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If you're looking for a way to combat climate change, Entrepreneur Middle East has just the thing for you: a list of the region's "unsung heroes" in the fight against it, led by the creative industries, mainly performing arts and craft design.
"Among these, the creative industries, mainly performing arts and craft design, stand as unsung heroes in the quest for sustainability," the magazine writes in an op-ed, noting that these industries "hold tremendous potential to mitigate a more environmentally conscious society in the GCC region, where cultural heritage interweaves with modernity."
In fact, the region is home to "a rare combination of rich cultural heritage and modernity," which "can thus help build a greener and more resilient future."
Here are the seven creative industries that stand out in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Read the Entire Article
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"Time-trap thinking seems logical," writes Lori Carrell in the Los Angeles Times, "but it's short-sighted: Degrees mean real earning power and career growth, and many students do work during...more
Kids who learn to play musical instruments are more likely to be successful later in life, according to a new survey out of Australia. The survey of 115 primary school teachers in South Australia...more
A Vietnam veteran from Alabama has won first place in a creative writing competition for his poem about his father's death from injuries in the war, and second place for his poem about his service...more
"Every story of redemption is a story of hope and struggle. Through our hardest times, we discover things about ourselves that we never knew." That was the introduction to The Redemption of...more
"We strongly believe in a Library that serves every member of our community, and we thank California Humanities for recognizing our talented and diverse Library staff." Those are the words of...more
During the Covid-19 virus, many businesses took a hard look at how they do business and realized they needed to do more to attract and retain top talent, Forbes reports. According to a report...more
Italian crowdfunding site Ener2Crowd has just launched a new service called FidoGreen, which it says is the first "sustainable finance platform for sustainable investments," Quartz...more
"A lack of paid leave, exorbitant childcare costs, and discrimination made my early career difficult at best, and for the majority of Americans, makes it nearly impossible to have a family," writes...more
Northern Illinois University's first-ever "Huskie Trek Talks: Ideas in Motion"a series of one-on-one "meet-and-greets" that the school says was designed "to foster a community of innovators driven...more
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Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Backs Social Saturday
UK will be celebrating its first national celebration of social enterprises dubbed as Social Saturday. World famous celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who founded the Fifteen restaurant chain.
