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LGBT Pride Parade with Legalized Homosexuality Fascinated Largest Parade Going Crowd

By Carrie Kellenberger on November 8, 2011 in Asia, Events, Photos, Taipei, Taiwan

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Taiwan hosted it’s biggest LGBT Pride Parade ever! Over 30,000 visitors from countries all over Asia came out to show their support for Taiwan’s ninth annual LGBT parade. The event, which was started in 2001, drew...

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Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Improve Livelihood, Conserve Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sevices

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 8, 2011 in Africa, Asia, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka

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There is a growing consensus that many of our production systems for food, forest and wetland products are unsustainable–for people, for long-term food and fiber supply and for nature.  Yet from sustainable fish farming in...

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The Clinton Foundation Helps Rural Farmers in Rwanda and Malawi

By Danielle Nierenberg on November 6, 2011 in Africa, Malawi, Photos, Rwanda, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Former President Bill Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation in 2001, and the organization has been working to fight childhood obesity, mitigate climate change, provide access to healthcare and treat HIV/AIDS, strengthen rural economies...

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Mokai’s Latest Distraction: Fingerpicking Blues Artist Releases New CD

By Deborah Crooks on November 4, 2011 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Equal parts activist and artist, Mokai has been serving audiences of all kind with some of the finest folk blues and fingerpicking guitar work to be found on the West Coast. Those audiences will be...

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David Wax Museum Blends Classical, Old Time, and Irish & Mexican Folk

By Renee Blodgett on November 4, 2011 in Featured, Maine, Mexico, New England, North America, Photos, USA, Videos

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David Wax's circuitous journey from mid-Missouri to the back roads of Mexico has been the inspiration behind David Wax Museum, a magical duo that blends traditional Mexican and American folk music. Part 2 of this...

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3 Travel Adventures You Don’t Want to Miss in Malaysia

By Shivya Nath on November 2, 2011 in Asia, Featured, Malaysia, Photos, Southeast Asia

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For the almost half a dozen years that I lived in Southeast Asia, Malaysia was one of those next door neighbors that provided respite with its pristine blue waters, forest-covered expanses and inviting mountain peaks,...

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St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Displays Large Cross At The Top

By Christian Carollo on November 1, 2011 in North America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, USA

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The cross on top of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Locust Street....

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Ireland’s President Mary McAleese Shares Stories Including Her Grandfather’s Approach to Technology

By Renee Blodgett on November 1, 2011 in Dublin, Europe, Events, Featured, Ireland, Photos, Videos

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Dublin's President Mary McAleese -- until a few days ago -- (the most recent elections voted Michael D. Higgins in as the new president of Ireland), greeted a couple hundred of us at her residence...

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