(Global Pulse: February 26, 2010) The U.S. isn't the only country with an obesity problem. This week's Global Pulse looks at the tactics being deployed worldwide by nations facing an...

Born with cerebral palsy and unable to walk Andrew Kwok and his wife, Sandra, have two children. A successful legal consultant, he defies a common misconception in Hong Kong that...

Trinidad and Tobago is a beautiful island paradise in the Caribbean with just over a million inhabitants. But the country is facing a growing problem: One third of the population...

Exploding landmines and other dangerous remnants of war kill and maim thousands every year. But clearing these deadly threats requires a variety of complex skills. We went to Sweden to...

Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century is a documentary about renewable energy and other alternatives to fossil fuels, as told by a group of passionate kids calling for adults...

For the past ten years, Luis Soriano, a teacher in the small town of La Gloria, Colombia, has been following the same ritual. Every week-end, he gathers his donkey in...

(Al Jazeera English: November 4, 2009) Anti-government protests have been reported in Iran, reminiscent of demonstrations following the contested Iranian elections in June. Also, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

Watch this music video, "Hear Me Now" by The Green Children, Marlow and Milla, a moving illustration of the success of microfinance in Bangladesh, which is lifting many out of...

Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder of the Children's Defense Fund, contends that, in some ways, the American education system is worse now than it was when it was segregated...

This episode of The United Nations - 21st Century looks at one man's fight against the cocaine market of Brazil; an epidemic wiping out India's baby girls; and the dangers...

Working in the Buduburam refugee settlement in Ghana, the Niapele Project supports grassroots projects by partnering with the community to develop and implement sustainable initiatives. These aim to create the...

In late May of 2007 Peter Scarlet, artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival and our host and co-curator for CINEMONDO, traveled to the Kurdish-held area of Northern Iraq and...

South Korea is facing a dire demographic future. A nationwide media campaign has recently been launched to let the public know that the national birth rate is now the...

Alor, Indonesia; glistening waters and sunny days - unfortunately, a few too many. The island gets only a few months of rain a year. This means severe lack...

This episode explores the 2009 Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., featuring films on ocean acidification and blast fishing. Also, the fascinating documentary "Children of the Amazon" receives a special...