Location: Afghanistan

Summary: The UN concludes that Afghanistan is the worst place to be born. “Half the population of Afghanistan comprises children, yet they remain deprived of the most basic necessities like food, shelter, safe drinking water, sanitation, healthcare and education. Forced labour and sexual exploitation make their condition even more precarious.” About 1/5 of the [...]

Summary: Scientists think that we are focusing too much about how to raise the food: organic, land based production… But the issue really lies in how we are distributing and producing these food. How we eat is also part of this matter, “Driving to the store alone and then cooking alone at home has a [...]

KBS WORLD
Location: South Korea

Summary:
Today I saw on TV that one of the leading electronics company in the world, LG electronics, is making effort to reduce the ‘green house effect’. They realize what the world is like today and is developing towards a better world for us all to live. Recently, they have made electronics that [...]

November 25, 2009
Siberian tiger in severe decline

Capital of Russia: Moscow
Vocabulary:

poaching: the illegal practice of trespassing on another’s property to hunt or steal game without the landowner’s permission.
detectable: able to discover the existence of

Summary: Siberian tigers are in severe decline in Moscow. The main reason is because of the loss of their habitat. Also the deep [...]

November 27, 2009
Oceans abosorbing carbon dioxide more slowly, scientist finds

Capital of: N/A
Vocabulary:

fluctuation: continual change from one point or condition to another.

Summary: Scientists at Yale Univerity found out that oceans around the world are absorbing carbon dioxide more slowly. The data showed less CO2 had been absorbed by oceans. As the oceans become warmer, less CO2 [...]

November 27, 2009
Will Water Footprints be the Next Energy Star?

Capital of : N/A
 Vocabulary:
 *scarcity: insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
 *cultivation: refinement
 *brewer: to contrive, plan, or bring about
 *stewardship: a person who manages another’s property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
 Summary: Scientists are thinking that making data of water footprints [...]

Summary
Sanitizer is a good solution when the soap or water isn’t available. Hand sanitizer is ubiquitous after the H1N1 virus and bacteria showed. The experts say that the ones with alcohol do protect H1N1 flu. When you use alcohol hand sanitizer, the virus becomes deactivated. We need to wash our hand frequently, because 80 percent [...]

Summary
             A leading charity says that 80% of orphanages around the world have a living parent. Most of the children are put at the risk by living in an institutions, and beatings. People are saying that we should take care of the children, and start to find the kids because caring the orphanages is a [...]

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             Scientists found out the evidences of air pollution in the major airports, and now people who live near the airports are concerned about their health because they could be harmful. Because airports are the main transportation on air since few years ago, people still uses airplanes even though the carbon emission is happening seriously. [...]

We had 2 different debates on oil, one was a silent one that occurred online, in a kind of forum. The 2nd one was a live debate in which we sat around a table and we debated orally. I personally preferred the live debate because there was more energy and we reinforce our arguments with [...]