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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

We have Angus Wright , who does books about the political environment in Brazil and saving the rainforest for the world. Now the movie is out, and it'll spread the word a little further. In 1977 he wrote an editorial for the Sunday paper, and at that time he said, "I believe that books can change the world." How to do your work?

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. the European Union and others.

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

I certainly get inspired by getting to touch and be a part of some of the vast wilderness left on the planet, so the job has allowed me the privilege, which not everyone has, of going to Indonesia, and going to the Amazon in Brazil, and certainly that is fuel that will fill my engine for a very long time.

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