Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1344
Rescuing an Art to Save a People
- Inter Press Service
CARAVIRI, Bolivia, Aug 07 (IPS) - Sitting on the floor, deep in concentration, Marta Llampa interlaces red and black threads that converge in sinuous shapes, gradually forming khurus or mythical creatures through a unique, age-old technique rescued from extinction by the Jalq'a people.
Elderly Find Few Places to Call Home
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Aug 07 (IPS) - Mr. Jayakumar (73), a philanthropic bachelor hailing from a prosperous industrial family in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, decided at the age of 70 that it was time to settle down.
Discovering the Ancient Green Past of Argentina’s Arid Puna Plateau
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 07 (IPS) - The arid high Andean Puna plateau in northwest Argentina was much greener thousands of years ago. Climate changes forced the local inhabitants to develop adaptation strategies that could offer lessons for today, researchers say.
Trailer Trashing as South Africa Considers Outlawing Bicycle Trailers
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Aug 07 (IPS) - The road between Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls and Livingstone, in Zambia, is a well-traversed one, criss-crossed by bicycle riders towing trailers of bread and other supplies, with their bicycle spokes reinforced to bear the extra weight.
How a Gay Rights Maverick Helped Topple Iceland's Govt
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 06 (IPS) - By the time the political climate in Iceland was ripe for the Cutlery Revolution, Hörður Torfason was already well practiced at stirring things up.
DRC Farmers Reap Benefits of Soil Fertility
- Inter Press Service
BUKAVU, RD Congo, Aug 06 (IPS) - Just two years ago, rice farmers on the Ruzizi plain in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo were content to harvest 2.5 tonnes of rice per hectare. The adoption of new techniques has seen their output rise to between six and eight tonnes, with smallholder farmers also increasing their local market share.
Ahmadis Lose Hope This Ramadan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Aug 06 (IPS) - As millions around the world enter the third week of the Ramadan fast, the fraternity that typically unites Muslims during the holy month does not extend to Pakistan’s Ahmadi community, which is facing worse persecution than ever before.
Droughts Bring Climate Change Home to Nepali Farmers
- Inter Press Service
CHITWAN, Nepal, Aug 06 (IPS) - Farmers in this fertile central district of south Nepal are convinced that an intense drought between May and early July that destroyed their maize crops is the result of climate change.
Palestinian Bubble Set to Burst
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 05 (IPS) - “It will collapse, and the collapse will be harder when it happens later,” says Tareq Sadeq, Palestinian economist and professor at Birzeit University, about the financial bubble building up in the Palestinian Authority government.
From the Ashes of Tragedy, Lessons for Disaster Management
- Inter Press Service
CHENNAI, Aug 04 (IPS) - At 4:30 a.m. on the morning of Jul. 30, sleeping passengers in carriage S 11 on the Chennai-bound Tamilnadu Express were awoken by a blazing fire, as the train approached the east coast town of Nellore, just two and a half hours shy of its final destination.
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