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Business of Biodiversity

By Katherine Hui on July 15, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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This week, Green Thing saw the launch of the third report to come from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity research team, at the first ever Business of Biodiversity Symposium. TEEB is a global initiative...

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Saturday Post: The Beatnik To Blogger Connection…

By Tom Foremski on July 10, 2010 in California, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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It’s interesting that blogging started off in the San Francisco area because here, there is a long tradition of new forms of writing. I’ve long been fascinated with the literature of the Beatniks -- a...

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15 things I’ll miss in Melbourne

By Andrea Spirov on June 30, 2010 in Australia, Melbourne, Pacific, Photos

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Duck in and discover: Hidden gems might be tucked away in Melbourne's many alleys. Photo by Srdjan Nikolic, morgueFile The process of leaving a place is an experience very different to when you arrive. Especially when...

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Locally Produced Crops for Locally Consumed Products

By Bernard Pollack on June 30, 2010 in Africa, Photos, Southern Africa, Zambia

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Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. In Zambia, sorghum—a drought resistant cereal that thrives in the country— was considered a “poor man’s crop” in the past, often shunned by small-scale farmers for the more commercially...

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Read.East.Listen: Keeping the Faith

By Deborah Crooks on June 27, 2010 in North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA, Videos

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Between the oil spill, crazy weather & hearing from friend's going through tough times, I'm reminded that so much of everything is just a matter of keeping faith. Not blindly, mind you, but keeping in...

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Gold, a Western Girl, and the Redeeming Power of Love

By Paolo Pontoniere on June 21, 2010 in California, Europe, Italy, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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The Girl of The Golden West, Marco Balo' 100 years have gone by since  The Girl of the Golden West ( La Fanciulla del West) opened for the first time at the MET of New York,...

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Braised Short Ribs

By Maggie Canon on June 21, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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We have had the strangest spring and early summer this year in Northern California. It didn’t get warm until a couple of weeks ago and that didn’t last long. Each time I’d get ready to...

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A Pearltrees Report On Brazil’s Tech Sector Growth

By Tom Foremski on June 8, 2010 in Brazil, Photos, South America, Videos

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Here's my PearlTree on Brazil and technology, at the end of this post, and here some of the content: (A Pearltree is a way to curate your choice of web sites using a visual metaphor.)June...

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