Earth Day
What does Earth Day mean to a changing world? Tom Fries considers the roles of policy and market forces in managing our natural resources. And what do bloggers from all over the world think about Earth Day?
Lead Article
Related local views
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from Pakistan
Pakistan’s Kyoto Clean Development Mechanisms and Earth Day
from Australia
From kitchen scraps to compost: A council initiative in Adelaide
from Chile
Earth Day: Local Needs, Global Meanings!
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The New City
As the world’s cities swell they’re being forced to change. Steven Watson takes a look at the new challenges facing urban living and uncovers some interesting attempts to manage the transition.
from Australia
Co-constituents or Consumers?
from Hungary
Rapid Urbanization: Lessons From the Hungarian Rust-Belt
from Ghana
One Country’s Ambition to Push back the Sahara Desert
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International Women’s Day
Local Views from around the world on International Women’s Day.
from Mongolia
Mongolian Women’s Participation in Politics
from France
What Have We Learned from International Women’s Day?
from Bulgaria
Women in Science: Why So Few?
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Disaster for Democracy
In the turmoil that follows a natural disaster, extreme forms of governance can flourish. But, says Muhammad Farhan, effective democracy is the best route back to stability.
from United States of America
Global Disaster Recovery
from Ghana
Mali: A Multi-crisis of Secession, Food Insecurity and Revolution
from Pakistan
Is democracy at fault – or is just sheer ignorance to blame?
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Defending the Global Village
We’re all at risk from the dangers of ICT-enabled crime, but Maria Farooq says that the greatest risk could come from our attempts to stay safe
from Pakistan
The Silence of the Digital Sheep
from Pakistan
Affording Apathy
from United States of America
When Our Technology Is Used Against Us
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Work in the Developing World
The developing world has the potential for major economic growth, but first it must prepare its young people for the burgeoning jobs market
from Ghana
Mobile Against Malaria Campaign Making Waves in Tanzania & Mali
from Australia
Not a hand out but a hand up: Australians investing for the future
from Ghana
Ghana Leads Africa’s Fastest Growing Countries & Economies
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Liquid Asset
There’s more than enough water in the world for all of us – we just need to manage it more carefully. Steven Watson highlights some of the world’s more promising water solutions.
from United States of America
Liquid Assets: Inter-Urban Water Management in East Africa
from El Salvador
Minería y agua: caso Cerro Blanco (Guatemala-El Salvador)
from Peru
Troubled Waters: Ecosystem Issues in Peru
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The Great Land Rush
Rising populations and the development of biofuels are increasing demand for arable land all over the world, and Arrianna Marie Conerly Coleman says that small farmers are the first to suffer
from Colombia
Distribución de tierras en Colombia, ¿por dónde empezar?
from Argentina
Conflictos en la frontera agrícola del Sur
from Nepal
Monsanto and Genetically Modified Food Insecurity
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The Greater WE
If governments don’t succeed, should civil society take action and propose its own solutions? This year’s Salzburg Trilogue was an attempt to do exactly that
from Australia
Hello neighbour. Would you join us for a coffee?
from Germany
Three faces of the Occupy Wall Street movement
from United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland
Multiculturalism: Reports of its Death are Greatly Exaggerated
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