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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...children born during the two weeks of COP26 will be 71 years old on the 100th Anniversary of the Rio 1992 Earth Summit. As that generation retells the story of how the nations of the world worked together to eventually limit dangerous global heating, Glasgow’s COP26 will be worth a mention...Find out more about The Open University’s Environment qualifications. [Photo...
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The psychological impacts of climate change
Nature & Environment

The psychological impacts of climate change

...children. Place2Be, a charity offering counselling in UK schools, recently warned that young people were feeling increasingly “hopeless and paralysed” by climate change. [A group of young people holding signs at a protest] The impacts of climate change are not just environmental then, but psychological too. From Doom to Doing Something Climate anxiety speaks to the...
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A brief history of the eisteddfod
History & The Arts

A brief history of the eisteddfod

...children’s choirs. Choral competitions at the National Eisteddfod in particular became battle grounds for giants. In 1930 the Chief Choral Competition at the National Eisteddfod in Llanelli lasted for six hours. At the modern National, time is better regulated, but many local eisteddfodau will be held far into the night. Spread and influence Eisteddfodau have travelled...
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...Children wear brand new clothes on this day and receive money in red envelopes, known as 红包 (hóng bāo), from their parents and grandparents. Learn common new year’s greetings in Chinese The most common new year’s greetings are: 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè), 新年好 (xīn nián hǎo) and 恭喜发财 (gōng xǐ fā cái). The first two expressions mean...
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The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
History & The Arts

The Extraordinary Rosa Parks

...children and grown-ups, don’t ride the bus at all on Monday. Please stay off all buses Monday. The bus boycott started to take on a life of its own, spreading from one day - and with a set of coherent demands. Martin Luther King gave his blessing: In his memoir, Stride Towards Freedom, Martin Luther King tabulates the original aims: (1) courteous treatment by the bus...
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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...children and killed many other thousands, but it couldn’t crush a nation of grimly determined people. The governments of P. W. Botha and F. W. de Klerk were forced to the negotiating table, the ANC was unbanned and Nelson Mandela, now the symbol of the liberation struggle, was freed. The prisoner became the president. Our part in this struggle was small but heartfelt....
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Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?
History & The Arts

Why isn't Doctor Who a vegan?

...children and adults with a history stretching back more than 50 years, Doctor Who reflects contemporary cultural and ethical norms through the stories it tells. The post-2005 show has been rightly credited for the diversity of its human characters – the new series about to begin sees the introduction of the Doctor’s first openly gay companion, and tipsters feel that...
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The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...children being inspired. It’s something to do also with the fact that, you know, there aren’t more black and minority ethnic physics and maths teachers, and it isn’t a cool thing to do. Which is why, you know, we need poets and filmmakers and the media as well to say engineering and science is great. Benjamin Zephaniah Say if I wanted to be like you, you are my...
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