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Development and indigenous peoples: creating community-owned solutions
2013-08-09 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Perhaps the most well-worn cliché in the field of development is the saying "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." While it's difficult to disagree with the sentiment that building community capacity in order to be self-sufficient is better than providing a quick fix to a temporary crisis, the implication is always that experts must come in and 'teach' the community how to find solutions to their problems. This would be perfectly...
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Earth acts as a giant particle accelerator, creating the dangerous Van Allen radiation belts
2013-07-29 14:30:47| Extremetech
The cause of the dangerous, high-velocity electrons in the Van Allen belts has been found.
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SHARING IDEAS: Creating Caring Communities Portland, OR July 24th, 2013: Discover amazing ideas that strengthen our community!
2013-07-25 22:59:13| PortlandOnline
You are invited to a Sharing Ideas presentation, Creating Caring Communities. This free event, sponsored by Community Legacy Program of Our United Villages, will take place on Thursday, August 8th, 6pm-8pm at New Columbia Community Education Center, 4625 N. Trenton Street Portland, Oregon 97203. Sharing Ideas events illuminate positive, grassroots efforts of neighbors, volunteer groups and organizations throughout Portland.
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United Kingdom: Creating new life - and other ways to feed the world
2013-07-23 01:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: How best to feed a growing population in a changing climate is fiercely debated with many new and emerging research fields hoping to provide a solution. Estimates suggest that food production will have to increase by at least 60% by 2050 to feed a rapidly increasing population, which is expected to top nine billion. The UK government has announced it will put 160m into agricultural industries "to deliver sustainable, healthy and affordable food for future generations". Associate professor...
Nations to decide on creating vast Antarctic marine reserves
2013-07-15 16:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An international commission is considering whether to designate the waters around Antarctica special marine reserves, a step campaigners say would safeguard the habitat of whales, seals and penguins and more than double the world's protected sea area. Any change in status requires a unanimous decision by the 25 members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Two members, Russia and Ukraine, have raised legal concerns, a German delegate told a media...
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