Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1455
OP-ED: After Durban, Latin America Looks Towards Rio+20
- Inter Press Service
After the climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa in December, there is space to continue advancing in the short and medium term. Now the attention of Latin America and the rest of the world is turned towards the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development taking place this June in Rio de Janeiro.
NICARAGUA-HONDURAS: Re-Greening the Border
- Inter Press Service
Ignacia Matute looks back nostalgically on the days when the hills around her home in northwestern Nicaragua were blanketed in green, and she woke every morning to the sounds of birds singing in the treetops and the rushing waters of the nearly Coco River.
SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency
- Inter Press Service
The launch of Sierra Leone’s first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the country’s rich natural resource sector.
U.S.: Building Communities Around Sustainable Food
- Inter Press Service
With more and more communities in the U.S. South turning to cooperatives as a way to produce and consume food in a sustainable manner, several cooperatives are hoping to expand on what they view as more than just a 'shopping experience' but a way of life.
ZAMBIA: Chinese Underage Sex Scandal Sparks Emotive Debate
- Inter Press Service
Zhang Daliu, 46, a carpenter from China never imagined himself in the dreadful confines of a stinking and overcrowded Zambian jail where conditions are so terrible that they lead to gastronomic disorders and skin diseases within days of confinement.
Indian Retailers on Edge as 800-Pound Gorillas Come Knocking
- Inter Press Service
Home to over 44 million small retailers, many of them family- owned, neighbourhood stores no bigger than 200 square feet, India is a land renowned for its various 'wallas' — small traders who produce, hawk, repair or deliver just about anything you could want at any hour of the day or night.
MIDEAST: And At Last There Was Water
- Inter Press Service
Only days ago, turning on the tap was cause for concern. Would there be running water? Now, it’s reason for celebration.
Mekong Unquiet Over Contain China Moves
- Inter Press Service
Six countries that share the Mekong River are being drawn into a development turf war, exposing initiatives by the United States government and its Asian allies — Japan and South Korea — to contain China’s growing influence in the region.
CUBA: Adapting to Climate Change Proves a Complex Challenge
- Inter Press Service
No one who lives in this fishing village on the south coast, 70 km from the Cuban capital, can forget the devastation wrought by hurricanes in 2008.
US-BAHRAIN: Rights Groups Oppose Smaller Arms Transfer
- Inter Press Service
The decision by the administration of President Barack Obama to approve limited transfers of military equipment to Bahrain is coming under renewed fire by human rights and pro-democracy groups here.
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