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Impressive Egyptian architect, professor, and designer of gardens in Cairo.
Quoted: University of California in Berkeley where he worked with Christopher Alexander and graduated in architecture. Parallel to his profesional practice, he teaches at Cairo University. Apart from the Farafra Oasis Project and other projects, he created another outstanding garden, El-Hod El-Marsoud (1989), and designed a cultural centre, a museum, a theatre, a children's library and a day-care centre – all for the park of Sayyeda Zainab in Cairo.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 07 2007 | environment, international, nonprofit, sustainability, public health, activism
Quoted: Though our offices, located in Brussels, Washington, St. Petersburg, Murmansk and Oslo, Bellona works with relevant governments, experts and other NGOs to achieve sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. These include the clean-up of the Cold War legacy in Russia, the safety of the oil and gas industry in Russia and Europe, fighting global warming through campaigns at local and government levels, and publishing our findings on Bellona Web to keep the public aware...
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 05 2007 | architecture, design, planning, people, development, nature, environment, public health, sustainability
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Architects Without Borders is helping to improve living conditions in urban slums, but a commitment on the part of government and the private-sector to finance such initiatives is essential.
Quoted: Architects without borders is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, volunteer humanitarian relief organization. We are part of an international coalition of Architects Without Borders across the globe.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 17 2007 | foundations, international, public health, nonprofit, organizations, development
My coworker recently met the founder of this organization, which works to help children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa. She was very impressed, so it might be a good option for anyone looking to make a donation.
Quoted: Welcome to Starfish! Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international development charity, aiming to bring life, hope and opportunity to children in South Africa who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 08 2007 | news, research, cities, public health, politics, environment, interesting
According to this research, the dramatic fall in crime during the 1990s can be attributed to restrictions on lead emissions in the 1970s. The evidence is pretty compelling.
Quoted: Other evidence has accumulated in recent years that lead is a neurotoxin that causes impulsivity and aggression...In 2002, Herbert Needleman, a psychiatrist at the University of Pittsburgh, compared lead levels of 194 adolescents arrested in Pittsburgh with lead levels of 146 high school adolescents: The arrested youths had lead levels that were four times higher.
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