The Mirarr People in Australia’s Northern territory have renewed their opposition to the multibillion-dollar Jabiluka uranium deposit, declaring their wish, in solidarity with the people of Japan, to include the deposit as part of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. In a recent letter to UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon (PDF), Mirarr Elder Yvonne Margarula […]
Agriculture: The Unlikely Earth Day Hero
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 solution. Agriculture is a source of food and income […]
Gujjars of J&K seek National help against Poverty
Jammu, April 17 (Scoop News) –Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation,main organisation of nomadic tribes today Seekes help from National bodies against absolute poverty among Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir and pleaded to formulate a sustainable poverty eradication programme for migratory communities of State. They said that nomads in J&K deserve special attention […]
Gujjars for special allocations in Budget 2011 to rehabilitate nomads
Jammu, February 27 (Scoop News) – Demanding special allocations in State’s budget 2011 to provide food security to nomadic Tribes alongwith rehabilitation package , the Gujjars -a major Schedule Tribe community of Jammu and Kashmir today urged for developing a sustainable approach to boost ‘Tribal Economy’ which is at verge of collapse due to poverty, illiteracy and globalization. In […]
Why PowerPoint will be replaced by Wikis
PowerPoint is a great tool for making presentations or presenting a team’s final output, or recommendation. But what about situations where a deliverable is a living, breathing document? I attend business school, and here we’re constantly working on teams to complete projects with long time horizons. Powerpoint and Word, unaided by Microsoft’s expensive collaboration […]
Wacko California and Its Judiciary Need A Reality Check
There was an mainstream media AP article in the news again with respect to the ruling by a California federal district court judge over the lifting of the ban on gay marriages in the State of California. It does appear this particular judge has a love for the limelight, due to making this ruling against […]
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