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SXSW Exhaustion? How & Where To Eat Healthy in Austin Texas

By Renee Blodgett on March 15, 2012 in Austin, North America, Photos, Texas, USA

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Eating healthy while on the road 'ain't easy. Ask this cat who spends a significant amount of time on the road and it seems like it's getting worse, not better. Out of 6 fast food...

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Reconstruction of Louxor Cinema, Paris

By Julie McNamee on March 14, 2012 in Europe, Featured, France, Paris, Photos

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The exterior of the Louxor in 1930 - ivanartdeco.wordpress.com Egypt was all the rage when the Louxor – Palais de Cinema, flagship of the Pathe cinema chain was opened in October 1921 in the Barbès district...

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Beyond the Border By Yoginder Sikand

By Puneet Sidhu on March 13, 2012 in Asia, Featured, Pakistan, Photos

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Beyond the Border, based on two journeys that writer-academic Yoginder Sikand undertook to Pakistan, is a strikingly unconventional account of what life is like for ‘ordinary’ Pakistanis. The Pakistan he discovers only remotely resembles the...

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We Blog The World’s First Travel Photo Contest Is Over!

By Anna Kaminsky on March 10, 2012 in All Countries, Featured, Photos

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We would like to thank everybody who participated in our Facebook Travel Photography contest - those who submitted as well as those who checked out the fantastic collection of photos. The contest - our first...

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International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Power of Women to Help the Planet

By Danielle Nierenberg on March 8, 2012 in Africa, Dakar, East Africa, Featured, Kenya, Nairobi, Photos, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Sudan, West Africa, Western Sahara

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Women have proven to be a powerful force in the fight against global hunger and poverty, especially in agriculture. Worldwide roughly 1.6 billion women rely on farming for their livelihoods, and female farmers produce more...

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Yellow Yellow Kiss a …. Turmeric?

By Robert Aiudi on February 28, 2012 in Africa, Asia, Central Asia, East Africa, Featured, India, North Africa, Photos, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, West Africa

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Recently my friend Susanna bought fresh turmeric and texted me soon after cutting it up exclaiming 'My hands are all yellowwwww!!'. Known as Indian Saffron, Turmeric is a plant native to south Asia and came to...

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Silk City of Bhagalpur

By Sweta Mukherjee on February 28, 2012 in Asia, India, Photos

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The 'Silk City' of Bhagalpur and its late morning rush near the railway station. Candy floss on a spin. At 'Kalpataru Fair' Durgapur. January,2012 An endangered spices from the crocodilian family. Gharial. Patna Zoo, December,2011 Nelumbo nucifera (Indian Lotus) in...

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Five Agricultural Innovations to Improve Biodiversity

By Danielle Nierenberg on February 26, 2012 in Africa, East Africa, Featured, Malawi, Norway, Photos, Scandinavia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Uganda

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According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a quarter of the world’s known plant species—some 60,000 to 100,000 species—are threatened with extinction. And even though plants may not receive as much attention as endangered animals, they are...

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