Author: Daniela

  • Empowering Youth Through Music

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    Believing in the power of music to engage youth in personal growth and development, BlackCat Music Cooperative (BCMC), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization,  was formed in January of 2017 to provide educational and cultural experiences for young people of all ages. BCMC seeks active collaboration with local schools, community groups and interested individuals in the Eastern…

  • Avishi Organics Combines Ayurvedic and Wellbeing Elements in New Pregnancy and Baby Skincare Collection

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    BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Avishi Organics today announced the launch of its skincare line that combines deeply nourishing plants and herbs exemplified in Ayurvedic texts, with aroma-therapeutic oils to provide a wholesome, luxurious experience for pregnancy, new mamas and babies.

  • Antiquarian Book Fair

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    The antiquarian book world’s first major gathering of 2020 entails three book fairs, one auction, and several related exhibitions. The biggest of the three book fairs, the CA International Antiquarian Book Fair in Pasadena, is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage in its social media campaign, its special exhibition, Votes for Women,…

  • Indigenous song keepers reveal traditional ecological knowledge in music

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    Much of this post was re-posted from “The Canadian Press” This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site — it has been condensed to meet word parameters. Authors: Dana Lepofsky, Professor in Archaeology, Simon…

  • Fair Trade – A Growing Movement

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    The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published some interesting statistics pertaining to the fair trade global movement. The fair trade movement comprises over 2.5 million producers and workers from 70 countries, over 500 specialized importers, 4,000 world shops and more than 100,000 volunteers – figures that are growing, according to Mr. Corbalán.…

  • Respecting Indigenous Knowledge

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    I’ve long been interested in the culture of villages, particularly as it pertains to my Croatian background.  Although our “peasants” have often been caricatured as close-minded and backward, they are the keepers of our heritage, its arts, crafts and traditions. Their farming practices, honed over centuries, have helped to preserve a wide range of native…

  • Coop Helps Improve Environment

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    Some of you may have already heard of Fertile Ground out of Oklahoma. I feel like I’ve come across that name before. In any case the company came up in my news feed when an Oklahoma City station aired a segment about them. It seems the company that had been contracted by three local cities…

  • Cultural Fusion

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    An iconic photo of a Maasai in traditional shuka, carrying a spear and talking on his cell phone perfectly personifies the fusion of European, American and African cultures.

  • Zimbabwe Adopts Plan to Protect Rights of Small Farmers

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    Jeffrey Gogo’s latest piece in The Herald outlines how the Plan for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) “aims to ‘catalogue, protect and promote’ cultivated indigenous crops as well as wild plants and fruits” in Zimbababwe. The National Strategy and Action Plan for Plant Genetic Resources For Food and Agriculture is based on protection…

  • Picture of the Day

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    A member of an unspecified Brazilian indigenous tribe pictured  April 25, 2018 in Brasilia. (Photo by EPA/MAXPPP)