‘WORLD AFFAIRS’ Archives
OVERPOPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
LET YOUR KEYBOARD SAVE THE PLANET. By JASON DREW. Let your keyboard save the planet. Let me first explain why we need to bother. The credit crunch has shaken our global economy, but it will recover. ‘The Protein Crunch’ is far more serious and, if we open our eyes, it is unfolding right in front of us. Our food – protein [...]
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
INTERVIEW: PHIL VERNON Modern wars have a very different impact on women and children than the wars of the past. That’s according to Phil Vernon, Programme Director at peace building NGO, International Alert.
ETHICAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CRISIS
TOWARDS AN ECONOMY OF KINDNESS. By ANNIE LAWLER. Ethical Human Solutions to the Global Crisis It is clear to many people across the world that the current systems are not serving the majority of the people as well as they could. There are of course, solutions but we need to look at ways of breaking out [...]
POPULATION AFTER 2050
INTERVIEW: PROF SIR DAVID KING Until the end of the 19th Century the earth’s population was relatively stable. We entered the 20th century with around 1.5 billion people. And although women were having a lot of babies the average survival rate was only 2.1 children per woman. But then conditions improved and Europe experienced a population [...]
ACCESSING ENERGY
ENERGY ACCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT. By ERNEST MUPUNGA, Practical Action Southern Africa. Too many of the world's poorest people, especially in Zimbabwe, continue to live without adequate access to energy. It's clear that for people living in poverty, energy access is absolutely essential for a better life. The services provided by energy are [...]
FUTURE IN THE HEAVENS
FUTURE POPULATION CONTROLS IMPLIED BY ASTROLOGICAL RESEARCH. By ALISON CHESTER. Recent huge leaps in space technology and subsequent planetary discoveries have given astrologers quite a challenge. Since the known planets in the solar system have been synchronous with meaning for thousands of years, the newly discovered [...]
NEW YORK’S CENTRAL PARK BANS SMOKING
By Chantal Cooke No smoking in the park. That’s the message to the people of New York. From 23rd May 2011 smoking has been banned within Central Park. New York was among the first American cities to ban smoking in enclosed public places. Many cities, and countries, across the world have since done the same. Non smokers breathed a [...]
FARM ANIMAL WELFARE
INTERVIEW: DAN WEARY Farming is often accused of ignoring some of the basic welfare needs of animals. But in order to prove that change is needed, campaigners need to prove that animals do indeed feel pain and suffer if their needs are not met. So how do you research animal pain? Dan Weary is from the Animal Welfare Programme at the University [...]
PEACE & BUSINESS
INTERVIEW: DAN SMITH Can business influence peace? Should local businesses be included in a peace process? These are some of the questions addressed by Dan Smith, Secretary General of International Alert, in the book “Local Business, Local Peace”.
SOUTH EAST POPULATION PROJECTED TO GROW TO 10 MILLION BY 2033
by Chantal Cooke The population of the South East is projected to grow to just over 10 million by 2033, an increase of 20 per cent on 2008 and 2 percentage points more than England as a whole. The article, ‘Portrait of the South East’ published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), shows that in mid-2009 the population of the [...]
