Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of electronics products for Apple and many others, has reported 9 suicides among its workforce and is fighting allegations of being a sweatshop. It’s not the only tech company with a...
Danielle Nierenberg is blogging everyday from across Africa for the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. She is also writing with her partner Bernard Pollack at her personal blog: BorderJumpers.
As we talked to locals in...
First little hill into the Scott River Valley of Northern California from the town of Yreka. Down the Scott River, the road winds among the trees, the only sounds the river and birdsong. Then the...
Save 6Music balloon outside BBC Broadcasting House
On Saturday (22nd May, 2010) I headed down to the ‘Save 6Music’ demo outside BBC Broadcasting House, arguably the spritual home of UK radio. It was perhaps the politest...
After the wonderful, thought-provoking cooking demonstrations at the Cooking for Solutions event, I wandered into the Monterey Bay Aquarium. As part of the weekend's events, there was a Sustainable Foods Information Fair inside the Aquarium...
Continuing my tour of Dutch cities you’ve probably never heard about: I went to Delft in February. On second thought, maybe you have heard of Delft, what with all the blue and all.
Either way, I...
If you aren't following the Sinica podcasts on Popup Chinese, you are missing some excellent commentary on current issues in China. This one is from two days ago, and it complements this post. It is...
This past weekend, I attended a great event at the Monterey Bay Aquarium called "Cooking for Solutions". It's an annual event in its ninth year, featuring celebrity chefs doing cooking demonstrations and speaking on sustainable...
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