Environment
Here’s Looking At You, Kid!
A delicacy in Fujian since the 1300s, shark fin has found its way into the recipe books of six Chinese dialect groups and even the Japanese. Shark fin continues to feature on menus at special occasions, and sharks die by the millions in the name of tradition. Here’s so far in the fight against shark finning.
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Environment
The Dwindling Roar of the Wild
The fight to save the tigers has thus far had little success. The Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT) predicts that Malayan tigers will disappear from most forests if something isn’t done. Anti-poaching activities organised by the Alliance are underway, and efforts increasingly involve members of the public. The message is slowly getting out.
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Environment
The Beauty of Neutrality
Research and investment into renewable energy has been growing since the president of the Maldives declared five years ago that the country would go carbon neutral by the year 2020, in hopes that the rest of the world would follow suit.
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Care, On Assignment
Education and Hope
Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan – As the teacher led his ninth-grade students through a Dari lesson one summer morning, everyone in the classroom heard and felt the rumbling. The students and teacher looked up, then out of the windows facing the Hindu Kush mountains behind DeGhulaman High School. Earthquake? Not exactly.
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Environment
Coral Conservation
Coral reef conservation is an important part of the fight against environmental degradation. But the fight has thus far been, and promises to be a long and hard one. Conservationists and scientists will need all the help they can get.
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Care
A Second Chance
Statistically speaking, the Lily Thai Spa is part of one of the most successful prison rehabilitation programmes in the world, taking women from a place of punishment and bringing them into a life of healing.
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Culture
When a child is commodified
Deprived of the basic essentials for survival, children – viscerally afraid of an uncertain reality – can easily be led by the false promises of food, a decent wage, or even security and affection. Anna Malika, fashion designer and survivor of child sex trafficking, recollects her powerful and inspirational journey…
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