内容摘要：Waste pickers “are among the most vulnerable and highly exposed to heat,” said Abhiyant Tiwari, who leads the climate resilience team at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s India program.

Waste pickers “are among the most vulnerable and highly exposed to heat,” said Abhiyant Tiwari, who leads the climate resilience team at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s India program.

and of playing a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran.Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the

on Saturday for his revenge thrillerhanding the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.Cate Blanchett presented the award to Panahi, who three years ago was imprisoned in Iran before going on a hunger strike. For a decade and a half, he has made films clandestinely in his native country, including one film (“This Is Not a Film”) made in his living room, and another (“Taxi”) set in a car.

The crowd rose in a thunderous standing ovation for the filmmaker, who immediately threw up his arms and leaned back in his seat in disbelief before applauding his collaborators and the audience around him. On stage, Panahi was cheered bywho in 2010 in Cannes held up Panahi’s name to honor the director when he was under house arrest.

On stage, Panahi said what mattered most was freedom in his country.

“Let us join forces,” said Panahi. “No one should dare tell us what kind of clothes we should wear, what we should do or what we should not do. The cinema is a society. Nobody is entitled to tell what we should or refrain from doing.”or even formed from early memories of

Whatever the reason, the most optimistic believe those life experiences can bring about alternatives to the status quo — if they hold meaningful roles.When DeNora Getachew became DoSomething CEO during the pandemic, she acknowledged the platform largely provided “slacktivist” opportunities — or low-effort ways to support social causes online. DoSomething was not meeting the desires of its 13- to 25-year-old audience for lasting community change.

The nonprofit was founded in 1993 to boost youth volunteering. Getachew said the “new DoSomething” sees volunteerism as a “step on the ladder” but not “the top rung.”She pointed to a new program called Talking Trash that does more than just encourage volunteers to recycle plastic bottles. Through educational campaigns and microgrants, DoSomething prompts members to think more deeply about improving overall waste management infrastructure.