Author: Daniela

  • Groundwater Depletion Worsening All Over the World

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    A pioneering new study by University of California scientists says the arid Middle East is rapidly getting drier. They say groundwater depletion in the Tigris-Euphrates-Western Iran region is happening much faster than people expected. Depletion is quickened by farmers who pump water from limited underground aquifers to feed crops. These aquifers will not be replenished,…

  • The Power Of Maps

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Cartographer Denis Wood considers his craft: I’ve seen maps that I find completing terrifying. Maps of uranium mining and of various illnesses in the Navajo reservations—they’re just insane. They just make you furious. Bill Bunge’s map—which I still think is one of the great maps, the map of where white commuters…

  • Kathmandu – A House of Poems

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    Many of us are familiar with Kathmandu from the Speilberg franchise Indiana Jones.  We think of it as a remote hovel with seedy bars, inhabited by unsavory characters, in the middle of nowhere.  Here’s reportage from The Himilayan on a literary programme, held at the Image Ark Gallery, that provides a real glimpse into the…

  • For His Cows

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  • Photo of the Day

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    Releasing the Dragon: Worshippers take part in Mengulur Naga (Unfurling the Dragon), a ritual culminating in the release of a dragon effigy into the Mahakam River, during the Erau International Folklore and Art Festival 2013, in front of the Tenggarong Museum, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. (JP/Nurni Sulaiman)

  • Vote With Your Wallet

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    Spencer Bath admits, in the coloradoan, that when discussing fertilizer options with his customers he asks loaded questions such as, “Are you looking for conventional chemical salts or something organic that is safe for children and pets?” He notes that: A rapidly growing number of consumers are either already seeking organic products, or sit on the…

  • GRITtv Spotlights Cooperatives in the Month of July

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    For the month of July, GRITtv will spotlight a few cooperatives that are growing an alternative economy. This week they are airing Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young of the documentary Shift Change which explores existing cooperatives in the U.S.  “Cooperatives in the United States have existed more or less under the radar. Taking many forms: worker cooperatives, housing…

  • Mermaids Could Be Real

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    Amanda Shore highlights a two-hour Animal Planet special headlined, Mermaids: The Body Found.  The show makes a pretty convincing case for the existence of human-like aquatic mammals they call mermaids.  The first piece of evidence found is a sound “bloop” from an unknown species: Paul Robertson, a former employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

  • Sacramento’s farm-to-food bank serves 100% locally grown produce

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    A number of food banks in California are working to deliver more fresh produce to their clients.  The Sacramento Food Bank is a leader among them.  They used to be “one of those standard food distribution centers where bags of processed foods, carbohydrate-laden government commodities and day-old breads and sweets were bagged and handed to…

  • Let It Blow

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Robert T. Gonzalez praises the above short film, Bert Haanstra’s 1959 Oscar-winning documentary Glas, as the “perfect little ten minute vacation”: [W]hat caught my attention was how effectively it contrasts the meticulous, method-based craftsmanship of the glassblowers with the automated processes of the bottle-building machines. It’s an especially powerful comparison,…