Archive for the ‘Poverty’ Category
“UrbanBuds” Portable Garden
Chinese Farmer Wu Yulu’s Homemade Robots
LINKS:
YouTube
Aljazeera English
Design Boom
China.org
Wikipedia: Wu Yulu
Automotto
Trendhunter
Weird Asia News
Shanghai World Expo
Minimum Wage Machine
Paul Elkins’ Mobile Homeless Shelter
LINKS:
Paul Elkins: High Mileage Trikes
Tiny House Blog
Design Boom
Tree Hugger
Sustainability Digest
Detroit Hoop Dream: DIY Basketball Project
Job Loss Graph: Bush and Obama
ARTICLE: Kidnapping in China
FIRST 3 PARAGRAPHS:
HONG KONG, China — In November, kidnappers seized 11-year-old Chen Hao in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. The captors demanded 1 million yuan, or $146,000, for the boy’s return. His distraught parents agreed to pay part of the ransom up front. But their actions were not enough and the next day Hao’s dismembered body was discovered.
A month earlier, 11-year-old Yi Yichen was kidnapped and murdered, his body dumped in the sea.
Such grisly crimes have anxious residents of Shenzhen pressuring police to crack down. The Chinese boom town, just north of Hong Kong, has seen child kidnapping cases surge in recent months.
LINKS:
Global Post: Colum Murphy
Mac Funamizu’s Infographic Money
Infographic Coins Concept from Mac Funamizu on Vimeo.
LINKS:
Vimeo
Designboom
Petit Invention
Yanko Design
Neatorama
Rocketboom Report on Earthquake in Haiti & How to Help
Aid Organizations:
AmeriCares
Oxfam
Partners in Health
Unicef
UN World Food Program
American Red Cross
National Nurses United
World Vision
Doctors Without Borders
LINKS:
Rocketboom
