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Brynn is a Global Envision intern and a sophomore at New York University. She is working towards a Global Liberal Studies degree with a concentration in Media Studies. Brynn spent her freshman year of college in Paris, France, traveled to Ethiopia twice with a medical team and to continue her study of world cultures, will spend her junior year in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Oct 13, 2011 - Will sorghum beer become Africa's first macrobrew?
Aug 24, 2011 - Pulling the plug: mobile phone charging goes off the grid
Aug 18, 2011 - Used Soda Bottles Light Up the World, For Free
Aug 2, 2011 - Raising Prices Means Reducing Waste: Peter Orszag on Chinese Water
Jul 26, 2011 - Piles of Problems Make the Gates Foundation Rethink our Most Useful Invention: The Toilet
Jul 13, 2011 - Tips from Ashoka's Top Social Entrepreneurs


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Jobs for Billionaires - By Joshua E. Keating

Foreign Policy - Thu, 05/24/2012 - 07:25
A few problems back here on Earth in need of some serious capital.

Panda glasses are Toms shoes for your face

Washington Post - Innovations - Thu, 05/24/2012 - 02:30
Growing up in a Chinese home, Vincent Ko saw the many uses of bamboo — in the kitchen utensils, decorations and even furniture. Years later, as a recent Georgetown University graduate, Ko began to wonder if the trendy Asian grass had a place in fashion — in sunglasses, to be exact.

Old Ways Disappearing In The New Mongolia

NPR - Thu, 05/24/2012 - 00:17
With desertification, drought and a booming mining industry, Mongolians are leaving the traditional life of herding. Herdsman Bat-Erdene Badam says he will be the last in his family to tend livestock. His children are trading in their nomadic lives for more stable, often urban jobs.

Two Worlds, One Climate - By Peter Passell

Foreign Policy - Wed, 05/23/2012 - 14:35
Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.

Brazil and China, Oiling the Wheels of Business

Inter Press Service - development - Mon, 05/28/2012 - 06:21
China's voracious demand for energy has prompted it to embrace Brazil as a major oil partner, fuelling the dramatic expansion of Chinese companies in this South American country. But while some see this as a boost to the Brazilian economy, others fear that it poses a risk to this country's future self-sufficiency.
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