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July 1, 2024

A former salt mine in Germany containing over 100,000 barrels of dangerous radioactive waste. The scandal of thousands of Indigenous women being forcibly sterilized in Canada. And an Indonesian doctor helping patients and the environment at the same time.

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There are eight billion people on Earth and we are better connected than ever before. How can we make use of that? Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together.

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