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Using Trees To Provide Clean Water.

It turns out that trees can do more than just provide power! The Moringa tree, which grows in Africa, India, South East Asia, and Central and South America, is drought resistant and capable of producing cooking and lighting oil, soil fertilizer, and nutritious food.  In addition, it has be recently publicized that the seeds [...]

March 8th, 2010
Topic: Equality, Health, Technology Tags: , , , ,

How CoP-15 Changed the World

Depressed about the Copenhagen Accord? While the action on climate change may have been less than you were hoping for, Worldchanging.com has an article explaining how the conference signaled a different kind of sea change. According to Alan Akisson, this was the first major event where developing nations had voices as loud as the developed, [...]

December 23rd, 2009
Topic: Environment, Equality, International Events, Spin da News Tags: None

Uganda Bans Female Circumcision

From the BBC:
Ugandan MPs have voted to outlaw female genital mutilation – also known as female circumcision.
Anyone convicted of the practice, which involves cutting off a girl’s clitoris, will face 10 years in jail, or a life sentence if a victim dies.
The BBC’s Joshua Mmali in Uganda says it is not officially condoned but is [...]

December 14th, 2009
Topic: Equality, Health Tags: , ,

Bolivia Bans Circus Animals

In order to protect animals in the country, Bolivia has banned all circus animals. Sadly, circus animals were being abused in Bolivian circuses and even being killed once the animals were passed their prime. It’s really good to see that the government has protected the animals from further harm.
The law, which states that the [...]

August 4th, 2009
Topic: Equality Tags: , ,

The Rich Stop Sending Money Down the Line

Rich snobs like Paris Hilton make other rich people bothered, and most likely entire societies bothered. Well, hopefully a trend of people who worked hard to earn their fortune not passing their wealth to their children will continue.
Being born into wealth helps people advance in life, and for people who have indeed worked for [...]

January 21st, 2008
Topic: Equality Tags: ,

Music Industry Broken, Musicians Not

MTV has declared the music industry broken and that is actually a good thing (unless you’re a recored executive). It is a hard time for musicians though as the industry catches up to this whole “interbookwebspacenetjournal.com” thing.
David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, has some advice for musicians so they can succeed in this new age:
I [...]

December 19th, 2007
Topic: Art, Equality, Fun Tags: , , , , , ,