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Poor Family Farmers Fighte Hunger in the Coffeelands

By Danielle Nierenberg on October 22, 2011 in Africa, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Photos, South America

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Check out this preview of After the Harvest Org’s new film After the Harvest: Fighting Hunger in the Coffeelands. Over 67 percent of small-scale farmers in Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua indicated they were unable to maintain their normal...

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Anne-Marie Slaughter: A New Networked World Means Rethinking Professions

By Renee Blodgett on October 22, 2011 in Events, Featured, Maine, North America, Photos, USA

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Anne-Marie Slaughter uses a Lego analogy to talk about foreign policy at PopTech this week. Anne-Marie is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and also served as Director of Policy Planning for...

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Connected: Reuben Margolin & Gideon Obarzanek’s Creative Collaboration

By Renee Blodgett on October 22, 2011 in Australia, Events, Featured, Indiana, Maine, New England, New York, New York City, North America, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Photos, Portland, Sydney, USA

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I recently learned about the work of Reuben Margolin at PopTech 2011, where he presented a joint project with choreographer Gideon Obarzanek. Reuben is known for his creation of beautiful large-scale kinetic sculptures that use pulleys and motors...

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Inspiration: Teaching in North Kerala on the Shores of the Arabian Sea

By Samia Shalabi on October 22, 2011 in Asia, India, Photos

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For the last several days, I’ve been with my teacher and his family in a remote part of N. Kerala on the shores of the Arabian Sea. It’s been a wonderful, relaxing and very HOT...

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Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Talks About Lessons Learned

By Renee Blodgett on October 21, 2011 in Europe, Events, Featured, Iceland, Maine, North America, Photos, USA

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Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson took the PopTech stage in Camden Maine on October 20, 2011, where he discussed economic crises and how to handle them in a way that will ensure long term sustainability...

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Historian Stephanie Coontz on Rebalancing of Genders

By Renee Blodgett on October 21, 2011 in Events, Featured, Maine, New England, North America, Photos, USA

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Historian Stepanie Coontz talks about rebalancing of genders, the theme of this year’s PopTech Conference. She talks about when and how women not just in this country but worldwide, started to rebalance the power between...

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Travel the Philippines: Samal Island has A Lot To Offer

By Carrie Kellenberger on October 20, 2011 in Asia, Philippines, Photos

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You know when you’re happy, when you’re really, really happy, and wonder whether life will ever be this good again? Well that is the feeling I experienced on my recent stay on Samal Island in...

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Bushman In The Philippines: Roasting a Pig in the Village

By MJ Klein on October 19, 2011 in Asia, Philippines, Photos

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On the land behind Sonny’s home, he has a piggery.  We selected one of his pigs to roast, Filipino style, over an open pit. A mother sow and her piglets.  Dont’ worry, we didn’t hard a...

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