Forget development goals. Focus on community empowerment

Five things we must do if we are serious about sustainable development

Instead of sustainable development goals that seek community participation, climate adaptatio...

Sun is the leading cause of our climate change

In an Antarctic rescue of global warming believers that can only be described as poetic, the headlines keep on coming. Activists, researchers and journalists of the Russian...

Can alcohol cause cancer?

Alcohol, may not be far behind tobacco in terms of public health impact if a recent publication by The Lancetand a WHO report are to be believed. There a...

The Time is Now! Education for Sustainable Development Matters for Post – 2015

Our world is facing critical sustainable development challenges, where our future will depend upon our collective capacity and ability to learn and change. This means putti...

Haiti Charities Backed by Hollywood Luminaries in for the Long Haul

Four years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, it may appear as if the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere fell off the planet, as other natural disasters a...

Garry Lyons – Writing For Society

No one can see beyond the horizon of their own lives. We are threads in the great tapestry of time. Have faith. Every stitch has a reason – Anon

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Odisha Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative Boon for Farmers

Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: The state level workshop on Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) was successfully organized by Nirman with support from AgSri,...

All About Body, Soul & Rhythm

Percussion is one of the finest musical art in any ethnic group whatsoever. Indian music has a fine tradition of the tabla beats, mastered and challenging to emulate, but m...

5 ways to accelerate global health in 2014

Future gazing is tempting. In 2013, the global health community talked a lot about the future. We debated what would happen in 2015 and beyond — about how we would se...