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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities.

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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

Have Fun - Do Good

According to Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century , the current mayor of Bogotá, Luis Eduardo Garzón, is: "[E]xpanding school capacity to serve the 100,000 kids who don't currently have access to education. People pay when they enter the station, not when they go into the bus. The top ranked countries were: 1. Colombia 3.