On Nov. 30, 2015, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will get underway from Le Bourget in Paris, France. The goal of the conference is no less than a global and legally binding agreement on climate change from every nation in the world. And while as recently as 18 months ago that goal seemed little […]
France can be a leader in new environmental-industrial complex, says Mazurier
On October 10, Arnold Schwarzenegger opened the first World Summit of Regions for Climate in Paris, France. The former California governor and Terminator star has spun his previous fame into his new role as a climate activist, founding the R20 Regions for Climate group, which was behind the October summit in Paris, in 2010.
A lesson for education – the Quito method
Education in the West has increasingly become focused on memorization, standardized testing and perfect grades, with students primarily being judged on their ability to recite facts and ideas from textbooks, rather than thinking on their own and creating individual paths. This status quo has been preserved for as long as I can remember, but unfortunately […]
Syria: A Confused War
Introduction Syria, a Middle East country has been a victim of savage and bitter civil wars. A recent UN study revealed the list of casualty stating 59,648 killing instances between March 2011 and November 2012. Syria had been into conflict for decades, became a victim of another conflict during Arab spring in March 2011. The […]
Monetary symbols: beyond face value
Every businessman’s dream is to spend his nights in his garage counting up his Franklins. The face of one the only two historic figures on green bills who were not US presidents (along with Alexander Hamilton) is conceptually conflated with the 100 dollars of value it represents. Why is it that, around the world and […]
The Known Facts About Rudy Guede
According to Nina Burliegh, author of A Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Trials of Amanda Knox, Rudy Hermann Guede was born on Christmas Eve, 1985 in Agou, a town on the Ivory Coast of Africa near the city of Abidjan. His father, Roger Guede, was from the Bete clan, a Christian tribe on the Ivory Coast […]
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