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<p><em>Youth for a United World of 29 nations, including 14 African, tell us with a document their Nairobi, Kenya from 25 April to 5 May 2014.</em></p> <p><strong>It 'a document that tells what happened</strong> in Nairobi, Kenya, from 25 April to 5 May 2014 Sharing the project with Africa, the third stage of the United World Project after Budapest and Jerusalem.</p> <p><strong>Days in which young people from 29 nations</strong>, including 14 African, have had the opportunity to learn the fundamental aspects of African culture, such as Ubuntu or the community, for example, through workshops, the participation of scholars and above all 'meeting. All this has produced a final document that we propose below along with the Decalogue: Ten points representing ten different ways to build a united world.</p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A project for five years from the German city.Honey provide valuable information about the presence of metal and chemical deposits. </span></em></p> <p>Hamburg - <strong>Beehives are placed near</strong> an airport runway in Hamburg to measure pollution levels on behalf of aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus.</p> <p><strong>A patch of land around Hamburg airport</strong> is home to thousands of unlikely residents: bees.</p> <p><strong>The hives are tended by technician-turned-beekeeper</strong>, Eberhard Schaedlich - who on behalf of aviation giant Airbus collects honey to measure pollution levels around the airport.</p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Turkey aims to supply 30 percent of its total energy demand from renewable energy sources including wind, solar and hydro power.</span></em></p> <p>Ankara – <strong>Turkey's wind energy capacity</strong> has posted a 466 megawatt (MW) increase during the first half of the year, according to the Turkish Wind Energy Association.</p> <p><strong>The country's total wind energy</strong> capacity has reached 3,424 MW with a 466 MW increase in the first six months of 2014, Mustafa Serdar Ataseven, chairman of the association, told Anadolu Agency.
<p><em>The agreement was signed between<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia.</span></em></p> <p><strong>In Central African Republic (CAR)</strong> rival armed groups have signed a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending over one year of religious conflict.</p> <p><strong>The agreement was signed between</strong> mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia.</p> <p><strong>The conflict has forced almost a quarter</strong> of the country’s population to flee their homes.
<p><em>Fraternity can be also integration.Huge crowds lined the streets of Lakemba in Sydney's south-west this morning to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan</em></p> <p><strong>Australia's Muslim communities</strong> gathered at mosques for morning prayers as the festival of Eid al-Fitr began, bringing an end to a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset.</p> <p><strong>Eid al-Fitr is also know as</strong> "the feast of breaking the fast" and occurs with the sighting of the new moon.</p> <p><strong>Dozens of stalls set up</strong> in Lakemba's streets were this morning selling traditional food.
<p><em>On Vatican Radio. “Only God can change this reality of death.”</em></p> <p><strong>Despondency prevails among the people of Gaza.</strong> The only thing that helps are the words of the Pope and the support of prayers from around the world, as a young woman from the Focolare Movement recounts. She lives in the Gaza Strip and for safety reasons will remain anonymous.<br />R. “There is no respite to the conflict, we only sees death, destruction and refugees on the road. It seems so inconceivable, you can’t believe it. Near to us there’s a UN school for refugees, some seventy people live there in 50 square metres, taking cover under the trees. How can you find peace in this situation?</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Australia, Germany and Bhutan are first countries that adopted this educational approach</span></em></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>Positive <a title="More about: Education" href="http://www.euronews.com/tag/education/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: #3370cc; text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">education</a> is an educational approach</strong> which aims to develop student well-being and promote happiness. Growing evidence suggests it can lower anxiety, boost self-esteem and help young people achieve more at school.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>An increasing number of schools</strong> worldwide are adopting the positive psychology methods in the classroom. In<a title="More about: Australia" href="http://www.euronews.com/tag/australia/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: #3370cc; text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Australia</a>, Geelong Grammar School has been incorporating such methods into its curriculum since 2008.</p>
<p><em>Jury impressed by the city's sustainability strategy</em></p> <p>Brussels - <strong>The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, has won</strong> the European Green Capital Award for 2016.</p> <p><strong>The other finalists shortlisted for the Award</strong> were Essen (Germany), Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Oslo (Norway) and Umea (Sweden). "As a citizen of Ljubljana, it is with immense pride that I congratulate the city on its environmental achievements" the EU Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, declared. "All of the finalists of this Award provide us with valuable real-life examples of how respect for the environment, excellent quality of life and economic growth can all be successfully combined" Potocnik added.
<p><em>We report a initiative carried out in Trentino promoted by Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti di Rovereto, on the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the Great War</em></p> <p><strong>500 people. At the end of June, </strong>during the days of inauguration of the civil pilgrimage of peace proposed by <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti di Rovereto to</span> remember the Great War. A 20-day journey along the Path of Peace made thirty years ago by the Autonomous Province of Trento. </p> <p><strong>"Peace requires a daily commitment</strong> and the knowledge that it depends the survival of the community - said Morena Berti representing the Regent of the Foundation -. Dolens Mary every night sounds one hundred times in memory of all wars, but it recalls also to the consciousness of the living because it's possible to build a society that prevents violence and conflict.
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
Every year, from May 1st to 7th, the United World Project support, together with the Focolare Movement and Youth for a United World (Y4UW), the United World Week, a global action where many people promote events and initiatives worldwide to foster dialogue, unity, and peace.
Dialogue & Interculture
Dialogue & Interculture
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
Here’s the key: knowing that we do not know. No one possesses the absolute Truth, and by engaging in dialogue with everyone we can grasp aspects or fragments of truth that help us reassemble a shattered vase that we can restore only if we are “together”.
Economy & Work
Anna Granata, professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, reminds us that teaching peace is not an abstract utopia. It is something that happens every day in Italian classrooms among children with diverse stories, languages, and backgrounds.
Art & Social Commitment
Celebrated Marvel and DC artist Gabriele Dell’Otto invites us to consider the people who are working to build peace as the real superheroes of our world. A profound discussion on responsibility, citizenship, and the challenge of doing the extraordinary in our everyday lives.
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