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July 1st, 2008

Morocco: Catching Up With Peace Corps Bloggers

Jillian York · 17:58

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Morocco is host to a vibrant Peace Corps program. All over the country, American Peace Corps members volunteer their time teaching English, sustainable growth, assisting with agricultural and women's projects, and a multitude of other tasks that come along with being a young, active volunteer in Morocco. And Moroccans, ... 0 comments · »»

June 17th, 2008

China: A glimpse at Olympic garden sculptures

John Kennedy · 18:04

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Safin at FunEnclave posts a series of photos of artistic garden sculptures done in Chinese and Socialist style in preparation for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. 12 comments · »»

June 15th, 2008

EmPivot: Green media aggregator

Juliana Rincón Parra · 22:19

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EmPivot is a website made for sharing videos with a specific theme: environment. This green-related media content is added to the website so that people, organizations and companies can connect with each other with this same interest between them. EmPivot, as they explain on their website, comes from the word ... 0 comments · »»

June 11th, 2008

Colombia: The struggles of Barrancabermeja documentary

Juliana Rincón Parra · 07:04

This nine part documentary created by Taline Haytayan of her experience as part of the Peace Brigades International organization in the strife ridden Barrancabermeja region of Colombia captured my attention throughout. It follows the Feminine Popular Organization (OFP) group which works together to prevent violence against women and violent conflict ... 2 comments · »»

May 24th, 2008

Brazil: Can the Amazon problem be solved with new management?

Jose Murilo Junior · 00:42

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Changing the command in a Brazilian Ministry used to be a domestic affair, but the resignation of the renowned rainforest defender Marina Silva from the Environmental Ministry has sparked global reactions. Ms. Silva's replacement was quickly announced by President Lula, through the designation of Carlos Minc, former environmental secretary of ... 0 comments · »»

May 23rd, 2008

Argentina: The Countryside and Social Conflict

Jorge Gobbi · 04:22

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During the last two months, the Argentinean political agenda has been marked by the conflict between the government and “the countryside,” a generic denomination that groups everything from big land owners, to private companies that rent the land for soybean harvesting, to small producers, and rural workers. Blogs on both sides take a stand on the conflict. 3 comments · »»

May 21st, 2008

Southeast Asia: Coping with the rice and food crisis

Mong Palatino · 10:55

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Food prices continue to rise in the world market. Southeast Asian governments are now re-examining their food and agricultural policies in order to prevent consumer panic and social unrest. Bloggers are discussing the food crisis and its impact in the region. 0 comments · »»

May 17th, 2008

Iraq: BlogIraq is Dead

Salam Adil · 23:17

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I am sad to report the death of Ahmed the writer of the blog BlogIraq who was murdered in the Al-Mansour district of Baghdad. May he rest in peace. Also, waiting for war to come in Mosul. And find out which world leader one young Iraqi looks to as a role model for the country. 2 comments · »»

Links about Agriculture

June 22nd, 2008

Sheki, Azerbaijan reports that everyone is getting ready for mulberry season in the country. The blog says that in addition to being quite tasty, they are also healthy and excellent as a source of vitamins as well helping strengthen the immune system.

June 20th, 2008

Martin J Frid from Kurashi blogs about the arrest of two Greenpeace members in Japan. The arrest is related to the whale meat scandal.

Korea Beat looked into the sentiment of protesters in the anti-U.S beef demonstration by some protest statistics. Ask a Korean pointed out earlier that the leaders and participants of demonstrations are different in their attitude towards U.S.

June 18th, 2008

Baltic reviews some of the signs of economic crisis in Latvia: lamps and veggies stolen from gardens, gas stolen from pumps and trucks.

KnowProSE.com is preparing for his new agricultural venture and blogs about a particularly mind-boggling encounter: “This is land ownership in Trinidad and Tobago. The police can't be involved in trespass of this sort because it revolves around ‘Civil Law'. There isn't much civil about it, I suppose.”

June 16th, 2008