This TED talk by Hans Rosling (of gapminder.org) came up in my DiscoveryNews feed. It’s only twenty minutes but well worth the watch. Take away points …
- Africa is not a country
- you might know more about how the world was than how the world is
- visuals and stats can make stats understandable and more easily applied
Jump over to gapminder.org to have a look at more videos – the joy of stats, population growth, child health, HIV, human rights, cancer stats and more.
I love hearing about what people are doing in their own communities to improve the world. The holiday season is noted for both its consumerism and the increase in charitable giving.
A quick poll — what are your favourite charities/non-profits … or which one(s) would you recommend?
The UN recommends twenty to fifty litres of clean, safe water per person per day as a requirement for all humans [UN-Water]. Many people often think of this as an issue for people in developing countries.
The thing is, it is also a reality in our own country and communities.
Hauling lake water in buckets in the cold Canadian winter and in the hot and humid summers.
Without a water or sewer system, the human waste dumped on the garbage pile finds its way back into the lake; back into the home’s fresh water supply.
HT: Ox Herding
