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Stanford’s Opskop van die Jaar!

By Fred Hatman on August 12, 2010 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Pardon me if your Afrikaans is not up to deciphering the above headline (mine isn’t) but there’s something about to happen in my home village that brings out the klein bietjie boereseun (little bit of...

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Dressed to the Nines in Cacharel

By Rosa Abbott on August 12, 2010 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Formats (Special), Ireland, Photos

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"A sweet young girl, Dressed to the nines in Cacharel, Oh, under the weather, my heels click together, And following her is hell" -- The Long Blondes (that band were sartorial bliss) Of all the full skirts that have swished...

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Ways of the Past, Ways of the Present

By Katherine Hui on August 12, 2010 in All Countries, Featured, Photos

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A while ago, Treehugger showcased some old food posters from Canada, America and Britain. They called it "Food posters from the past are recipes for the present". Most of these posters emerged as wartime messages,...

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ECOVA MALI: The Benefits of Perennial Crops

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 12, 2010 in Africa, Mali, Photos, Videos, West Africa

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This the second in a series about our visit to ECOVA MALI. Madou Camara, the Country Director at the ECOVA training center, works with farmers, helping them learn more about agro-ecological methods of farming, including intercropping...

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Aussie Sees Murder of Croc in Cold Blood: What Would Steve Irwin Have Said?

By Fred Hatman on August 11, 2010 in Africa, Australia, Featured, Pacific, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Some people are of the opinion that the only good crocodile is a monster croc that’s eaten a few Australians. And then survives the ensuing terrible tummy bug to chomp on a few more. But I...

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Part II: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed?

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 11, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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Each day we are posting three of your responses to the question: Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? 1.  Dov Pasternak, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Niger says: “There...

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An Amazing Piece of Theater, Brilliantly Written and Performed by Jenni Wolfson

By Cecily Sommers on August 11, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Europe, Featured, New York, New York City, North America, Photos, Rwanda, Scotland, USA

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Jenni Wolfson's RASH earned its place on my short-list of "Exquisite!"s when she performed it at PUSH 2008: The Fertile Delta. The themes of identity, love, and belonging weaving through Jenni's story as a UN human...

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5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Rent

By Katherine Hui on August 11, 2010 in All Countries, British Isles, Europe, Featured, Germany, North America, Photos, USA

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There's so much stuff in the world. At Green Thing, we like borrowing, re-gifting, reusing, sharing and renting. We've been having an All-Consuming Summer, looking at creative, inventive ways of using everything up, and wasting...

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