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Follow the frog 23 Mar 2013 | 03:06 pm
In our ongoing quest to find good and exciting advocacy videos, I found this one from the RainForest Alliance. HT to Susan for the tip! Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org
5 Broken Cameras 19 Feb 2013 | 12:31 am
"5 Broken Cameras" is a film, shot almost entirely by a Palestinian farmer, Emad Burnat. Emad bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son. He registers life in the Occupied...
This is what winning looks like 12 Feb 2013 | 04:19 pm
John Allen, the US general in charge of NATO's troops in Afghanistan, handed over his command to his successor. But not without a farewell speech, in which he declared: "This is victory, this is what...
Alitalia crash reveals dead bodies in the closet 6 Feb 2013 | 11:11 pm
The crashed "Alitalia" plane as it looked on Saturday Last Saturday night, a plane crashed at Fiumicino (FCO), Rome's main airport. The initial news reports mentioned "an Alitalia flight from Pisa to...
The complexity of the US "Fiscal Cliff" 3 Jan 2013 | 09:18 pm
TV screen shot: Last night the Belgian program "Ter Zake" tackled the difficult subject of the US "Fiscal Cliff". Or was it the "Ficscal Cliff"? Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org
UN high-level politics and how to simplify things.... 29 Sep 2012 | 04:33 pm
This must be the picture of the month, if not of the year. Addressing the UN General Assembly this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu illustrated his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions, with...
US mass killings: good for gun sales 26 Jul 2012 | 05:19 am
In the four days after the July 20 shooting in the Colorado movie theater, dealers in the state submitted 3,647 requests for state background checks required to buy a firearm, according to the FBI. Th...
From the past: expedition to Howland Island 21 Jul 2012 | 06:54 pm
Just by coindence, I found the video from our Howland island expedition on Youtube. Funny to look back at an adventure of almost 20 years ago. Howland is a deserted island of about 1 square mile, sma...
See Rio+20 and die... 2 Jul 2012 | 09:00 pm
João Luiz Telles Penetra, one of the two murdered activists Almir Nogueira de Amorim and João Luiz Telles “Pituca” Penetra were both leaders of the Associação Homens do Mar. AHOMAR (Association of Se...
Hans Rosling: The only way to stop population growth.. is to increase child survival rates. 29 May 2012 | 07:51 pm
... even if it sounds contradictory: Increasing child survival rates will stop population growth. With thanks to GB for the link! Full post on www.theroadtothehorizon.org
