Most agree that the central idea of the Brundtland Commission's definition of sustainable development is that of intergenerational equity. In sum, the needs are basic and essential, economic growth will facilitate their fulfillment, and equity is encouraged by citizen participation.
Microblogging in China. Weibo (å¾®å) is the Chinese word for microblog. It refers to mini-blogging services in China, including social chat sites and platform sharing.
RoboBraille is a web and email service capable of converting documents into a range of accessible formats including Braille, mp3, e-books and Daisy. The service can furthermore be used to convert otherwise inaccessible documents such as scanned images and pdf files into more accessible formats. RoboBraille has been in operation since 2004 and currently serves thousands of user requests each month from users across the world.