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African Leaders Make an Economic Case for Increased Nutrition Investments
2016-05-31 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Africa's contribution to global malnutrition statistics is miserably high, with 58 million children under the age of five said to be too short for their age, while 13.9 million weigh too little for their height. Former Ghanaian President John Kufor and Kenya`s President Uhuru Kenyatta. This is not only due to Africa's food security deficit but also the lack of food diversity. While Africa is the only continent which fails to produce enough food to feed its own citizens, the continent's nutrition...
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African migration may fuel rise in wildfire intensity
2016-05-31 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Urbanisation may lead to fewer traditional controlled burns in rural areas Build up of dry vegetation would raise risk of more-damaging fires Official efforts to ban all fires clash with traditional management Shares African wildfires may become larger and more intense as more people move to cities, a study has found. Traditional ways of using controlled burning to prevent out-of-control natural fires could die out in many rural areas as urbanisation increases, leaving grassland free...
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South African Solar-Powered Eco-Village Will Be Car-Free
2016-05-27 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: One village in South Africa is taking green living to a whole new level. Blue Rock Village, situated just 45 minutes outside of Cape Town, sits on Blue Rock Lake, an old rock quarry that provided construction materials to Cape Town in the late 1990s. The village was inspired, according to architecture firm Swisatec, "by our vision to create a safe, environmentally friendly, car-free village for all ages." Blue Rock will be a self-functioning 1,000-apartment town, equipped with a lifestyle...
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Austins African Americans being pushed to suburbs away from parks and grocery stores
2016-05-26 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A new study of African-American residents leaving Austin for the suburbs shows that communities of color are being displaced not just in coastal cities such as Portland and Washington, D.C. but in Texas too. And in too many cases, this can mean a lower quality of life, with less access to amenities such as supermarkets and green spaces. As Austins tech economy has boomed and the music scene has turned it into a hipster mecca, the citys real estate has grown more expensive. Historically black...
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Study: African American students in Virginia are suspended three times as often as white students
2016-05-25 22:45:00| American School & University
Report from JustChildren Program of the Legal Aid Justice Center contends that Virginia schools issue too many suspensions and expulsions. read more
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