Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1431
Children Lost in Aftermath of Congo's Arms Dump Explosion
- Inter Press Service
Five-year-old Vianey hasn't seen his parents since a series of explosions ripped through an ammunition dump in Brazzaville on Mar. 4. A stranger, Jules Bomboko, said he found Vianey days later, wandering around the Tréchot neighbourhood, a few hundred metres from the site of the blasts.
Q&A: Cultural Sensitivity Key to Reaching Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
Empowering rural women in the Iraqi marshlands, who mostly remain off the radar of international support, must involve local languages and dialects as well as local women trainers, says Mishkat Al Moumin, founder of the Iraqi group Women and the Environment Network (WATEO).
Angola’s Police Silence the Media
- Inter Press Service
Rights groups and activists are warning of a rapidly deteriorating political climate in Angola following a police raid on a private newspaper and a violent crackdown on anti-government protests.
A Growing Illicit Trade Threatens Jamaica's Wildlife
- Inter Press Service
News of Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo's newest attraction shocked Jamaican authorities. The unlikely stars: a flock of 45 endangered Jamaican Amazon parrots, hatched from eggs smuggled out of the island in rum-cake boxes.
Oceans Will Not Survive ‘Business as Usual’
- Inter Press Service
Our oceans face a grim outlook in the coming decades. Ocean acidification, loss of marine biodiversity, climate change, pollution and over-exploitation of resources all point to the urgent need for a new paradigm on caring for the earth’s oceans—'business as usual' is simply not an option anymore, experts say.
Mesoamerica Ignores Its Water Footprint
- Inter Press Service
It takes 1,600 litres of water to produce one kilo of bread. This is the type of calculation used to measure a water footprint, the total volume of freshwater used to produce the goods and services consumed by people and communities.
The Sound of Peace in Kenya’s Kibera Slum
- Inter Press Service
In a Kibera-bound mini-bus taxi, the driver changes the station just as he turns onto Ngong Road, kilometres away from the Kenyan slum. He tunes into Pamoja Radio 99.9 FM, a local community radio station that broadcasts only in Kibera.
For Caribbean Bloc, It's Adapt or Perish
- Inter Press Service
More than a decade of efforts to promote closer socioeconomic cooperation among the 15 nations of the Caribbean Community are threatened by stagnant funding and a grim global financial situation, experts warned here.
Euribor Under Scrutiny by People's Campaign in Spain
- Inter Press Service
Two Spanish lawyers have launched a campaign on social networking sites to prise out information about Euribor, the reference interest rate used for calculating mortgage payments in Spain, and to draw attention to the lack of transparency surrounding the way the rate is set.
The Sun Shines Less on Solar Power in Germany
- Inter Press Service
Germany is capable of producing as much solar energy as the rest of the world together. But now the German government is proposing dramatic cuts in subsidies for solar panels. They say consumer demand is so high it can no longer support the technology.
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