What different parts of the world eats in one week.
Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel have a newish book out which is just wonderful from a food perspective. Essentially, they’ve traveled the world to meet “average”…
Read articleOne episode of the Bionic Woman equals clean water for 300,000 African Families
Here is one of two cranes outside the Michael Smith Laboratories right now. Apparently, there is a lot of jumping in the “Bionic Woman” television show.…
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THE TRAP OF PROGRESS
RONALD WRIGHT – DEC 6th, 2006
Quicktime 7 Required “The Trap of Progress” (Dec 6th, 2006 Rotary Centre for the Arts’ Mary Irwin Theatre in downtown Kelowna) VIDEO (~80Mb) – – –…
Read articleHarbin cont: big city, transgenic trees, and a restaurant that glorifies all things Mao.
O.K. I have a few minutes to scribble some stuff here, so here goes. I’ve had a chance to tour Harbin a little more the last…
Read articleMe, plant genomics, and North China.
Well, I’m off to north China next week, although unlike Nigeria, it sounds like I’ll be wired in and still able to contribute to the blog.…
Read articleWalrus article provides a good, albeit, pessimistic context on the general mess that is Africa
Africa is a mess and it’s not going to get better any time soon. That’s the awful truth that’s so hard to face — or to…
Read articleINDEX: Design to Improve Life
While in Copenhagen, Denmark a little more than two weeks ago, I stumbled upon the award exposition for the INDEX: Design to Improve Life biannual competition.…
Read articleAn Annotated Terry Entry About the Oscars
Nowhere are the acts of happy exuberance and style better represented than in our own entertainment industry, where arguably the trademark event for this sensory delight…
Read articleTro Tro: Transportation for the People by the People
The tro tro, a dilapidated minivan, gutted and refurbished, is the pin-up vehicle of Ghana’s transport system. They are everywhere, taking over the streets, intercity, intra-city…
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A thought on Thanksgiving: Coffee, 0.7%, and the Millenium Development Goals
By David Ng,
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about good old 0.7%. This is the hallmark figure suggested by Pearson as a target for foreign aid to developing…
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