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Systemic Change Starts with Us

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The first World Peace Flame in North America was installed in the lobby of the Civil Rights Museum, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee in 2002.

The World Peace Flame is eternal as the ideals and inspiration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are universal and timeless.

Water Positioned as a Top Challenge in Fight Against Climate Change at COP22

World Water Council emphasizes the need to create synergies as pillars for water security and to do justice to the African continent

(MARRAKESH, Kingdom of Morocco) - Following the inauguration of the first Global Climate Action Day for Water in the history of the UNFCCC, the World Water Council, through the voice of Honorary President Loïc Fauchon, presents today the outcomes of those discussions held during 9 November’s “Water Day.”

Climate Action Champion, Minister Hakima El Haite and Ambassador Laurence Tubiana, receives the key recommendations with great interest in the presence of other ministers and high-level participants during the “High Level Panel on Accelerating Climate Action”.

Will a Rohingya Armed Struggle Be Legitimate?

A constant fear has been imposed upon all who share an uncertain future.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Think about the legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Rohingya people.

Our villages, houses, mosques, 95% of the Madarsas were burned down, the entire Rohingya Muslim population was made homeless, turned into helpless animal-like creatures in crowded concentration camps with tents.

Non-Profit Organization is Seeking Local Host Families for High School Exchange Students

Foreign Exchange students develop lifelong relationships with friends and family in their host communities.

(SALEM, Ore.) - ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE), in cooperation with your community high school, is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries: Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, to name a few.

ASSE students are enthusiastic and excited to experience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families.

Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

The massive nuclear development around the globe means much to the uranium market.

(LONDON OilPrice.com) - With prices set to double by 2018, we've seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change.

Billionaire investors sense it, and they're always the first to anticipate change and take advantage of the rally before it becomes a reality.

Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstable; Causing Rapid Sea Level Rise

Today, the annual calving of icebergs from Antarctic represents more than half of the annual loss of mass of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - A new study has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought coming out of the last ice age – and that shrinkage of the vast ice sheet accelerated during eight distinct episodes, causing rapid sea level rise.

The international study, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, is particularly important coming on the heels of recent studies that suggest destabilization of part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun.