Author: Daniela

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Payback is a Bitch — and a nice young Canadian Woman!!

Traditional Forms of Cooperation Basis for Modern Cooperatives in Sudan

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In a recent editorial, the Sudan Vision supports using traditional forms of cooperation in their country as the basis for forming modern cooperatives: The cooperatives have been developed in a local context to solve problems that beset ordinary people, based on the traditional mutual work in the specific local environment. Cooperatives movement has its deep-rooted…

What Protection Of Traditional Knowledge Means To Indigenous Peoples

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By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch World Intellectual Property Organization member states in July concluded the biennium work of the committee tasked with finding agreement on international legal tools to prevent misappropriation and misuse of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore. Indigenous peoples and local communities are holders of a substantial part of this knowledge and…

Agroecology Best Way to Fundamentally Transform Agriculture

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Doug Gurian-Sherman posts an excellent article on his blog The Equation about the promise agroecology holds to fundamentally transform agriculture to make it more resilient to climate change, respond to new pests, conserve scarce resources like water and phosphorus, reduce environmental impacts, and establish food sovereignty. …we must make a serious effort to develop ecologically-sound agriculture systems that address…

The White Man Who Marched On Washington

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Originally posted on The Dish: by Matt Sitman Michael Kazin revisits a neglected episode in the Civil Rights movements: The 1963 March on Washington featured just one prominent white speaker. “We will not solve education or housing or public accommodations, as long as millions of Negroes are treated as second-class economic citizens and denied jobs,”…

Anis Mojgani performs Shake the Dust at HEAVY AND LIGHT.

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Anis Mojgani, the two-time National Slam Poetry Champion, stole the show reminding everyone of the power of words and the value in their stories. Here, he performs “Shake the Dust.”

UAE Firm To Create Green Farm in Ghana

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Caline Malek at The National reports on Nahtam, a socially responsible company that is planning to set up a sustainable organic farming system in Ghana. Nahtam will acquire 4,000 acres of land in the capital city of Accra, which will produce food while offsetting carbon production. “Carbon footprint is a global issue and the simplest…

Chciago Based Vertical Farm Produces Zero Waste

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The Environmental Leader highlights the efforts of FarmedHere, a Chicagoland-based vertical farm, to produces zero organic waste by converting all of its organic waste into compost: The compost is then used in landscaping, horticulture and agriculture at other urban farms across Chicago. The urban farming company — FarmedHere says it’s the largest vertical farm in the US — partnered…

Organic cultivation: learning from the Enabavi example

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By: M. J. Prabu Reposted from The Hindu: Is it possible to get a good yield without using chemical fertilizers? Will a shift to organic affect our food security? Can we manage insect pests without using pesticides? Will organic cultivation still be profitable for farmers? These are some of the often asked questions by farmers…

Soil Organisms: A Whole World Beneath Our Feet

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