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Two sides of the Global Food Crisis – Food Shortage vs. Food Wastage
There are two sides to the current world food crisis: with food shortages for hundreds of millions of people in developing counties resulting in widespread malnourishment with little or no access to food this is in stark contrast to the rise in affluent lifestyles and a free-flowing abundance in access
World Water Day 2012
International World Water Day is held annually on the 22nd of March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
The Poor Against the Powerful
Here’s a short article I wrote on ‘food dumping’ that is cross-posted from Eco-Age, an online UK magazine which covers a wide range of areas including ecological analysis, socially responsible shopping and sustainable fashion. It looks at how food aid doesn’t always do what it is supposed to, with often
International Women’s Day 2012
Today is the 101st International Women’s Day! First emerging as a day of celebration from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe, socialist movements in various countries sought to champion women’s rights at the turn of the 20th century
10 best female pioneers?
image: We Can Do It poster by Howard J. Miller (1943) Yesterday UK newspaper The Observer updated its The 10 Best… series by launching the 10 best female pioneers of all time. In their opinion the top 10 female pioneers of trailblazing women, from suffragettes to style icons are:
Activism in music – remarks from President Michael D. Higgins
Music is the international language, the bridge builder and the barrier breaker. Last weekend Irish President Michael D. Higgins appeared at The Music Show in Dublin‘s RDS to introduce a panel session on activism in music. The President, lined up to speak after a short performance from rapper Temper-Mental MissElayneous
Is Capitalism bankrupt?
It would take 4.4 earths for there to be enough for everybody to consume as much as the average American. ‘Counting the Cost,’ a news channel on Al Jazeera asks the question: Is Capitalism bankrupt? Capitalism, which has been led along by Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ dominates the world economy.
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money
Shuga – an MTV production in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – is a hard-hitting drama series based in Nairobi, Kenya. The six-part series follows the lives, loves and sometimes complicated sexual relations of young Kenyans. The show depicts
World Press Photos of the Year 2012
World Press Photo of the Year 2011, Samuel Aranda A woman holds her wounded son in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in Sanaa, Yemen on 15 October 2011. For over 55 years the World
The Zambian Chipolopolo Boys win for Africa
Photo source: Truly Zambian The story of the weekend goes to Zambia: the once written-off underdog of African football – the Chipolopolo Boys** or Copper Bullet Boys – upset the clear favourites of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament (AFCON) by beating the Ivory Coast in the final in an