by Richard Welford rwelford@csr-asia.com
Category: Think green
Refocusing environmental education
Washington, D.C.—Over the past decade, more college students than ever have completed environmentally oriented courses or graduated with degrees in environmental studies and science (ESS). While many hail this environmental renaissance in U.S. higher education as an important step toward…
World Water Week calls attention to growing need for clean water
CHICAGO – The planet’s entire supply of freshwater that can be used by humans and ecosystems amounts to approximately 200,000 cubed kilometers (http://www.unwater.org/statistics_res.html), or less than one percent of all freshwater resources. And, unfortunately, humans are using these limited resources…
Containing terrorism in Pakistan
Dr. M. S. Haq
To trap a dictator: HRW
Sifting through the thousands of documents strewn across the floors of an abandoned secret police headquarters in Chad, Reed Brody glimpsed the violent, final moments of Rose Lokissim’s brave life.
No amnesty for Thailand rights abusers: HRW
New York – A proposed amnesty law before Thailand’s parliament should exclude people who ordered or carried out human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai government should affirm that prosecuting those responsible for rights abuses, regardless of…
For a sustainable organic food system
Worldwatch Institute Washington DC-Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed organically has expanded more than threefold to 37 million hectares, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital…
Rafiq murder, double shock to people
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The recovery of the handcuffed body of a Dhaka city unit BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder from a field in Jhenidah on Saturday night came as a double shock to common people not only for the cold…
Sustainable politics is the way out
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The historic Victory Day has been celebrated on 16 December in remembrance of the victory of our nine-month-long War of Independence on this day in 1971 over the occupation forces, that led the emergence of Bangladesh as…
Nepal’s first Green City
Bhrikuri Rai in Ilam Nepal’s easternmost district of Ilam is known for its diligent citizens and scenic tea gardens, but it is also showing the way about how towns can be cleaner and greener with community participation and competent leadership.…