The challenges of urban living include getting enough clean water, fresh food and sustainable energy whilst finding safe and efficient ways to deal with the waste produced by millions of people

Featured videos:

- Urban Living: Introduction
- Recycling Rubbish: A short video about recycling and the production of fuel briquettes from charcoal dust
- Urban Greening: deals with green solutions and agriculture
- Recycling Plastic: short movie about weaving plastic bags
- Ecosan Toilets: deals with ecological sanitation for cities
- Recycling Paper: a video about recycling and papier mache

The Asian Tsunami - Tsunami Teacher

Science and technology are key components of social integration, sustainable development and poverty eradication based on equity, freedom, justice, governance and solidarity. The UNESCO's Basic sciences programme deals with molecular biology, biotechnology, chemistry, pure and applied physics and mathematics, as well as interdisciplinary areas that underlie human health, the preservation of the environment and human well-being.