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Climate Change Threatens Crucial Marine Algae
- Inter Press Service
Without major reductions in the use of fossil fuels, sunlight is to kill an unknown number of ocean phytoplankton, the planet's most important organism, a new study reports this week.
Women and Children Look to Community Justice
- Inter Press Service
A new community justice programme being rolled out in Papua New Guinea’s vast village court system is bringing international human rights-based laws to rural communities and boosting the protection and empowerment of women and children.
Cubans Want Faster Economic Reforms
- Inter Press Service
A year after the Raúl Castro government approved a programme of changes and measures aimed at making the Cuban economic model sustainable, the slow pace of implementation is a focus of debate and criticism even among its supporters, who believe it should move forward more rapidly.
Mexico City - More Grey than Green
- Inter Press Service
In his book 'La Ville Radieuse' (The Radiant City), architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887-1965), known worldwide as Le Corbusier, proposed a city filled with skyscrapers, wide streets, cement and cars, but decorated with gardens. The Mexican capital seems to be following these principles.
Victory of Hollande a Cause for Hope in Europe
- Inter Press Service
French president-elect Francois Hollande is man of broad vision and precisely what France needs to pull itself out of the current crisis and put in place a policy for economic and social recovery. But his victory Sunday goes far beyond this: it is a resounding confirmation of numerous signs that Europe has recognised the failure of neoliberal ideology and is changing course, writes Mario Soares, ex-president and ex-prime minister of Portugal.
"Crowdfunding" 2.0?
- Inter Press Service
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act signed by President Barack Obama on April 4th, 2012, had been loaded with provisions pushed by Wall Street lobbyists to include "small" companies capitalised at up to one billion dollars and perverted by relaxing both requirements of Security and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley financial regulations passed in response to the 2008 crisis, writes Hazel Henderson, author, president of Ethical Markets Media (United States and Brazil), creator of the Green Transition Scoreboard, and co-creator of the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators.
COLOMBIA: Saving the River Basin, One Schoolchild at a Time
- Inter Press Service
'Out of love for the river, we reforest, recycle, and make this place beautiful,' says a sign welcoming visitors to the Floragaita school, where a balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) tree with enormous white flowers guards the entrance to the lush green grounds on a hill in the heart of Colombia’s Andes mountains.
U.S.: Ethnic Minority Youth Lead New Wave of Student Activism
- Inter Press Service
In December 1985, The New York Times reported on what was believed to be the first anti-apartheid conference of U.S. high schools discussing divestment from corporations operating in South Africa.
Q&A: Skipping Lunch to Afford a Mobile Phone in Africa
- Inter Press Service
On a continent of over one billion people, where half the population have mobile phones, the use of mobile communication and internet technologies is crucial to boost development in Africa.
U.S. Should Forge 'New Partnership' With Turkey, Report Says
- Inter Press Service
Major changes that have swept both Turkey and its neighbourhood since the Cold War require Washington to forge a 'new partnership' with Ankara, according to a new report released Tuesday by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
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