Category Archives: human life

Education for change in agriculture (Farming Matters)

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Read at : Farming Matters Magazine Farming Matters : Call for articles – Education for change Deadline: June 1st, 2013 Family farmers face climate change, limited water availability, rising fuel costs and unknown market opportunities, while their lands are coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, education, family farming

An uncertain future of development projects (Willem van Cotthem)

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

Once upon a time, as a scientific consultant for a UNICEF project to combat child malnutrition, I was dreaming about a kitchen garden for every family in the refugee camps of S.W. Algeria. We successfully created some 2.000 in 2005-2007 … Continue reading →

Posted in family gardens, food / food security, human life, kitchen garden, malnutrition, Social dimensions, sustainable development, UNICEF

Pastoralist children in school (IRIN News)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97662/Keeping-pastoralist-children-in-school-in-Ethiopia Keeping pastoralist children in school in Ethiopia Thousands of children in the pastoral regions of Ethiopia are dropping out of school despite government and donor efforts to bring schools closer to them. Recurrent natural disasters such … Continue reading →

Posted in education, Pastoralism / animal husbandry

A green push for Asia (AlertNet)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Read at : http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/as-asian-growth-slows-a-green-push-could-pay-experts As Asian growth slows, a green push could pay – experts By Chelsea Diana LONDON (AlertNet) – As Asia moves away from export-led growth, the need to invest in green growth instead is key, panelists said … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, population, poverty, public health, sustainable development

Convention says no to mega-dams in Manipur (E-PAO)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Read at : http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=9..180313.mar13 Dams, Rivers And Peoples : Serious Concerns Raised Convention says no to mega dams Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, March 17 2013 : A convention held today at Hotel Imphal here on the topic ‘Dams, Rivers … Continue reading →

Posted in dams / lakes / reservoirs / tanks, Desertification, human life, rivers, Social dimensions

Education for Sustainability (ETECH)

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Invitation | Education for Sustainability | International Greening Education Event 2013 | Germany A three day International Greening Education Event will be held from 6th to 8th of November, 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany. This event will bring together academia, policy … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, Climate / climate change, Desertification, education

Climate Change Global Effects: Large Wars, Migrations, Disease Outbreaks, Desertification, and Agricultural Failure (Google / Scienceheathen)

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Read at : http://scienceheathen.com/2013/01/21/climate-change-global-effects-large-wars-migrations-disease-outbreaks-desertification-agricultural-failure/ Climate change will result in vast changes occurring to the world over the next few hundred years. And many of these changes won’t be physical ones, they will be changes to the human created infrastructure and … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Climate / climate change, conflicts, Desertification, drought, migration

Climate change, Desertification, and Migration (Towards Recognition)

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Read at : http://www.towardsrecognition.org/2012/04/5173/ Climate change, Desertification, and Migration: Connecting the dots Posted by Kayly Ober While climate change and desertification can often go hand in hand, each one able to exacerbate the other, the role these two factors play … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification, migration

Rainfall variability, food security and migration interaction (OurWorld 2.0)

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

Read at : http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/examining-how-rainfall-variability-food-security-and-migration-interact/ Examining how rainfall variability, food security and migration interact by Carol Smith The world faces a serious water crisis, warned former heads of government and experts recently in a book that identifies a multitude of associated … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, migration, Water

DJIBOUTI: Rising food insecurity fuels migration (IRIN News)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Read at : http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96904/DJIBOUTI-Rising-food-insecurity-fuels-migration BALBALA, 27 November 2012 (IRIN) – Successive years of poor rains have eroded the coping mechanisms of pastoralists in Djibouti’s rural regions, even as high food prices and unemployment rates afflict the country’s urban areas. These … Continue reading →

Posted in food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, migration