The Colour of Sound: A Lighter Shade of Possibilities

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text & photos: Sophie Ibbotson and Maxwell Lovell-Hoare MOST PEOPLE can agree that grass is green, the sky is blue and that ladybirds are red...

Who Peels Your Garlic: Inside Manila’s Informal Economy

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By Geela Garcia The garlic peeling industry in Baseco, Manila renders Filipino women among the least visible, worst paid, and most dispensable part of...
China , Opium , Drugs

When Opium was used for Toothaches

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We know of opium as the addictive narcotic that once held Asia drugged and spellbound. But the people of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand – still major producers of this “joy fruit” – once had a healthy relationship with its intoxicating effects

The Elephant in the Room

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The size of the human population – currently at an estimated 7.4 billion people – sets the scale of human behaviour and its concomitant environmental impact. According to a United Nations report, the human population could reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and over 11 billion by 2100, but it could be anywhere between 6.7 billion at the low end, and over 16 billion at the high end.

Institutions that Empower

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There is a fresh current of optimism flowing from multilateral, development institutions these days and it’s taking the form of the new 17-point, UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Of these vital benchmarks, one in particular, Sustainable Goal No.5, pledges to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls throughout the world.

Climate Change Effects on the Arctic and Antarctic Wildlife Art Contest – Call for...

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Sow awareness through creativity and the arts – Calling for Wildlife Artists to Unite towards Climate Change! In support to climate change and the ominous...

No One’s Fault (and Everyone’s)

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Kashmir's worst earthquake claimed 87,350: sub-standard construction, less than rigorous disaster planning and stalled rescue attempts all took a fatal toll.

Re-Cover

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Beyond the technological expertise to build sustainably, there is a pressing need for more skilled professionals to step forward and cover a distressed minority whom even governments cannot reach.