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Turkey: Same Bird Different Name

By Robert Aiudi on November 25, 2010 in Europe, Events, Festivals, New England, New Hampshire, New York, New York City, North America, Photos, USA

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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.   Since it’s the first Thanksgiving as the Language Chef, I decided to talk about – what else? – Turkey! Turkeys are native to North America and have been an integral part of...

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Austin’s Snackbar

By Scott R Kline on November 25, 2010 in Austin, North America, Photos, Texas, USA

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Snack Bar in Austin, Texas, sits right in the middle of my favorite part of Austin, the South Congress area. I had visited earlier in the week and enjoyed their pulled pork sliders, but...

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Australian Anthill’s 5over50 Aussie Entrepreneurs

By Kathy Drasky on November 25, 2010 in Australia, Pacific, Photos

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The words "entrepreneur" and "young" aren't meant to be inextricably linked, but somehow they have become so since the dot.com days and the Web 2.0 wave of startups. In fact, if you think "entrepreneur" and...

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The Locust Bean: An Answer to Africa’s Greatest Needs in One Tree

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 24, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Photos, Senegal, Uganda, West Africa

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The locust bean’s name might seem deceiving – while only distantly related to beans, it is actually a tree. It is indigenous to the savannah regions of Africa, and most commonly found in the band...

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Google’s Avinash Kaushik: HITS? Nothing More than a Datapuke

By Renee Blodgett on November 24, 2010 in Europe, North America, Photos, USA, Videos

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Says Google's Avinash Kaushik at the recent TWTRCON Conference in San Francisco, don't get caught up in sheer numbers - whether it's followers or hits. He also says don't spend a ton of the time...

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Math Students: Hook Yourself Up to A Car Battery & Watch the Surprise

By Fred Hatman on November 24, 2010 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Wonderful news. It now emerges that I needn’t have plugged Maths in matric after all. All I had to do to improve on the 16 per cent I scraped together after spending two hours playing noughts-and-crosses...

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From the Embu Slopes of Mt. Kenya Forest

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 24, 2010 in Africa, Kenya, Photos

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This is the first post in a new series highlighting people's stories of Nourishing the Planet. It comes from Anthony Munene in the Embu Slopes of Mt. Kenya Forest. The poverty population, lack of education and...

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Netcycler: A New Smart Swapping Service

By Katherine Hui on November 24, 2010 in British Isles, England, Europe, Finland, Germany, Photos, Scotland, Wales

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Netcycler is a fantastic new service running in Finland and Germany and now in Beta in the UK. Netcycler was conceived by 2 entrepreneurs in Finland who have extensive tech backgrounds and experience in marketing. They...

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