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Entries from June 2008

Devon

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Some remembrances from two weeks fieldwork in the Southwest of England: Exeter, Devon.

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The Girl Effect

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Beautiful! The Girl Effect. Thanks to Anothercompany.

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Tags: Art & Culture · Developing Countries

The truth beyond the food crisis

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

What’s behind the world food crisis? Yes, the growing world population is a huge contributor to the need for more food. Yes, reckless food- and oil-seed-based biofuel subsidies have added to the problem. Yes, the climate crisis will contribute enormously. Yes, greater prosperity by previously vegetarian consumers in India and China will increase demand for [...]

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Tags: Climate & Energy · Earth & Environment · Economic Development · Politics & International Relations · Sustainable Development · World

Seven Questions: The New World Energy Order

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Why are oil prices soaring so high, and will they ever return to Earth? Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency in Paris, explains why peak oil is real, why biofuels are indispensable, and how China determines what you pay at the pump.
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Tags: Climate & Energy · Politics & International Relations

World Refugee Day: Displacement in the 21st Century. A new paradigm

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The refugee challenge in the 21st century is changing rapidly. People are forced to flee their homes for increasingly complicated and interlinked reasons. Some 40 million people worldwide are already uprooted by violence and persecution, and it is likely that the future will see more people on the run as a growing number of push [...]

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Tags: Climate & Energy · Developing Countries · Globalization & Global Culture · Politics & International Relations · War & Terrorism · World