Category: Earth Community
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Getting in touch with Maasai culture and the natural beauty of southern Kenya
Michael Benanav shares his stay at Maji Moto Maasai Cultural Camp with his readers at the New York Times: Though the camp is highly rated on Trip Advisor, I wasn’t really sure where the experience would fall on the spectrum between “farcically touristy” and “viscerally authentic” (which aren’t official review categories, but perhaps should be).…
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Nestlé CEO Doesn’t Think Water is a Basic Right, Should be Privatized
I found the original post and this video on Crooks and Liars. The absolute hubris of this guy is breathtaking. I guess we peons have no right to water, we need him and the great Nestlé Corporation to control it and portion it out to us – at a cost. My sentiments are with this guy:…
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“Native Silence” Documents Lives of Four Women from White Earth Indian Reservation
Vicki Gerdes previews a new documentary film that chronicles the lives of four America Indian women: …much of which was filmed within the boundaries of the White Earth Indian Reservation [that] could begin making the rounds on the international film festival circuit soon. “Native Silence,” produced by the nonprofit organization 3 Generations, is nearing completion.…
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Swinging CO2 Levels Show The Earth Is ‘Breathing’ More Deeply
By Richard Harris | NPR Plant life on our planet soaks up a fair amount of the carbon dioxide that pours out of our tailpipes and smokestacks. Plants take it up during the summer and return some of it to the air in the winter. And a new study shows that those “breaths” have gotten…
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Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan
Songs and dances are an expression of the Kalbelia community’s traditional way of life. Once professional snake handlers, Kalbelia today evoke their former occupation in music and dance that is evolving in new and creative ways. Today, women in flowing black skirts dance and swirl, replicating the movements of a serpent, while men accompany them…
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National Sustainability Policy Needed
A new report from the National Research Council points out that the “U.S. should establish a National Sustainability Policy and take additional steps to encourage federal agencies to collaborate on sustainability challenges that demand the expertise of many agencies, such as improving disaster resilience and managing ecosystems.” The inherent problem preventing this is the way…
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Sun’s Magnetic Field to Flip
The peak of the sun’s solar cycle, which runs about 11-years long, is about to hit. That means that the sun’s magnetic field is about to flip, completely reversing its field in about three to four months. This solar event only happens once during the 11-year cycle, and it signals what solar physicists call the…
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Global Shipping Lanes Being Developed in the Arctic
Thinning ice in the Arctic is making new shipping lanes possible. Olivier Dessibourg writes about a new breed of ice breaking vessels that can clear wider swathes of ice to boost the development of global shipping lanes in the Arctic. The article appeared in this month’s New Scientist on-line magazine. THE clank of hammers, the…
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Lake of Death With Folklore of Danger
Reposted from The New India Express By Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras I could not speak. I became unconscious. I could not open my mouth because then I smelled something terrible… I heard my daughter snoring in a terrible way, very abnormal… When crossing to my daughter’s bed… I collapsed and fell… I wanted to speak,…
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