Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1334
Q&A: The Undying Legacy of Dambudzo Marechera
- Inter Press Service
WINDHOEK, Aug 29 (IPS) - Legendary and controversial Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera, who once famously told people to let him write and drink his beer, has been dead for 25 years. However, interest in the life and work of the author, who has become a cult icon to aspiring young writers in Zimbabwe and abroad, will not die.
As Temperatures Rise in Sri Lanka, Drought Wreaks Havoc
- Inter Press Service
PUTTALAM, Sri Lanka, Aug 29 (IPS) - It is a time of extreme heat and anxiety in Sri Lanka. Even the rains last week felt like a sudden burst of cold water on the smouldering asbestos sheets on most Sri Lankan household roofs, creating a blast of cold air before the heat returns once the rains end.
Spain Hit by Epidemic of Despair
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Aug 29 (IPS) - Rising rates of depression and suicide are among the most obvious signs of the increase in mental illness resulting from the economic crisis in Spain.
Q&A: Swapping Children for Protection in Central African Republic
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Aug 28 (IPS) - The protection of children remains critical in the Central African Republic, where parents willingly give their children to armed groups in exchange for protection and services.
Shifting to Renewables in Japan – An Uphill Task
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Aug 28 (IPS) - Renewable energy is emerging as the “clinch deal” in Japan`s painful power crisis that pits the government and business against public demand for zero nuclear power. But experts say the going is easier said than done.
Argentina – The Promised Land for South American Neighbours
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 28 (IPS) - "The new buildings in the Argentine capital were built by Paraguayans,” Isidro Méndez says with some pride. The 60-year-old immigrant, who runs a construction company, is one of the hundreds of thousands of foreigners who came to this country with hopes for a better future.
Study Damns Mekong Dams
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Aug 28 (IPS) - Impoverished Laos is unlikely to cancel a Thai project to build a mega dam across the Mekong River at Xayaburi, despite warnings from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that it could devastate the region’s rich biodiversity.
Palestinians Find Refuge Across the Atlantic
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 28 (IPS) - Issam Ali Hassan spent more than four years in an isolated desert camp in Jordan before he was taken in by Brazil. The son of Palestinians had been living as a refugee in Baghdad when he had to escape after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.
In Uruguay, the Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Aug 28 (IPS) - Uruguay needs to reinforce and expand its electric power grid to absorb the 1,200 megawatts of wind energy that it plans to generate by 2015.
Feed Europe, Feed the World
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Aug 28 (IPS) - A huge moment for reform of the industrial farming system in Europe has many stakeholders on edge. Farmers who are feeling the crunch of rising input costs – from fertilisers to fuel – believe they can benefit greatly from a transition to more traditional and sustainable farming methods.
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