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UNICEFLive Educators, have you heard about Rights Respecting Schools? ow.ly/alnBC You can create a respectful school culture for all! 12:20 PM Apr 17th via HootSuite Retweeted by ImpactUN and 3 others
Last Call @ the Oasis Producer The privilege to know is the duty to act. Understanding the value & vulnerability of water #envisionfilm 12:24 PM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
#UNSG I travel to see 1st-hand the great challenges we face as global citizens, how climate change affect our world 12:22 PM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
#UNSG more and more, young people are looking beyond themselves … looking beyond their own countries … to what they can do for our world. 12:21 PM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady "Detropia" illustrates the issues faced by cities. #sustainable cities #envisionfilm #futurewewant 8:57 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
"The poor communities in the planet are also the most innovative" Gary Lawrence, Engineers without borders #futurewewant #envisionfilm 7:54 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
Samasource: creating jobs by creating a virtual assembly line #envisionfilm #futurewewant 7:52 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
"Unemployment is a huge issue, I looked in ways of creating jobs" Leila Janah, relocating jobs: the idea behind Samasource #futurewewant 7:50 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
X-Kigali Mayor: we gave a voice to everyone. We had a Public accountability forum regularly to discuss the #futurewewant ed #envisionfilm 7:45 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
X-Kigali Mayor Every saturday morning, we sat down and discussed what needed to be done for the city #futurewewant 7:43 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
Aisa Kirabo Kacyira,Former mayor of Kigali: helping people to feel valued, they have a stake in their city #envisionfilm 7:40 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
How can cities deliver on the promise of a sustainable future #futurewewant #envisionfilm 7:34 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
"Last train home", a moving film about migrant workers in China #envisionfilm #futurewewant 7:31 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
Refugees War Child: On the 20th anniversary of the siege of #Sarajevo, one survivor tells her extraordinary story rfg.ee/akRrZ 7:22 AM Apr 17th via HootSuite Retweeted by ImpactUN and 32 others
At the Envision 2012: stories for a sustainable future #futurewewant #envisionfilm 7:26 AM Apr 17th via Twitter for iPad
Did you know that the Space Shuttle makes one complete orbit around the Earth approximately every 90 minutes? bit.ly/I10jRz 4:48 PM Apr 10th via web
Did you know Space Station Mir means ""peace" or "village" in Russian? bit.ly/I10jRz 4:47 PM Apr 10th via web
The 1st earthling in orbit was Laika, a stray dog from Russia launched in the Russian Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957 bit.ly/I10jRz 4:46 PM Apr 10th via web
Human Space Flight Int’l Day: space travelers have spent over 30,400 days in space, or over 83 yrs bit.ly/I10jRz 4:45 PM Apr 10th via web
The #GooglePlus chat with Ban Ki-moon & young people is starting soon. Join them at 3:30 pm EST here: j.mp/HvHsiF 10:53 AM Apr 10th via web

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Bio The United Nations Academic Impact works with universities and institutions of higher education to highlight priority global issues facing today’s world.