Why College Matters
The first thing that hits me when I walk through the door is the noise. A mix of symphonic and riotous, the noise is almost overwhelming as students shout, sing, and laugh in the halls during passing period. It is
Paul Cantor: Sound, Life and Finding Yourself In Between
Great artists are usually exceptional at listening and quietly observing the small bits of life that ordinary people let slip through the cracks. Paul Cantor has put together a career spanning music production, management, music journalism, editing, and blogging. Among others,
Burkinis and French Exceptionalism
I am stunned: How can France, the land of freedom of expression, wage a war against burkinis? What happened to tolerance? What happened to individual freedom and allowing people to dress as they please? Surely a woman wearing a burkini
The Key to Our Development Challenges? Empowered Women.
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY, HRH PRINCESS LAMIA BINT MAJED ALSAUD, SECRETARY GENERAL ALWALEED PHILANTHROPIES. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Tackling gender inequality is one
OPIM: Forming Sustainable Partnerships for Development
While the challenges of eradicating hunger, malnutrition and achieving food security are now high on the humanitarian and development agenda, the approaches have gradually changed direction. The international community, through various High Level Fora (HLF), particularly those on aid effectiveness
Sustainable Development Goals: catalysts for the “Change” Generation to take hold of their future
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS CONTRIBUTED BY THE EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM. IT IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG’S). SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. This piece was previously published by YO!Mag, the European Youth Forum's platform for youth
Global Security the Swedish Way – The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 is the promotion of peace and end of violent conflict around the world. Unfortunately, this idea has not been realized, as many regions oscillate between periods of violence and instability as a result
A Short History Of The SDGs
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY Paula Caballero, Senior Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. IT IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG's) - SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. These are
Slumming it and The Value of Tourism
Book Review: Slumming It: The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty by Fabian Frenzel, 232 pages, (distributed for Zed Books, 15 June 2016) The UN predicts that by 2050, one in three people will live in a slum, perhaps this is
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SMALL MUSIC VENUES IN MODERN BRITAIN.
Music venues have always been the foundation and bedrock for new bands and artists cutting their teeth and we are in a time where music-making itself is easier and cheaper – if going down the D.I.Y. route – yet chances
Enactus, a Force for Decent Work and Economic Growth
EDITOR’S NOTE: Interview with Terry Torok, Chief Innovation Officer at Enactus. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Empowerment is the intersection of freedom and agency to mold one’s reality,
Is Brexit really happening ?
Living in Oxford just before the UK referendum (or ‘Brexit’) this summer, I asked several people in this beautiful university town what their opinion was on the matter, and what they thought the outcome was going to be. In Oxford as