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In 2010, A cruel summer drought in Mongolia was followed by a viciously cold winter – a combination known locally as a ‘dzud’. Nearly eight million livestock died due to extreme cold and because the drought stopped animal fodder from growing. The government declared a state of emergency. With local partners, we delivered fodder and […]
You probably love sitting – it’s comfortable, right? Wrong! The human body has been designed for movement, and the longer you sit, the more agitated your body gets. This video explains how lack of movement is slowly killing you.
We’ve all heard about the idea of English becoming a “universal language.” Some say that it should be used worldwide, and others say that it shouldn’t. While tempers flare on either side, there’s one point that can’t be argued: English is ridiculously hard to learn. To native English speakers, this seems silly. But think about […]
India is celebrating its 70th independence day and the people of the world continue to tag India with rapes, slums, caste system, sanitation, pollution, dirt, poverty etc. There is no doubt that India is facing some challenges but is the international media being unfair and overplaying India’s problems? Are the people of the world getting […]
54-year-old Yeung Suen is one of Hong Kong’s 100,000 cubicle dwellers. He lives in a 35 square foot windowless space barely bigger than his bed. The irony is, he pays more per square foot in rent than someone living in a luxury apartment. In this episode, Get Real enters Hong Kong’s world of cubicle dwellers, […]
Singapore’s Changi: How to design the world’s best airport | CNBC International.
Rome was the world’s first ancient megacity. At a time when few towns could number more than 10,000 inhabitants, more than a million lived in Rome. But in a world without modern technology, how on earth did the Romans do it? How did they feed their burgeoning population, how did they house them, and how […]
Rome was the world’s first ancient megacity. At a time when few towns could number more than 10,000 inhabitants, more than a million lived in Rome. But in a world without modern technology, how on earth did the Romans do it? How did they feed their burgeoning population, how did they house them, and how […]
