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Hima, practised for over 14,000 years in the Arabian Peninsula, is believed to be the most widespread system of traditional conservation in the Middle East, and perhaps the entire earth.
In these modern times, it's easy to think of environmental protection as a new concept which has emerged in response to modern problems linked to industrialisation and globalisation. In reality, the need to protect the environment from abuse has been a constant concern for humans since the beginning of time- especially for people who were living directly of the earth's resources.
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Wednesday,06 October, 2010 | Hits: 118
Thank you. Well, it is such a pleasure to be here again at SAIS, and I want to thank Dean Einhorn for that very warm and thoughtful introduction. But this is such an exceptional educational institution, and I had no idea we had 300 of your alumni, but I see in action every day the results of the work, the research, the study, and preparation that goes on here at SAIS. We are the very proud employer of many SAIS alumni, and I hope that there are more of you who are going to be joining our ranks in the years to come.
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Sunday,15 August, 2010 | Hits: 72
The Prospects of a Country on the Rise
"Businessmen, after all, do not usually make good public intellectuals," writes Nandan Nilekani early in his book, as he recalls discussing with a friend whether to put finger to keyboard. A few pages later, he describes himself as an "avid amateur" when it comes to modern India's political economy. Avid and proficient, it turns out, for his efforts have produced one of the best and most thought-provoking books on India in years. Few Indian, or indeed Western, businesspeople would be capable of drafting such a dispassionate and self-critical account of their country's prospects. And perhaps no other Indian public intellectual could write across so many disciplines -- politics, economics, finance, education, the environment -- with as much clarity and acuity.
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Saturday,14 August, 2010 | Hits: 171
Our cities play a vital role in the quest to achieve global ecological sustainability. They are the largest contributors to greenhouse gases and climate change. However, if we can achieve sustainable construction and use of urban infrastructure, our cities could become a critical leverage point in global efforts to drastically reduce emissions and avoid the social and economic costs associated with climate change, as well as enhance energy security and resilience in the face of high fossil energy prices.
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Tuesday,21 September, 2010 | Hits: 131
For most Seattle residents, global hunger seems like an impossible problem to solve. Reports of famine in Niger or the thousands at risk for starvation and malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, seem not only far away but impossible to change. A local organization, however, begs to differ.
The Seattle-based Bridges to Understanding uses digital technology to empower and connect children around the world. Students participating in the Bridges curriculum are taught to use cameras and editing software to develop stories about their community and culture. These videos, comprised of a photo slide show with a running narration, are then shared with the Bridges online community, which is made up of schools in seven countries around the world.
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Friday,17 September, 2010 | Hits: 110
No future chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change can ever feel safe if Dr Pachauri is driven out• George Monbiot: Pachauri innocent but smears continue• KPMG review of Pachauri's personal financial records
The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra K. Pachauri. Photograph: Elizabeth Ruiz/EPA
When it first emerged in India that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had made a major blunder about the date the Himalayan glaciers were predicted to melt, the sceptics predictably called for the head of Rajendra Pachauri, the IPCC's chair. There followed a series of malicious falsehoods and disinformation from journalists and bloggers about his business interests.
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Thursday,02 September, 2010 | Hits: 98
Nowadays, one of the most pressing problems in our world is the environment, and how we are slowly polluting it and causing man-made disasters, health problems, and many other bad effects. It is important for us to be environmentally friendly
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Wednesday,18 August, 2010 | Hits: 190
Today's technology has changed people's life style around the world to a great extent and people have almost forgotten about the ecology around them that keep them alive. In today's satiation we are in a compulsive state to explain about the importance of Eco friendly products at least to the future generation. Being eco friendly must start from every home. Children must be taught about using only Eco friendly products in the future so that the damages made by their ancestors are rectified at least in their generation slowly but surely. We have been using harmful chemicals to fertilize the soil and pray the crops with pesticides to make the field yield more but do we ever realize how harmful is it to the biological cycle and ecology to have such harmful no degradable chemicals to be dumped in excess that will make the fertile fields barren in 10- 15 years.
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Wednesday,18 August, 2010 | Hits: 260
Everywhere one looks, green has become a primary focus of attention. From prime-time television ads to presidential debates to main selling points for consumer products, reducing environmental impact and energy consumption is rapidly becoming a top priority for consumers, companies, and governments from all regions of the world.
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Wednesday,18 August, 2010 | Hits: 174
The 21st century began on an inspiring note: the United Nations set a goal of reducing the share of the world’s population living in extreme poverty by half by 2015. By early 2007 the world looked to be on track to meet this goal, but as the economic crisis unfolds and the outlook darkens, the world will have to intensify its poverty reduction effort. Among countries, China is the big success story in reducing poverty. The number of Chinese living in extreme poverty dropped from 685 million in 1990 to 213 million in 2007. With little growth in its population, the share of people living in poverty in China dropped from 60 percent to 16 percent, an amazing achievement by any standard.
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Saturday,14 August, 2010 | Hits: 225
