Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1310
Africa Seeks to Grow More, Buy Less
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 11 (IPS) - Africa can ensure food security by producing wheat. New research presented in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this week shows that the continent has the potential to be self-sufficient.
South-South Cooperation Transcends Sharing Technical Knowhow
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorated the Day of South-South Cooperation last month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out a new development that transcends sharing technical know-how: coordination of government policy among developing nations.
Middle-Class, Depending on the Lens Through Which You Look
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 10 (IPS) - While no one disputes the progress made in reducing poverty in Brazil over the last decade, there is debate on how many people actually climbed into the middle class, with some analysts arguing that factors other than income must be taken into account.
Co-operatives Hold Their Own in Free Market Jungle
- Inter Press Service
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, Oct 10 (IPS) - Cooperatives may face an immense challenge in garnering broader public recognition among consumers, but when it comes to chasing growth, they haven’t held back.
Untreated Mental Illness the Invisible Fallout of War and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 10 (IPS) - About 50 percent of Afghanis over 15 years of age suffer from mental health problems - depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder. In northern Uganda, nearly every family suffered during the vicious 20-year rebellion during which thousands of children were kidnapped and turned into child soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army.
Sendai Shares Big Lessons from the Great Quake
- Inter Press Service
SENDAI, Japan, Oct 10 (IPS) - The debris of the devastated Arahama elementary school yielded two enduring lessons for its principal, Takao Kawamura, in the months after the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan’s north-east coastland on Mar. 11, 2011.
Garifuna Women, Custodians of Culture and the Environment in Honduras
- Inter Press Service
TRUJILLO, Honduras, Oct 10 (IPS) - Hurricane Match, which devastated Honduras 14 years ago, prompted a group of Garifuna women to start organising, to help the people in greatest need of assistance.
Uruguayan Schools Slowly Say Goodbye to Junk Food
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 10 (IPS) - Uruguayan schoolchildren are learning that cookies, candy, potato chips and soft drinks are bad for their health.
Some schools have taken the initiative and banned junk food from school snacks.
Greek State on Life Support
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Oct 10 (IPS) - Like a person on life support whose vital functions are failing, the Greek economy is slowly but surely shutting down as radiation from the so-called ‘austerity plan’ erodes public institutions.
Pangolin Trade Betrays Apathy for Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 10 (IPS) - Conservationists see the decimation of pangolins (scaly anteaters) in Pakistan as a sign of the callousness with which this country’s rich biodiversity is being traded away for commercial gain.
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