The 15 Global Challenges from t he Millennium Project, a global participatory think tank. 1. How can sustainable development be achieved for all while addressing global climate change? 2. How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict? 3. How can population growth and resources be brought into balance? 4. How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? 5. How can decisionmaking be enhanced by integrating improved global foresight during unprecedented accelerating change? 6. How can the global convergence of information and communications technologies work for everyone? 7. How can ethical market economies be encouraged to help reduce the gap between rich and poor? 8. How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune micro-organisms be reduced? 9. How can education make humanity more intelligent, knowledgeable, and wise enough to address its global challenges? 10. How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts,...
Training for a half marathon is hard! I signed up for the Oxford half marathon in May. Thinking October was far away and I will have plenty of time to train, well I have less than a month to go and have only run twice in the last 3 months! So doing some quick research on Google, looking for some training programmes, here are a few of the best I found: http://my.asics.co.uk/my/plan/new One of the first hits, very versatile but you need a minimum time to event which means it’s not too useful for me right now! http://therunningbug.co.uk/training/plans-and-tips.aspx This site has some great plans it isn’t as personalized as the Asics but, has plenty of literature for every level of runner to improve. The articles on avoiding injury I found especially useful. If you are new to running then there are many “couch to 5k” programmes to get you started. If you are also thinking about doing some running for charity or just to get fitter then I suggest you take a...