Minister Dogley’s World Environment Day message

Edit Nation 04 Jun 2016
04-June-2016 ... Let us all come together to take positive actions to preserve and sustainably manage the variety of life on Earth for the benefit of current and future generations.” ... Let us all come together to take positive actions to preserve and sustainably manage the variety of life on Earth for the benefit of current and future generations. “Mother earth needs us as much as we need it to survive ... ....

Dubai teenage eco-warrior on sustainable development mission

Edit Khaleej Times 04 Jun 2016
At an age when not many kids would be even able to spell the word 'ENVIRONMENT', eight-year old Kehkashan Basu had already harped upon her journey as an environmental activist after she planted her first sapling on her eighth birthday, June 5 ... The teenager firmly believes that every individual has a responsibility to make Mother Earth happy and we can only do so by protecting our environment ... All we need is an opportunity ... ....

Wear we're going: smart fabric tech that will change the world

Edit TechRadar 04 Jun 2016
Fantastic fabrics. We've been promised smart clothing for years, but it's often been an anticlimax, nothing more than a bunch of LEDs showing a crude picture stitched into a dress ... https.//www.youtube.com/embed/vZulcobmxA4 ... Great news ... armor ... https.//youtu.be/VH3fmxYamqM ... It's not all about super-high technology though - smart materials are being used to help reduce the damage we're doing to Mother Earth ... ....

Can anthropology save the world? (University of California - Berkeley)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
(Source. University of California - Berkeley). Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes gave the commencement address at the Department of Anthropology graduation ceremony, May 19. Here are excerpts from her speech. ... It is largest migration of people in Europe since WWII ... May it give you the courage to work in the service of all humankind and be conservative protectors of all the creatures and plants and bio-diversity that sustains Mother Earth....

Lila Downs review – Mexican-American singer wows the crowd with a uniquely entertaining show

Edit The Guardian 02 Jun 2016
4 / 5 stars. Royal Festival Hall, London. Downs is a consummate performer whose three-octave vocal range shines in songs of comedy or tragedy, be they from Central America or Glasgow ... She pours a drop on the floor (“as is traditional among native American communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, as a show of thanks to Mother Earth”), swigs from it and then passes it around the audience to loud cheers ... She impersonates a cooing dove ... Twitter ... ....

A journey through the skies

Edit The Hindu 02 Jun 2016
Mumbai-based dance school, Kaishiki Nrityabhasha’s Odissi dance production, Crossing Oceans asked its audience these questions recently and took it upon itself to make these charming experiences available to its urban audience again. And how! ... Legend has it that Orion grew vain following his hunting prowess and then Mother Earth had to send up a giant scorpion to control and defeat his pride ... Keywords....

We Weigh Up The Good And Bad Of A Glastonbury Site Move

Edit NME 02 Jun 2016
Glastonbury Festival, it turns out, has been the equivalent of an unexploded WWII bomb for the past 46 years. Over at Worthy Farm subterranean gas pipes have been threatening to burst, engulfing the soggiest spluttering spliff in a psychotropic fireball ... No Sacred Space sunrises, no Arthurian Woodstock vibes, no links to the ancient energy of Mother Earth itself, just a load of fences saying ‘beware! Actual fucking tigers!’ ... ....

The Future Endorses Bernie Sanders

Edit Inquisitr 02 Jun 2016
This is a hard piece to write ... But as their mother, I have to sound the alarm ... We were all that child once, and our mothers were all just as clueless as to how to explain why we do the mad things we do. Little environmentalist gets emotional talking about Earth's future. Watch ... Real wealth is from real resources from the earth, not made-up numbers on a screen ... Well, whatever favors they are, they are ones that mother earth cannot afford....

Niger delta oil spill clean-up launched – but could take quarter of a century

Edit The Guardian 02 Jun 2016
UN hopes $1bn operation will boost employment and drive development among Ogoniland communities devastated by contamination from spills. Global development is supported by ... Related ... We are hoping that the oil companies and oil thieves will stop their polluting activities,” said Nnimmo Bassey, director of the Nigerian thinktank Health of Mother Earth foundation and former chair of Friends of the Earth international ... It added ... ....

Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Albinism Awareness Campaign (South Africa Government)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Jun 2016
It is painful to see more and more people living with albinism being treated like trash as if we don't belong to the mother-earth but I like a struggle soldier tie my boots so tight because the journey haven't started yet ... I value myself because I was not far-fetched my mother gave birth, why do we face killings and death?....

DPI/NGO: Environmental challenges – a forceful argument for global citizenship (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
(Source. UN - United Nations) ... During a roundtable discussion entitled 'Global Citizens as Stewards of the Planet ... Mr ... Ibrahim pointed out ... 'People must respect Mother Nature first ... Mr ... When we indigenous used to say 'Mother Earth' or 'Father Sun' people would laugh, but for us it was real ... There was no disconnection between us and the earth, between us and the animals, between us and the lakes and the rivers.' ... Ms ... (noodl. 33880775) ....

Fun Run to save water, promote health

Edit The Times of India 31 May 2016
Vadodara. Barodians will join athletes from across the world and run for health on Wednesday that will be celebrated as Global Running Day ... "The idea is to promote healthy lifestyle among the citizens ... The sculpture depicting Mother Earth will be in the form of a water drop ... RELATED....
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