Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet and written by Christi Zaleski. Leaving Gambia’s capital city, Banjul, you’ll find a group of women standing road side offering up oysters for 15 dalasis a cup, or about 55 cents for approximately 75 pieces of oyster meat. These women in the community have been harvesting oysters […]
Fighting Global Malnutrition Locally
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. Every year, 5 million children worldwide die from malnutrition-related causes, including immune-system deficiency, increased risk of infection, decreased bone density, and starvation. But a variety of local efforts are hoping to turn things around. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a country struggling with […]
Electronic Frontier Foundation Says Illegal Download Charges Are “Predatory”
by Matthew L. Schafer Note: This report originally appeared in the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. Today a federal judge heard evidence from the Electronic Frontier Foundation on a motion by Time Warner Cable to quash subpoenas filed against Time Warner Cable. The subpoenas would require Time Warner Cable to turn over the names […]
Improving Farmer Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Earlier this week, we highlighted Nicholas Kristof’s OP-ED in the New York Times about Gabon, a country in West-Central Africa where the rights of farmers are frequently in conflict with wildlife conservation efforts. One young village chief and farmer, Evelyn Kinga explained that she doesn’t like elephants […]
In the Fight Against the Spread of HIV/AIDS, There is no Silver Bullet
Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack. In the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, there is no silver bullet. And as we travel throughout sub-Saharan Africa we are seeing dozens of innovative ways that organizations, governments, and individuals are working to fight the disease. One of the organizations that stands out, […]
Indian IT Firms Hiring More Staff than U.S. Counterpart on Expected Growth
According to quarterly reports outed recently, Indian IT firms are adding more staff to their firms than U.S. counterparts. This rise in hiring comes after a flat period of growth for Indian IT firms. However, the recession has left employees in dire straits in the U.S. Analysts say that the Indian labor market is looking […]
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