecast and Myspace Impact present The 6th Annual Global Green USA Pre-Oscar Party. Performances by Gavin Rossdale, Blackcowboy, and more. Live From the Avalon Hollywood, watch streaming video of the concert and green carpet interviews Thursday February 19, 2009 at 8pm-11pm Pacific Standard Time. Visit myspace.com/Causecast
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Global Service Corps Tanzania Sustainable Agriculture and HIV/AIDS Programs
Global Service Corps offers volunteer opportunities and internships year-round ranging from 2 weeks to up to one year. We offer volunteer vacation packagesto compliment your vacation or service learning programs for those seeking a more intense volunteer experience. Help us fight against world poverty and hunger while making new friends and memories that will last a lifetime! Visit our Global Service Corps Website for more details on our programs and packages.
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Did you know that water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil? Flow, a new film about the implications of the world water crisis, will help you wrap your head around the fact that 1.1 billion people live wi
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Causecast and Myspace Impact present The 6th Annual Global Green USA Pre-Oscar Party, live From the Avalon Hollywood. Performances by Gavin Rossdale, Blackcowboy, and more. Watch streaming video of the concert and green carpet interviews with Shira Lazar. Celebrities will answer YOUR questions submitted to myspace.com/Causecast. Join us on Thursday February 19, 2009 at 8pm-11pm Pacific Standard Time at myspace.com/Impact or celebrity.myspace.com
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Global Green is building "green" schools in Los Angeles and New Orleans that save energy, improve test scores and protect the environment.
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Blackcowboy on the Green Carpet
Blackcowboy talks with Causecast about the changes they make to keep the world green during the Global Green Pre-Oscar Party 2009 in Hollywood.
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Gavin Rossdale on the Green Carpet
Gavin Rossdale talks with Causecast about the changes he makes to keep the world green during the Global Green Pre-Oscar Party 2009 in Hollywood.
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Heather Graham on the Green Carpet
Heather Graham talks with Causecast about the changes she makes to keep the world green during the Global Green Pre-Oscar Party 2009 in Hollywood.
Articles
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Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy, and Global Health Trax United For Autism
Best-selling author and Actress Jenny McCarthy has long been a vigilant fighter in the search for a cure for autism. After her son Evan was diagnosed, she b... -
Far From Recovery: The Global Economic Crisis Poses Major Risks For Developing Countries
While the western world shows signs of recovering from the global recession, experts predict developing nations will continue to suffer for some time to come.
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Group Pledges $400 Million For Clean Water
One of the biggest issues in developing countries is the lack of clean water. More than a dozen non-government organizations have seen this problem and want ... -
Global Warming Is Helping Put People 'Under The Weather'
While the effects of climate change caused by global warming is a popular story these day one aspect that’s overlooked is how it’s affecting the spread of de... -
Fight Global Warming By Planting Trees on Your iPhone
GoPlanit’s new iPhone application, Pet Earth, is a virtual pet game that will donate a portion of its proceeds to planting more trees worldwide.
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Obama AIDS Day Message Praises President Bush
President-elect Barack Obama praised the Bush administration's effort to combat AIDS and pledged Monday to continue to fight the deadly disease.
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Lowering the Barriers To Mainstream HIV Testing
On World AIDS day last week, the American College of Physicians announced new practice guidelines that call for doctors to encourage all of...
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Slavery Today - Yes, It Still Does Exist
Statistics show that a million to four million kids are trafficked into slavery every year, and that there could be as much as 30 million slaves in the world.
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Mobile Phones, Adapted To Monitor Child Health, Net UNICEF Top Development Prize
UNICEF will share first prize in the United States Development Agency’s innovation competition for adapting basic cell phones to monitor the health of children.
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Polio Makes Its 'Final Inch' Toward Global Eradication
With a chance of winning an Oscar on Sunday, the director of "The Final Inch" says she hopes her documentary will shed light on the often over-looked issue.
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Members of Congress and Humanitarian Coalition Launch Roadmap to End Global Hunger
The United States remains in a unique position to mitigate the devastating effects of the worldwide recession on the poorest of the poor.
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Today is World Tubercuberculosis Day. It is a day not as widely known and a cause not as widely supported, yet one that affects so many everywhere.
Events
- GLOBAL GREEN USA'S 6TH ANNUAL PRE-OSCAR PARTY Location: Avalon, Hollywood
- Amnesty International's Global Write-a-thon Location: everywhere
- CRUDE, The Real Price of Oil Location: Nationwide (See movie listings.)
People
- Jill Johnston kingston, ON
- FACE AIDS
Blog posts
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There are hundreds of things each of us can do everyday to make the world a better place. Some of us will point the our finger at problems and become angry that they exist. Others will point their ...
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TED Prize Winner James Nachtwey Unveils XDR-TB as Focus of Global Photography Wish Project
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (October 3rd, 2008) – Award winning photojournalist, James Nachtwey, revealed today the disease XDR-TB as the subject of his TED Prize Wish photography slideshow project. Nachtwe...
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During the past couple of weeks I've been asked many times why I chose tuberculosis as the subject for my TED wish. Part of the answer is - that it came from experience. Since the year 2000 I've wo...
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People are Talking about Child Survival
Bill Frist Former Senate Majority Leader and chair of Save the Children’s Survive to 5 Campaign: "When children die needlessly, we have a moral and humanitarian imperative to act. Our nation ha...
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What's my Cause? Thats tough. I mean, the ability of every person on this planet to have access to basic necessities and an opportunity for economic success is my hope in life. I guess that wou...
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What's my Cause? Thats tough. I mean, the ability of every person on this planet to have access to basic necessities and an opportunity for economic success is my hope in life. I guess that wou...
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The iPhone May Destroy Civilization…Or Not
Apple’s iPhone is the greatest invention ever. Apple’s iPhone is destroying modern civilization as we know it. After reading an October 10, 2008, LA Times article about tech publisher Tim O’Reilly...
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EarthScope: Mapping the World Wide Web of Life
See a Flash-based map that presents comprehensive information on the importance of biodiversity to human health. This was a joint project with Harvard University’s Center for Health and the Global...
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California Hospitals Battle To Stay "On The Grid"
California hospitals will spend about $100 billion before 2013 in order to meet state seismic safety standards. On top of that, the nation-wide mortgage and credit crisis more or less doubles that...
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Free Yoga and the Brain Teleseminar for Teachers
Greetings!!! A great turn in American history -- the air is mixed with electricity and relief that Barak Obama has entered office! In honor of this chapter and to celebrate Obama's inaugu...
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Eco Maniac: Palin's Polar Problem
I've been a wee bit obsessed with polar bears lately because I keep reading horrifying articles about what's happening to them and, according to some experts, the health of the polar is directly re...
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January 31, 2009 I recently attended the Go Green Living Expo in Los Angeles on January 24th. I invited friends and family to go, but no one was able to make it, so I took the day off from w...
