What Gerard Butler saw…Serving Mary’s Meals for charity in Liberia

HOLLYWOOD star Gerard Butler swapped his millionaire lifestyle for a humble mud-walled schoolroom as he urged Scots to help end  poverty. Click Read More

2013 in review: Obama talks climate change ? but pushes fracking

Global warming stopped being political poison, but the fracking and coal export boom continued, says Suzanne Goldenberg. Read Read More

Challenging Patriarchy: The challenging definition of women's empowerment

“Everyone uses the word ‘empowerment,’” said the UN Foundation’s Alaka Basu at the Wilson Center on October 10. “It’s now such an ...

WHO proposes ready-to-use food. Health experts don’t agree

THE World Health Organization (WHO) formulated new guidelines on November 27 to treat children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). These guidelines are to be used as an i...

Thought Factory : Tedious Terrains

“Landscape is   . . .   
devoid of chance, and every falling leaf fulfils, as it falls, one of the greatest laws of the universe.”

–...

Greece at a Glance Policies for a Sustainable Recovery

The global economy appears to have turned the corner following the worst recession in the post-war period. However, all indications point to a slow and hesitant recovery, w...

TRUE REVIEW: THRILLED BY THE GAME CHANGER

As the Anil Kapoor produced and helmed 24 draws to a close this weekend, viewers are most likely to feel a tinge of withdrawal symptoms on Friday-Saturday nights.  On&...

Fishy business: will venture capitalists embrace sustainable seafood?

Fish 2.0, a sustainable seafood business competition at Stanford University this month, aimed to connect entrepreneurs with investors. Can it help jump start the ...

Can carbon budgets divert the world from dangerous climate change?

It's not a pretty picture. The IPCC is brutally honest about where it can't provide certainty, such as the exact extent of specific kinds of extreme weather in th...