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Mozaiky o.s. Platform Dialog - O nás Y je nezisková organizace založená v roce 2005. Usiluje o vytvoření dialogu mezi lidmi různých ras, národností, náboženství a názorů, kteří mají zájem o dosažení společných cílů. Cílů, na jejichž základě můžeme pomáhat vytvořit lepší budoucnost, z níž bude možné jednou vysílat poselství porozumění, tolerance a pochopení pro všechny. Cílem naší iniciativy je odstranit „nedostatek povědomí a vzájemného porozumění mezi lidmi z odlišných kulturních základů a světonázorů vytvářejících konflikty, teror a války.“ Tato myšlenka nás dovedla až k vytvoření MOZAIKY, která, jak věříme, přispěje svým dílem a pomůže napravit některé neduhy, jež v současnosti ohrožují mír na zemi. Posláním MOZAIKY je konfrontovat co nejvíce lidí s odlišnými názory a vykořenit zažité předsudky a iracionální nenávist vůči ostatním kulturám. Vize MOZAIKY je svět bez krveprolití, což předpokládá vyřešit konflikty mezi lidmi; svět, kde se budou lidé zabývat předměty své touhy bez obav, ale s respektem a láskou k „druhým“.

Hydraulic Fracturing of Oil & Gas Wells Drilled in Shale What is Hydraulic Fracturing? Hydraulic fracturing is a procedure that can increase the flow of oil or gas from a well. It is done by pumping liquids down a well into subsurface rock units under pressures that are high enough to fracture the rock. Hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling has turned previously unproductive organic-rich shales into the largest natural gas fields in the world. How Long Has Hydraulic Fracturing Been Used? The first use of hydraulic fracturing to stimulate oil and natural gas wells in the United States was done over 60 years ago. Successful Use of Hydraulic Fracturing in Shale In the early 1990s Mitchel Energy began using hydraulic fracturing to stimulate the production of natural gas from wells drilled into the Barnett Shale of Texas. Mitchel Energy realized that gas in the Barnett Shale was trapped in tiny pore spaces that were not interconnected. Hydraulic Fracturing in Other Shale Plays Fracturing Fluids Proppants Environmental Concerns

Od vedomostí a činov k hodnotám a späť | Globálne vzdelávanie.sk Vzdelávanie v súčasnosti čelí mnohým výzvam a viacerí odborníci na vzdelávanie volajú nie po evolúcii vzdelávania ale revolúcii vo vzdelávaní. Jedným z nich je aj Ken Robinson, ktorý tvrdí, že vzdelávať mladých ľudí v dnešnej globalizovanej dobe spôsobom, ktorý bol vytvorený v časoch osvietenstva a priemyselnej revolúcie nie je možné. Cieľom súčasného vzdelávacieho systému je klásť dôraz na intelekt, ktorý by mal byť využitý na ekonomické záujmy krajiny. Školský systém ako taký má veľa spoločného s výrobnými linkami, ktoré môžete nájsť v továrňach. Sú tam vopred predpísané prestávky, samostatne vyučované predmety ako jednotlivé prevádzky v továrni a existuje kategorizácia na základe veku, ako by sa jednalo o výrobky s rovnakým dátumom výroby. Do tohto systému sa snaží začleniť globálne vzdelávanie, ktoré svojimi princípmi má čo robiť, aby sa dokázalo vtesnať do kurikul. Od rozvojového ku globálnemu vzdelávaniu a ešte ďalej Miesto kritického myslenia v globálnom vzdelávaní Bibliografia:

Why the Pipeline Is an Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen | Yan Roberts TransCanada Corp announced their "Energy East Pipeline" proposal this week, which would involve converting their existing 50-year-old natural gas mainline that runs across Northern Ontario into an oil pipeline that pumps an astronomical volume -- 850,000 barrels per day -- of tar sands oil East. Of course, this pipeline traverses many rivers and runs adjacent to many lakes across Northern Ontario -- it even runs through the drinking water supply for major cities. In North Bay for example, the pipeline runs right through the Trout Lake watershed (and actually crosses on the east-end of the lake), which is the source for the municipal drinking water that services 54,000 people. The environmental regulations -- as well as the municipal and land owner approvals that were required in the 1950s to build this natural gas pipeline -- should not be transferable to allow TransCanada to switch services and having this potentially become the largest oil pipeline in North America. Loading Slideshow

Developmentcoffee.org What’s the Condition of the Pipeline Beneath the Straits of Mackinac: VIDEO from Wildlife Promise Enbridge markers for the 60-year-old pipelines located at the Straits of Mackinac. This past July, NWF conducted a diving expedition to obtain footage of aging oil pipelines strung across one of the most sensitive locations in the Great Lakes, and possibly the world: the Straits of Mackinac. Footage of these pipelines has never been released to the public until now. The Straits of Mackinac pipelines, owned by Enbridge Energy, are 60-years-old and considered one of the greatest threats to the Great Lakes because of their age, location, and the hazardous products they transport – including tar sands derived oil. For nearly two years, NWF has been pressing pipeline regulators and Enbridge to release information about the integrity of these pipelines, including inspection videos showing how the pipelines cross the Straits of Mackinac. Heightening our concern around this pipeline and the company that owns it: despite having cleared our dive work with the U.S.

Global Issues in English Language Learning Will Harper's Throne Speech address 'Canada's Termination Plan' against First Nations? As I wrote in my last newsletter (FNSB Vol.10, Issues 7-10) on September 4, 2012, Prime Minister Harper launched three new policy measures intended to speed up Canada’s longstanding Plan to Terminate First Nations Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights. Termination -- in this context means the ending of First Nations pre-existing sovereign status through federal coercion of First Nations into Land Claims and Self-Government Final Agreements that convert First Nations into municipalities, their reserves into fee simple lands and extinguishment (through modification) of their Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. Canada’s Termination Plan was ramped up on September 4, 2012, through these three policy measures among other federal initiatives, including: 1. First Nation regional and national political organizations will have their core funding cut and capped. 2. 3. - Accept the extinguishment (modification) of Aboriginal Title - Accept removing on-reserve tax exemptions

RWL US Court: Transcanada's Keystone XL Profits More Important Than Environment TransCanada Keystone XL oil pipeline pumping station in rural Nebraska. (Photo: shannonpatrick17 / Flickr) In a major ruling that's flown under the radar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - based in Denver, Colorado - decided not to grant the Sierra Club and Clean Energy Future Oklahoma a temporary injunction on the construction of the southern half of Transcanada's Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. The Court's decision hinged on an "injury" balancing test: Would Transcanada be hurt more financially from receiving an injunction? Or would ecosystems suffer even greater and potentially incalculable damage from the 485-mile, 700,000 barrels per day pipeline crossing 2,227 streams? In a 2-1 decision, the Court sided with Transcanada, and by extension, the U.S. Commenting on the case brought by Sierra Club, et al, Judge Jerome A. NWP 12: "New Normal" for Tar Sands Pipeline Approval "The Corps is abusing the nationwide permit program. Why, I asked Hayes? U.S.

Skauti na Zemi | NaZemi Junák v letech 2015 – 2017 realizuje ve spolupráci s neziskovou organizací NaZemi projekt, který má za cíl podpořit skauty i skautské oddíly v tom, aby dokázali vnímat svůj vliv na život v místní komunitě i v jiných částech světa a aby se na základě toho rozhodovali a jednali. Jinými slovy se dá říci, že se Junák bude v nejbližší době více snažit o to, aby rozhled skautů a skautek nekončil na hranicích naší republiky, ale aby je naopak přesahoval. Organizace NaZemi přináší do vzájemné spolupráce důležité zkušenosti. Propojení každého z nás s lidmi na druhém konci planety, nebo tak říkajíc pohled mimo naši bublinu, je totiž tím hlavním, čím se NaZemi zabývá. První pracovní schůzka všech partnerů zapojených v projektu Skauti na Zemi. První společné setkání s partnery z několika evropských zemí v Berlíně. K tomuto textu ses pravděpodobně proklikl/a přes některou z našich dobrovolnických výzev. Součástí něčeho velkého Východiska Co to znamená pro Junák a pro jeho oddíly a kmeny? Kontakty

Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly' The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new report. Scientists from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) monitored widespread changes in ocean chemistry in the region. They say even if CO2 emissions stopped now, it would take tens of thousands of years for Arctic Ocean chemistry to revert to pre-industrial levels. Many creatures, including commercially valuable fish, could be affected. They forecast major changes in the marine ecosystem, but say there is huge uncertainty over what those changes will be. It is well known that CO2 warms the planet, but less well-known that it also makes the alkaline seas more acidic when it is absorbed from the air. Absorption is particularly fast in cold water so the Arctic is especially susceptible, and the recent decreases in summer sea ice have exposed more sea surface to atmospheric CO2. “Large rivers flow into the Arctic, which has an enormous catchment for its size,” he said.

Úspěch pro každého žáka Harper Complicit In War Crimes? | Excited Delirium For the first time in Canadian history, is it conceivable that our Prime Minister is complicit in war crimes? As the allegations get more serious and intense, I pray that dozens more public servants have the bravado to stand tall and tell the world what about we’ve allowed to happen. If they are bullied and maligned like the Cons did to Colvin last week, it will be the thin edge of the wedge in our sense of decency, pride and function of this country. Write your MPs today. Demand an inquiry into this disgusting mess. WASHINGTON–Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office used a “6,000-mile screwdriver” to oversee the denial of reports of Afghan detainee abuse when the scandal first erupted in 2007, according to a former senior NATO public affairs official who was then based in Kabul. “It was highly unusual. “The lines were, ‘We have no evidence’ of coercive treatment being used against detainees handed over to the Afghans. “The NDS operated under almost impenetrable secrecy.