The sounds of the universe are now on SoundCloud, thanks to NASA
The most popular moments and sounds from space are available on NASA’s SoundCloud page. Let’s explore parallel universes!
The most popular moments and sounds from space are available on NASA’s SoundCloud page. Let’s explore parallel universes!
When you think about fair trade the world’s Southern countries are off the top of your head. As well as coffee and cocoa plantations, tropical fruits and sugar cane. In a virtuous circle of production and marketing of sustainable food that since 1988 provides fair wages and promotes respect for people and the environment, Solidale
Gandhi means grocer, since his ancestors, before fulfilling important positions, worked as spice sellers. He was Hindu and, in particular, he believed in Vishnu. Mohandas Karamchad Gandhi Mohandas Karamchad Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, western India. In the first 20 years of his existence he behaved exactly like a descendant of a wealthy family:
Today, half of the world’s population live in rapidly expanding cities: often in a megalopolis with dozens of millions inhabitants, such as Tokyo, Shanghai and Mexico City. Impressive figures that are on the rise, as the number of people living in metropolises will increase further at the expense of rural areas. According the latest World Urbanization
Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad is the photographer of the year, according to the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) jury, thanks to his picture In search of life. The image, chosen among 10,000 entries, shows a fireman in the attempt of finding survivors after the fire that hit a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
25 years ago, in the night between 3 and 4 June 1989, at Tiananmen square, Beijing, China, the Chinese Army killed hundreds of demonstrators who called for democracy. The tragic conclusion of these protests is known worldwide as the Tienanmen Square Massacre. It all began with hundreds of students and workers marching through the streets of
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisi, husband and wife, travelled the world documenting eating habits of people of all classes, in different countries. They photographed people with their habitual meal, and their journey became a photographic book entitled What I eat – Around the World in 80 diets. The two photographers didn’t only take amazing pictures:
Food education, trans fats to be banned in foods and beverages within five years, prohibition of unhealthy food ads, taxation to discourage consumers and, finally, labels showing the damages caused by junk food to health. Two of the major world associations, Consumer International and World Obesity Federation, think that the current obesity epidemic is more harmful for
Entomophagy, a diet consisting of insects, is a practice at which Westeners look with disgust. Yet, it is not the same in many regions of the world, including Mexico, Japan and Australia, where insects don’t represent a food taboo, but rather a tasty and high-in-protein alternative to meat. According to Maurizio Paoletti of the
“The most important weapon that you have is communication and to build relations,” said Norwegian Major General Kristin Lund, 55 years old, after being appointed as the first women to guide a United Nations peacekeeping operation. Lund will replace the Chinese Major General Chao Liu to command about 1,000 personnel in Cyprus from 13