April 2011 Blog Posts (8)

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.



Increasing demand for water continues to put a strain on available water sources, threatening the livelihood of millions of small-scale farmers who depend on water for their crops. At a time when one in eight people lack access to safe water, Nourishing the… Continue

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Journey with IZILWANE around the globe and into the human psyche as, together, we connect the human animal to the global…

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Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.



For over 40 years, Earth Day has served as a call to action, mobilizing individuals and organizations around the world to address these challenges. This year Nourishing the Planet highlights agriculture—often blamed as a driver of environmental problems—as an emerging…

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For those interested in the Mekong issues, today will mark a turning point of the region. The four Lower Mekong countries will meet and discuss to get a decision about the first dam on the river section. If built, it will set a precedence for other 10 more to follow amid concerns among environmentalists that the dams would cause irreversible impacts to the river ecosystem as well as communities which depend on the river for centuries. That's how the story goes. More to come. Check…

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http://MonteverdeNow.org

On April 19^th, 1951 a small group of Quakers from Fairhope, Alabama (USA) arrived in a Costa Rican cloud forest – a place they would call “Monteverde,” or the “Green Mountain.” For decades the Quakers lived a simple life farming and producing cheese. During this time only a handful of scientists…

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This blog was originally published on the National Geographic News Watch

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Golden Mountains of Altai, Russia--For countless generations, Altai people herded their livestock across what…

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Introduction

“The only strategy would be to make Africa believe that it is ravaged by hunger and could only combat the plague with supports that must come from external cabal forces. If that is achieved, then Africa is destroyed,” these were the lamenting words of Dr Olaseinde Arigbede, national coordinator, United Small and Medium Scale Farmers of Nigeria (USMEFAN) recently at a consultative meeting entitled ‘The Politics of Hunger’ which held in Abuja, Nigeria.

The… Continue