Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari . Posted 28 September 2011, by Editor, Vanguard, vanguardngr.com . ON Sunday, September 25, 2011, one of the most famous African women in modern times took her exit from the planet earth which she served with distinction. Her name was Professor Wangari Muta Maathai (April 1, 1940 to September 25, 2011). [...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
27 Sep
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage . Posted 26 September 2011, by Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo, Tom Wilt News, tomwilt.com . The global food crisis of 2007/2008 that triggered riots from Cape to Cairo and from Senegal to Haiti made governments and their agriculturally-engaged companies to [...]
24 Sep
Harnessing healing power
Harnessing healing power . Posted 23 September 2011, by Staff (Cape Times), Independent Online (IOL), . ENIGMATIC performer Antoinette Pienaar can be seen in Kathleen Winter’s documentary, A Shaman’s Apprentice, with herbal healer Oom Johannes Willemse. Filmed in the heart of the Great Karoo, it shows how a Griqua herbalist is teaching a [...]
24 Sep
Chicomoztoc and Origin Myths of Mesoamerica
Chicomoztoc and Origin Myths of Mesoamerica . Posted 23 September 2011, by K. Kris Hirst, About (New York Times), archaeology.about.com . Textbooks and general public outreach articles about Mesoamerica often of necessity split Mesoamerica into discrete pieces: Toltec, Aztec, Maya, Olmec. It is plainly easier for us modern types to think of (and write about) these [...]
23 Sep
Problems in Manipur’s Sadar Hills: Interview with General Secretary of Kuki International Forum
Problems in Manipur’s Sadar Hills: Interview with General Secretary of Kuki International Forum . Posted 08 September 2011, by Van Biak Thang, Chinland Guardian, chinlandguardian.com . 08 September 2011 – [CG Note: The ongoing situation in Sadar Hills District, Manipur, India has attracted attention of not only the ethnic peoples in Northeast India [...]
23 Sep
In a world obsessed with Vidya-Lakshmi, Saraswati often falls by the wayside
In a world obsessed with Vidya-Lakshmi, Saraswati often falls by the wayside . Posted22 September 2011, by Devdutt Pattanaik, The Economic Times (The Times of India (Times Internet Limited)), economictimes.indiatimes.com . Vidya-Lakshmi is a form of Lakshmi. Vidya means knowledge, while Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth. One can easily confuse this goddess with Saraswati, [...]
22 Sep
The Permaculture Revitalization Act of 2011
The Permaculture Revitalization Act of 2011 A Vision by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine . Posted 19 September 2011, by Willi Paul, PlanetShifter Magazine, planetshifter.com . GOAL: To revive, reconnect and re-focus the Country and begin the permaculture’s charge into local, national & global politics. The mirror sight: The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of [...]
22 Sep
Abokobi women farmers hold traditional food exhibition
Abokobi women farmers hold traditional food exhibition . Posted 20 September 2011, by Staff, Ghana News Agency (GNA), ghananewsagency.org . Abokobi (GAR), Sept. 20, GNA – Women farmers in Abokobi in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region on Tuesday organised a traditional food exhibition in an effort to drum home [...]
22 Sep
Learn about beneficial rain gardens at free workshop
Learn about beneficial rain gardens at free workshop . Posted20 September 2011, by Brenda OReilly, West Lake/Bay Village Observer, westlakebayvillageobserver.com . A rain garden is an attractive landscaped area planted with perennial native plants which don’t mind getting “wet feet.” Built in a bowl shape, a rain garden is designed to increase infiltration [...]
