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End the Unsustainable Plundering of Our Planet
Written by Mubatsi
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. In ancient Greece, a symposium was a drinking party. According to Wikipedia, Greek men of fortune gathered on such occasions to debate, wine, and dine. Today, symposia mean a lot more than reveling. They are meetings meant […]
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Mubatsi
Mubatsi is a Ugandan journalist who blogs on governance and human rights-based issues in his community with particular interest in environmental reporting. For four years, Mubatsi worked with The Independent, Uganda's most influential weekly policy analysis news magazine, as a reporter. He is currently a senior researcher at Made in Uganda TV, a television production company that produces Minibuzz show.
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Redefine Success So As to Achieve Sustainable Development
Written by Mubatsi
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. The United Nation’s 2013 World Happiness report said Ugandans are the happiest people in East Africa, yet they are not the richest. Kenya, the region’s economic powerhouse, was ranked the second happiest. This implies that economic […]
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2013 Global Economic Symposium As I Saw It
Written by Mubatsi
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org. Leading experts on sustainable development gathered in the German city of Kiel to discuss solutions to emerging global challenges. In the picture essay below, I set out to capture some personal highlights from this year’s Global Economic Symposium and […]
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Renewable Energy Helps Prevent Climate Catastrophe
Written by Mubatsi
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013. Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. An exchange of views on how to achieve sustainable growth through the use of renewable energy is underway in a conference room at Atlantic Hotel in Kiel, Germany. The audience is comprised of people young and old, […]
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Are You with Us or against Us?
Written by Mubatsi
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Cooperation Game – Preventing a Climate Catastrophe.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. How to prevent a climate catastrophe was the key question at the 2013 Global Economic Symposium’s session on climate change. Who should prevent a […]
