Kabul Skateboards
From Good Is: Students of DIY Workshop Make First Skateboards in Afghanistan
Skateistan began as a Kabul-based NGO, and now operates projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Pakistan, with a second facility opening in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, in 2013. Skateistan focuses on reaching out to girls and working children, using skateboarding as a tool for developing leadership opportunities, and building friendship, trust, and social capital among its students. While skateboarding is the initial way to get students involved, Skateistan is then able to provide access to education and platforms for self-expression that help break the cycles of poverty and exclusion.
E-Bike Increase in Europe
From BikeRadar: E-bike sales increase rapidly in Europe
One of the world’s biggest bicycle companies has seen electric bike sales rocket 23 per cent in a year while sales of traditional bikes have faltered.
Goal Tech
From Sports Techie: FIFA Approves Goal-Line Technology for 2014 World Cup in Brazil
FIFA announced that all matches at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will use officially licensed goal-line technology. FIFA expects to add two more candidates for selection in addition to the initial two replay systems that were accepted in July 2012 after a months-long open competition. While the decision to implement a replay system for the 2014 Cup demonstrates progress in the game itself, it also illuminates how FIFA had to be forced out of its longstanding rejection of such forward direction.