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creating and designing fashionable T-shirts from scraps!

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Nickelback - If Everyone Cared [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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Greta Thunberg: The disarming case to act right now on climate change

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In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world's attention. "The climate crisis has already been solved.

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How do we help reduce traffic and air pollution?

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How do we help reduce traffic and air pollution?

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Cycling Activists Build Bamboo Car Skeletons to Demonstrate Space Taken by Single Occupancy Cars

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A few Latvian activists from a branch of the bicycle advocacy group Let's Bike it recently created a visual reminder of the space taken by cars on a typical road. To accomplish this, the group fabricated bamboo skeletons shaped like actual cars and mounted them on their bikes. The activists then cycled around the streets of Riga for several hours to highlight the absurdity of using a large car to move a single person. The stunt was organized as part of European Mobility Week, an ongoing campaign that explores sustainable urban mobility around Europe. (via Designboom, My Modern Met)

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Cycling Activists Build Bamboo Car Skeletons to Demonstrate Space Taken by Single Occupancy Cars

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Germ Doornbos

Founding Partner of Journey of the Senses

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Social Impact Entrepreneur

Germ Doornbos and his partner Vũ Anh Tú founded Journey of the Senses; a hospitality company employing People with Disabilities (PwD).

Noir. Dining in the Dark (2014) serves guests who dine in a total dark dining room by a team of blind and visually impaired and Blanc. Restaurant (2017) invites guests to communicate in sign language with the deaf and hearing impaired. Là Hoa (2019) is a flower shop with deaf and hearing impaired florists. Guests can choose to send a video clip message in sign language with the personal wish they like to send along with the flowers. Noir. Spa (2019) employs blind and visually impaired massage therapists.

It is part social enterprise, providing job opportunities for (PwD) and part professional hospitality experience, it is unique dining and massage experiences for the guests.

Germ believes that placing PwD at the frontline and creating guest interaction is the way to increase awareness into the blind and deaf communities. His businesses are designed around the philosophy of turning the disadvantage of PwD around into their advantage.

The journey is not finished yet and Germ and his team have plans for more businesses employing PwD.

Germ is from The Netherlands and lives in Vietnam since 2004, in both Hanoi and Saigon. He has over 20 years hospitality industry experience and worked in various 5-star hotels and restaurants in The Netherlands, Italy and Vietnam.

Germ graduated in International Hospitality Management at the Hotelschool The Hague in 2005.

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Since we moved to Vietnam a few months ago, we've been very aware that single use plastic is everywhere. It bothered us from the start but when I saw some baby monkeys in the forest eating some plastic bags, we decided that we had to do something.

We then created a local group that gathered 1000 members in less than a month.

We are looking for solutions for businesses to lower their use of plastic while raising awareness to the public.

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Since we moved to Vietnam a few months ago, we've been very aware that single use plastic is everywhere. It bothered us from the start but when I saw some baby monkeys in the forest eating some plastic bags, we decided that we had to do something.

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Christina Noble Children's Foundation Vietnam 2006

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Prince George of England loves doing Ballet but when the news came out, some people in America laugh at him and thought it was not appropriate for boys. Some male dancers got together and did a flash mob to support him. Do you think Ballet is only for girls?

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Prince George of England loves doing Ballet but when the news came out, some people in America laugh at him and thought it was not appropriate for boys. Some male dancers got together and did a flash mob to support him. Do you think Ballet is only for girls?

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Prince George loves ballet - and so what? Watch as male ballet dancers defend the six-year-old against a judgmental TV presenter
An American TV presenter has faced backlash after mocking Prince George's love of ballet. The six-year-old royal is learning ballet as part of his school curriculum, and his father, Prince William says George absolutely loves it.

Speaking to co-hosts (not to mention an audience of millions) on ABC's Good Morning America, Lara Spencer laughed at the idea of Prince George doing ballet.

In a sarcastic tone, she told viewers, "The future king of England will be putting down the Play-Doh to take on religious studies, computer programming poetry and ballet, among other things".

When a photo of the child appeared on screen, she stifled another laugh before saying, "He looks so happy about the ballet class".

She then went on to say, "Prince William says George absolutely loves ballet; I have news for you Prince William, we'll see how long that lasts."

Backlash

Twitter users immediately criticised her comments, with many describing her as a "bully".

Celebrity dance coach Brian Friedman also responded to Lara Spencer's remarks, saying, "See this cute face, the future King of England? This adorable boy is being shamed by a grown woman on national television in America for taking ballet!

"Lara Spencer, you should be ashamed of yourself, as well as George Stephanopoulos for laughing along, and Good Morning America for letting public shaming of young boys happen!

"Growing up as a dancer I was bullied horribly which is exactly what this is," he said.

"She is teaching the world that it is okay to laugh at boys for dancing and that is so sad. Just think about the young boys who may have seen this and could quit their passion at her expense."

Flashmob

In an impressive effort to support Prince George, while also standing up to Lara Spencer, hundreds of male ballet dancers gathered in Times Square, New York for a 'flash mob'.

A flash mob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform a dance routine for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. In this instance, it was to show that 'Boys Dance Too'.

Their choice of location was important too, as Good Morning America is filmed live from Times Square. It is estimated 300 dancers, led by professionals Travis Wall and Robbie Fairchild, were in attendance.

Lara Spencer has since apologised for what she said, writing on Instagram, "My sincere apologies for an insensitive comment I made in pop news yesterday. From ballet to anything one wants to explore in life, I say GO FOR IT. I fully believe we should all be free to pursue our passions. Go climb your mountain - and love every minute of it."
Photo: Kensington Palace
Read more: A day in the life of a full-time ballerina

Read more: Meghan Markle to launch capsule fashion collection for women's charity

Read more: Kate Middleton shares new photos of Prince George on his birthday

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How Prince George sparked the 'Boys Dance Too' movement | IMAGE.ie

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Prince George loves ballet - and so what? Watch as male ballet dancers defend the six-year-old against a judgmental TV presenter An American TV presenter has faced backlash after mocking Prince George's love of ballet. The six-year-old royal is learning ballet as part of his school curriculum, and his father, Prince William says George absolutely loves it.

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Anh's Story - Boys Sunshine Home | Christina Noble Children's Foundation

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Giving children a life, not just an existence - CNCF's Sunshine Social and Medical Centre - View latest project report here.

Relive the memorable magic of CNCF's Landmark 30th Anniversary Gala Ball 2019 below.

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The Christina Noble Children's Foundation (CNCF) is dedicated to serving the physical, medical, educational and emotional needs of vulnerable children. CNCF believes that every child is an individual who deserves love, respect and freedom from all forms of abuse and exploitation.

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The Christina Noble Children's Foundation - a short doco (circa 2000)

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These girls led the push to ban plastic in Bali. What do you think of them?

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Melati and Isabel Wijsen: Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali

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Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they're used and thrown away with reckless abandon. Most end up in the ocean, where they pollute the water and harm marine life; the rest are burned in garbage piles, where they release harmful dioxins into the atmosphere.

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This woman is using her love of dance to help spread joy right here in Saigon.

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This woman is using her love of dance to help spread joy right here in Saigon.

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I think it is amazing that such young children, your age, are able to take such amazing action.

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If you have something to add click the plus. Mr Hansen. 6LHA

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If you have something to add click the plus. Mr Hansen. 6LHA

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Then tell us what you think and why.

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I chose Benjamin Von Wong because art can express and represent strong emotions and by using art, he is telling people to take action in a creative and stunning way.

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Greta Thunberg led the largest climate strike in history.She is only 17, and her courage became an example to us all. I think I should care more about the climate change.

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i chose this because i want Saigon to be a clean and healthy environment for families to live

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nickelback  made me feel really fuzzy inside because it was about a some people who changed the world and passed away it was really inspirational and now it is my favorite song in the whole world .

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Artist who creates artwork that portrays his passion for marine life and his work has been influenced by ocean waste.

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Artist who creates artwork that portrays his passion for marine life and his work has been influenced by ocean waste.

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Benjamin Von Wong - A viral creative focused on telling epic stories through his surreal photography and videography experiences. Enter and explore his unique universe.