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One Country’s Ambition to Push back the Sahara Desert
Written by Delalorm
Egypt has a population topping 80million. Most of that number is huddled around the Nile River as it makes its long, winding journey across the east of the country, leaving vast desert to the west and south of the country. Two mega-cities, Cairo and Alexandria, sit in strategic places of […]
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Nepal: Democracy and the Environment
Written by Bhumika Ghimire
Managing forests and conserving biodiversity is challenging for a developing nation; and democracy does not guarantee success. Peter Burnell even questions the assumption that democracies are better for sustainability: “Conventional wisdom maintains that democracies are better for environmentally sustainable development than non-democracies. But that conventional wisdom needs to be qualified: First, the “established” […]
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Hello neighbour. Would you join us for a coffee?
Written by Lourdes Gomez
In Brisbane, one group is taking active steps to make things more ‘amicable’ between the diverse groups in this fine city.
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Not a hand out but a hand up: Australians investing for the future
Written by gj.lyons
(Source: G. Lyons, Nepal, 2011) Australia as an industrialised nation demonstrates a governance system that is stable, a growing economy and a rapidly expanding technology infrastructure. However what are Queenslanders and Australian’s as a greater community doing in order to assist nations that are economically struggling and fail to implement […]
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The Net Effect: For Wired Migrants, It’s Often Home “Tweet” Home
Written by Kristin Deasy
Carl Rana, like many only children, is pointedly self-assured. “My mother would not know how to use a computer if I didn’t, like, tell her all how to use it,” the 20-year-old Filipino-American said, adding, “we’re impatient with our parents, it takes a while for them to learn, and we […]
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What Have We Learned from International Women’s Day?
Written by Nettra Pan
What do Indian air hostesses, James Bond dressed in drag and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have in common? Before you get carried away, I’ll tell you: International Women’s Day, celebrated on the 8th of March. Last year, more than a hundred countries around world commemorated the 100th anniversary […]
