Baku forum to push back against ‘rise of hate’ with strong call for cultural and religious tolerance
Just off a plane from Sri Lanka, Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNOAC), said on Wednesday that...
The Existential Crisis of Global Warming and Carbon Capture
If we care about our earth (and the
readers here are most likely to) the story is quite simple: We emit 40
billion tons of carbon...
Books: Bridges across cultures
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO has long celebrated the power of International Book and Copyright
Day, marked on 23 April, but this year,...
SFMOMA Announces SOFT POWER — International Contemporary Exhibition
Timely and provocative, SOFT POWER is an exhibition about the ways
in which artists deploy art to explore their roles as citizens and social
actors. Appropriated...
Air pollution and climate change: Two sides of the same coin
Erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, dust storms and
meteorites smashing into the Earth’s crust are natural phenomena that can cause
climate change and air pollution: dinosaurs may have...
Do The Harmless Pangolins Have To Become Extinct?
The pangolin is a timid little creature going
about its nocturnal ways, slurping up ants and termites with a tongue longer
than its body. It has...
Structural Transformation Can Turn Cities into Engines of Prosperity
By 2050, the population of cities is projected to double from its current size, with nearly 70 percent of the global
population residing in urban...
Smart housing prototype shows promise in rapidly urbanizing Africa
Africa is urbanizing fast, as its population grows and many flocks to
cities in search of jobs, education and healthcare.
Studies show that hundreds of...
Dangerous Plastics Are a Threat to Us and Future Generations
Every day people make decisions about what to eat, sometimes opting for
colorful fruits and veggies, sometimes finding the smell of bacon irresistible.
At the end...
We’re gobbling up the Earth’s resources at an unsustainable rate
George Monbiot, a correspondent for Britain’s
The Guardian newspaper and known for his environmental and political
activism, has made a surprising call for people in the United...