Summit

Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Water, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Green News

Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is loaded with bacteria and viruses.

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Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice

Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Creative Time, Summit, Revolutions in Public Practice, Nypl, Liam Gillick, Okwui Enwezor, Josh MacPhee, Temporary Services, Olivia Robinson, Harrell Fletcher, Suzanne Lacy, Thomas Hirschorn, The Yes Men, Dara Greenwald, New York News

With the New York Public Library, the arts organization Creative Time has put together a zinger of a conference, with the Yes Men, Thomas Hirschorn, Suzanne Lacy, Dara Greenwald and more.

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A Regional Summit on the War in Afghanistan?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: President Obama, Colin Powell, Isi, Pakistan, Summit, South Asia, Iraq, Diplomacy, China, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Bush, Us Troops Afghanistan, Russia, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, India, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, World News

A lengthy and focused counterinsurgency effort might eventually produce results, but its chances of success are greatly diminished by the political climate in Afghanistan.

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Words Matter

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture, Speech, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Economic Crisis, United Nations, Guantanamo, Summit, Obama, Iraq, G-20, Pillars, New York, Middle East, g20, Hillary Clinton, General Assembly, Un, Test Ban Treaty, Politics News

I heard commentators say Obama's comments while chairing the Security Council were "just words." Fair enough, but we haven't heard any words like these from a U.S. president for a long time.

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