WASHINGTON, Jun 1 2011 (IPS) – Every year on Jun. 1, the People s Republic of China pulls out all the stops – hosting festivals, printing greeting cards and sponsoring public games and parades – in celebration of International Children…
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 2011 (IPS) – Home to a fast-growing network of farmers markets, cooperatives and organic farms, but also the breeding ground for mammoth for-profit corporations that now hold patents to over 50 percent of the world s seeds,…
Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 22 2011 (IPS) – The international community is running the risk of losing the battle for water and sanitation in many cities around the world. Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).…
Elizabeth Whitman A 2008 investigation by the Environmental Working Group found bottled water to be chemically indistinguishable from tap water . Credit: Clean Wal-Mart/CC BY 2.0 NEW YORK, Nov 19 2011 (IPS) – Water is the lifeblood of this planet,…
TOKYO, Jan 18 2012 (IPS) – Japan plans to boost civilian nuclear exports even as it tries to appease its population angered at radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled by an earthquake and tsunami on Mar.…
Jonathan Migneault and Berlinda Chochoe Nortey ACCRA, Feb 29 2012 (IPS) – When Jack Sabadgou left Ghana for Switzerland 10 years ago, he left his infant daughter behind to be raised by her mother. Now he wants his child back,…
JUBA, Apr 3 2012 (IPS) – Before Bor B Primary School built latrines on the school grounds two years ago, students would leave during their first break to head home. Most did not come back until the next morning. Before…
UNITED NATIONS, May 15 2012 (IPS) – For several decades, governments around the globe have turned to privatisation as the best option to help relieve the world s destitute by providing them with health care services, water and electricity. By…
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos immunising a child. Courtesy: Toluwa Olusegun LAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 19 2012 (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Sunday Oderinde sits by the side of the road with both legs folded under him and watches his friends play a…
Resting in Bairro Alto, without fear of being arrested. Credit: Mario Queiroz/IPS LISBON, Aug 1 2012 (IPS) – Portugal was traditionally one of the European countries with the lowest levels of drug use, until the 1980s and 1990s, when problematic…