Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1347
Trash Collectors Become Zimbabwe’s Unlikely Climate Change Ambassadors
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 01 (IPS) - Tomson Chikowero was ashamed of his job. He did not want anyone finding out what he did to earn a living, so he used to wake up early every morning and leave his home in Hatfield, a residential suburb in Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare, under the cover of darkness.
Kenya Set to Run Away With Medals
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 01 (IPS) - On a chilly morning at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, the largest multi-purpose sports centre in Kenya, 800m world record holder David Rudisha looked like just another athlete.
Local Producers Worried about Venezuela’s Admission to Mercosur
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jul 31 (IPS) - After a six-year delay, Venezuela finally became the fifth full member of South America’s main trade bloc, Mercosur, on Tuesday, bringing with it huge oil and natural gas reserves and a market hungry for the abundant agricultural production of its new partners to the south.
Q&A: South Korea Steps Up as Marine Conservation Champion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) - When South Korea picked an oceans theme for the 2012 Yeosu World Expo, it became host to the largest marine-themed event in history, with the potential to make a concrete contribution to sustainable development and simultaneously buoy the Korean global image.
UNESCO Protection Crucial – and Controversial
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, Jul 31 (IPS) - It took six years for a dedicated team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India, wildlife officials from six Indian states and officials from the federal ministry to secure international protection for one of India’s most precious biological reserves.
Peru Working to Reform Environmental Impact Assessment System
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jul 31 (IPS) - A random review by the Peruvian government of 205 environmental impact assessments approved between 2001 and 2010 revealed that 86 percent lacked complete information on how they had received the green light from the authorities.
Teachers’ Strike Does Not Mean Political Liberation for Swaziland
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Jul 31 (IPS) - Swazis should not see the ongoing nationwide one-month teachers’ strike as a movement capable of overthrowing the political regime here, despite the fact that civil servants and nurses have joined the action, according to political analyst Dr. Sikelela Dlamini.
Laos’s Rural Women Await Midwives
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jul 31 (IPS) - A year after the Laotian government launched a safe pregnancy programme news of this initiative, involving the dispatch of teams of midwives across the country, is yet to reach women in the remote communities.
Groups Vow to Fight Arctic Drilling
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 31 (IPS) - Many environmental groups are concerned over a possible extension of drilling expeditions in the Arctic, as oil companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, are set to begin drilling in the region as early as this week.
Q&A: "In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It”
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Jul 31 (IPS) - Portugal’s anti-drug policies have been gaining international visibility since this country began to publish the results of its 2001 decision to eliminate all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs.
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