Trump wants to arm teachers with guns to protect students

Trump wants to arm teachers with guns to protect students

US President Donald Trump has argued that arming teachers with guns could be a way to prevent school shootings, just like the last one at Parkland’s high school in Florida in which 17 people died at the hands of 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz on 14 February. “A gun-free school is a magnet for bad people. Highly trained

Teixchel, indigenous women in Guatemala weave to fight exclusion

Teixchel, indigenous women in Guatemala weave to fight exclusion

The challenges that indigenous Maya women currently face in Guatemala are complex and numerous but if we had to sum them up in one word, it would be exclusion. This according to Rosalia, a 33-year old associate artisan at Teixchel, a sustainable weaving association in San Pedro La Laguna, on the shore of Lake Atitlán, that uses exclusively nontoxic eco and

Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann is an Italian born Kenyan who established the Laikipia Nature Conservancy in Ol Ari Nyiro – which means the “place of great springs” in the local Maa language – an area on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, in the north Kenyan region of Laikipia: what used to be a ranch is now a protected

London, attack at UK Parliament in Westminster

London, attack at UK Parliament in Westminster

Update 16:43 (GMT) – The moment in which the House of Commons’ session was suspended and members were asked to stay inside the building. Deputy speaker announces UK Houses of Parliament suspended after incident on Westminster Bridge https://t.co/WG8yXWpPVV pic.twitter.com/0SpfNcjAIv — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) 22 marzo 2017 A little before 15:00 local time explosions were heard thought

Zambia revises hunting ban for big cats

Zambia revises hunting ban for big cats

The Zambian government has put in place new plans with regards to a hunting ban concerning big cats in order to regulate wildlife populations. Big cats are found in all of the country’s national parks, but their numbers are depleting significantly. According to estimates, the country has between 2,502 and 4,668 lions.  Too few big cats “The