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Is five minutes enough time to volunteer? http://bbc.in/j7Nfcz

"Kill the G**s" bill could be passed in 12 hours-sign this urgent petition to stop it!

More than 100 projects across the globe desperately need your support. Use our interactive map to find out where they are – and what you need to pack: http://www.stuffyourrucksack.com/

Stuff Your Rucksack: Please help More than 100 projects across the globe desperately need your support. Use our interactive map to find out where they are – and what you need to pack – and turn your next holiday into a life-changing experience.

Private sector 'increasingly important' for development in Africa | Liz Ford http://t.co/dvRARm4 via

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/5/4/time-harvard-hawley-students/

Gap Years: A Chance To Explore The World In the last four months, one Harvard student has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, visited the pyramids, witnessed lions in their natural habitat, and was even mugged on his first day in Tanzania—an experience which he describes as just one in a series of “pretty crazy adventures.”

Why you should enter the Guardian's International Development Journalism Competition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/03/international-development-journalism-competition?CMP=twt_fd

Why you should enter the Guardian's International Development Journalism Competition | Sue George |. Sue George: Now in its fourth year, the competition invites aspiring and professional journalists to put the spotlight on the developing world — with the chance of publication in the Guardian

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/gapyear/

Gap year Essential advice for gap year travellers

I saw a gap between what there is, what there should be and what we are offered by gvts, firms and charities.

Benjamin Cohen has a nifty map showing how news of the Japanese disaster spread on social media:
http://blogs.channel4.com/benjamin-cohen-on-technology/facebook-map-reveals-how-news-of-the-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-spread/2263

Facebook map reveals how news of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami spread Facebook have today released this fascinating graphic that shows how news of the disaster hitting Japan has spread around the world.

http://www.businessfightspoverty.org/profiles/blogs/job-opportunity-private-sector

Job Opportunity: Private Sector Development Advisors, UK Department for International Development -. DFID is recruiting for Private Sector Development Advisors at various grades. In October 2010, the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mit…

“There is just no doubt. If we are to continue living in cities we will have to stop stripping nature bare with no thought for tomorrow. What we do now in our homes and in our streets affects the entire planet. The future of our civilisation depends on us restoring the balance between the natural world and the urban jungle. Can we do it?” (John Hurt very gracefully narrating Human Planet): http://tinyurl.com/232ojsd

BBC - Human Planet Explorer (pictures, video, facts & news) Human Planet Explorer allows you to browse a selections of clips that showcase man's relationship with the natural environment.