Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1438
SOUTH AFRICA: Rural School Running on Methane Bio-Gas
- Inter Press Service
Tucked against the rolling hills of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, a small rural school has been turning its kitchen scraps, and agricultural and human waste into methane gas for cooking, and nutrient-rich fertiliser, and is even recycling its water.
No Magic Solutions for the Extinction of Species
- Inter Press Service
The Earth's life support system, which generates the planet's air, water and food, is powered by 8.7 million living species, according to the latest best estimate. We know little about 99 percent of those unique species, except that far too many are rapidly going extinct.
Brazil, Emerging South-South Donor
- Inter Press Service
The Brazilian government is stepping up South-South aid, to strengthen the South American giant’s status as a donor country and its international clout. It now provides assistance to 65 countries, and its financial aid has grown threefold in the last seven years.
CENTRAL AFRICA: Tentative Steps Towards Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
Governments and civil society organisations in Central Africa are slowly developing strategies in response to global warming. But specialists say the steps being taken seem hesitant in the face of emerging realities.
GUINEA: Working to Provide Water and Electricity For All
- Inter Press Service
Guinea faces acute problems in the supply of clean water and electricity to its citizens, slowing the country's economic development. A major project to address this is now under way, but some Guineans are sceptical of its promises.
Q&A: Climate Funding Needs Gender Equity
- Inter Press Service
Gender considerations remain largely disregarded in existing climate funds, even though women are some of the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and agriculture.
Latin America, Testing Ground for Chinese Yuan
- Inter Press Service
China is looking to Latin America to experiment with the yuan, or renminbi, to replace the dollar, taking advantage of the growth in Chinese trade and investment in this region. But because the volume is still insignificant, it is not yet clear what impact the currency will have on economies in the region.
U.S.: A Musical Movement for Liberation
- Inter Press Service
Inside a dimly lit restaurant in New York City's historic Harlem neighbourhood, on an unusually warm night in the middle of February, an audience of 120 people sits spellbound while a forgotten gem is dusted off, polished and presented to the crowd.
Caribbean Hit Hard by Sargassum Seaweed Invasion
- Inter Press Service
When scientists speak of the Sargasso Sea, which occupies part of the Atlantic Ocean, there is usually little mention of things drifting out because of the immobile currents.
ZAMBIA: No Longer 'Waiting for the Mangoes to Ripen'
- Inter Press Service
Eight years ago when Mary Sitali’s husband divorced her, by sending a traditional letter to her parents saying that he no longer wanted her and they could 'marry her to any man of your choice - be he a tall or a short man, the choice being entirely yours,' she returned to her village in rural Zambia with their two children and no way of supporting them.
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