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Technology as if people mattered*

The world’s poor are still losing out. They need a better deal, argues Dinyar Godrej.

Filed in: Development (Aid), Poverty and Technology

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Forest bathing

Escaping the pressures of modern life in Japan. By Tina Burrett and Christopher Simons.

Filed in: Environment, Forests, Health and Japan

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One woman’s victory against a mining giant in Peru

Máxima Acuña has just won the Goldman Prize for her resistance against a gold mine – but why are women’s bodies on the frontlines of resistance to extractivism? asks Sian Cowman.

Filed in: Environment, Mining, Pollution and Women

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Certified nonsense

Sustainable forestry may be an oxymoron. Chris Lang finds some holes in the system.

Filed in: Environment, Forests and Sustainability

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Logging louts

Forest communities are under siege in Cambodia, says Fran Lambrick.

Filed in: Activism, Cambodia, Environment and Forests

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PISA-envy, Pearson and Starbucks-style schools

Good for corporations, but what about the pupils? Adam Unwin and John Yandell consider the impact of edu-businesses.

Filed in: Corporations and Education

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Green machines

Diana Beresford-Kroeger unveils the hidden bio-chemistry of trees.

Filed in: Environment, Forests and Science

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Peruvian elections: for the Right or the Right?

Despite the election upset, the opposition will not be silenced, writes Stephanie Boyd.

Filed in: Activism, Peru and Politics

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Run, Palestine, run

A record number of participants claimed their right to freedom of movement at this year’s marathon. Giedre Steikunaite reports.

Filed in: Human Rights, Palestine and Sport

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A rightwing spiral

Dominik Sipiński reports on the rise of a nationalist Poland.

Filed in: Poland and Politics

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Forest facts

Facts and figures about trees and forests, from carbon control to biodiversity.

Filed in: Environment and Forests

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