Playing for a change

"You must be the change you want to see in the world". 

Mahatma Gandhi(1869 - 1948)

Musicians of "Playing for a change" believe that it is possible to make the world a better place to live in, always with the help of music, with a song like this.

What do you think? Do you think this is worth trying? the musicians in this organization believe so and by that reason they will perform their music for free with the idea of raising money and help kids from different continents to learn to play a musical instrument. These concerts will  take place during next September. 
But it is better if you watch the video:

Our World in 50 Pictures

There were more than 67.000 pictures in the the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest and here you have the 50 finalist images. I have chosen the one above because it caught my eye.
Click on the image, explore the pictures and choose the one you like best.

Fun of stats

The Joy of Stats is a film made by Prof. Hans Rosling for the BBC not only showing the facts we can learn from statistics but also visualizing the data with the help of new techniques.
The film above is a short clip of the full movie, Prof. Rosling shows the relation between life expectancy and wealth in 200 countries and during 200 years.

Follow the link and explore the map.

Or explore some more maps here.

Arab countries are boiling

What is happening in the Arab countries? From the really rich oil countries in the Gulf to Morocco in the West, all countries find their population standing against dictatorial regimes. This seems the path to a new future for our Arab neighbours.
Arab countries are full of young people, many of them without a job and they want a change in the way of doing politics, as we have seen in Egypt.
Click and see the interactive from the Guardian newspaper.
And follow the link if you want to know why they are so upset.
And click if you want to know more about Egypt.

The world in a click

Hong King from Photosfan

What is your favourite town? Would you like to live in a different continent?
Travel to New York this weekend, enjoy the views in different seasons, see the pictures at the bottom of the webpage or read about it.
Do you prefer London? click and choose your favourite view.
Or click here if you want to choose the place to visit.
And if you want to know the time in those places, just  follow this link.
Have a great weekend.

Languages on the Internet

Have a look at the infographic that compares the most used languages on the net and see how Chinese has become the second most used language after English (with a 42.0 per cent) and it is still growing.
Spanish is on the third place and Portuguese on the fifth.
So, if you want to learn Chinese, jsut follow the link.

Spending in education

from FedEx

Have a look at the map, weird isn't it? it changes the shape of countries in response to the dates you select. I have searched about education and spending in education in the world, and this is what I have got.
Click to see the maps, write SPEND IN EDUCATION where you read SEARCH wait for the map and then click on each country to learn how much it spends in education.
Can you tell me:
How much does Spain spend in education?
What is the european country with a highest education budget?
Is there any relation bewteeen the shape of the country and its education budget?

Italian Resistence Day

On the 25th of April Italian people celebrate "The Day of the Resistence" that was the date their country became liberated and World War II finished at last for Italy. The video above shows the main events of that terrible war in Europe.

Hunger: an infographic

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever" (Mohandas Gandhi)

I liked very much this infographic about world hunger , here you have everything you should know about hunger in hte world. And don't you agree that the the quote by Gandhi is really inspiring?

All about Haiti

 from topcultured.com

As you already know, a terrible earthquake has devastated Port-au-Prince, the capital and main city in Haiti. Click in the image to see an infographic about the Haiti earthquake if you want to learn what happened to this tiny island.

William's windmill

Meet William and get as impressed as I did watching the video or reading the story of this 14 years old boy from Malawi who built a windmill with so few knowledge or money. Now he and his family enjoy the benefits of electricity at home. And don't panic because the video is very easy to understand.

Pollution

Do you agree with Gandhi?
Follow the link and take your time to explore the pictures.

A language has died

(Photo:Flag  from the Isle of Man)
Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam.
A country without a language is a country without a soul

(Irish proverb)

Not only some animals are in a great danger of becoming extinct, that can happen to languages, too. And in that situation are some of the so called Celtic languages which are seriously endangered in Britain. Cornish is a dead language because its last native speaker (that means, the last person who learned it as his mother tongue) died in the early 19th century. There has been a revival in the use of this language because people from Cornwall have always had a strong feeling of identity, but this effort couldn't help Cornish to be declared extinct by the UNESCO . It is believed that about 3000 people are fluent in the language today.
Manx Gaelic is the name of the language spoken in the Isle of Man, although it is also in a great danger, a revival in the use of the Manx language has taken place, as people are increasingly finding their language as something valuable cultural legacy.

Click here to explore the UNESCO interactive Atlas of the world's languages in danger.