Author: Daniela

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You can also find this book along with other works by Arvind Sharma here: Gandhi: A Spiritual Biography; Our Religions: The Seven World Religions Introduced by Preeminent Scholars from Each Tradition; The World’s Religions: A Contemporary Reader

Kurultaj Festival Celebrates Culture and History of the Hun-Turkic-Hungarian Peoples

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The ‘Kurultaj Festival’ is traditionaly held in Hungary to celebrate the culture and history of the Hun-Turkic-Hungarian peoples. This year the festival started on Aug. 9 and ended on Aug. 11. The Kurultaj Festival is usually held in the village of Bugac. Many festival goers wear traditional dress, and take part in such activities as horse-riding and archery. Visitors…

Torturing Animals with GMO Feed

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Katherine Paul of The Organic Consumers Association asks, “what happens when animals are confined in cramped, filthy environments and force-fed monoculture diets of genetically modified corn and soy?” A lot can happen. Calves are born too weak to walk, with enlarged joints and limb deformities. Piglets experience rapidly deteriorating health, a “failure to thrive” so…

Message from WIPO Director General, Francis Gurry, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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GENEVA – Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) embody significant innovation and creativity and contribute to the diversity and richness of the planet’s civilizations and cultures. They also contribute to the cultural identity, sustainable development and social cohesion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and, globally, to the conservation of the…

Lost Opportunity to Protect Marine Areas

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Phillip Mladanov’s post at the Oxford University Press blog looks at the lost opportunity for sustainable ocean management due to the blockage of two of the world’s largest marine protected areas at a special meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Bremerhaven: It is sobering to compare the efforts…

Vandana Shiva Speaking at “Justice Begins With Seeds 2013 International Conference”

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Talk by Vandana Shiva, author of “Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge” speaking August 2, 2013 at the “Justice Begins With Seeds 2013 International Conference” at Seattle First Presbyterian Church in Seattle, WA. In addition to her lectures, Vandana Shiva has authored more than 20 books. Here are some of her more popular titles:…

New Website Dedicated to Preserving Navajo Legends

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PR Web releases information about a new website, NavajoLegends.org that is dedicated to preserving and disseminating Navajo legends of the past and present. ‘Many Navajo myths have been passed down through generations and transcend both time and culture. Many Navajo stories still exist within tribes, but are not spoken of to the outside world,’ says…

Big Foods Takeover of Organics

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How many times has something unique and forward thinking been co-opted, then destroyed, by people with no imagination, but a lot of money? Welcome to the Big Organics Industry. I’ve posted the entire New York Times article about how Big Food has predictably and depressingly taken over organics and turned it into a profit center…

A Poem For Sunday

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Originally posted on The Dish: http://youtu.be/9DZ-Xukd9-o “Nighttime Begins with a Line by Pablo Neruda” by Yusef Komunyakaa: So my body went on growing, by night, went on pleading & singing to the earth I was born to be woven back into: Love, let me see if I can’t sink my roots deeper into you, your…

Ignatian Spirituality

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