Articles by theme: The Environment
The Monoculture of the Mind
“Within the next two years we are going to see food emerge as the single most important issue around which economy, politics and culture will have to be redefined.”
Fields of Fuel
Can expansion in the production of biofuels benefit the environment, ensure food security and help the poor? Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India believe so.
Troubled Waters
As the world’s population grows, the gap between access to and needs for water is also widening.
Damming the Mekong
Worried researchers in the M-Power network are doing their best to bring factual and scientific information to the politically charged debate on whether a series of dams should be developed on the Mekong River.
River Rescue
People suffer as the rivers run dry. Researchers from Norway and Tanzania join forces in an effort to save the drought-stricken Pangani River basin.
Rural Mozambique goes Solar
A research collaboration between Mozambique and Norway aims to improve the everyday lives of rural villagers by the use of solar energy.
No Longer Science as Usual
Editorial by Teresa Grøtan.
Oily Words
Editorial by Teresa Grøtan.
From Pollution to Protection
Ecuador wants the world to pay USD 350 million a year for it not to extract oil in the Amazon Basin. Is this a new way of protecting the world’s indigenous regions?
Power Play
Ecuador’s proposition is interesting because it addresses a question of international concern, according to María Guzman-Gallegos.
The Symbolic Value of Consumption
Children across Europe are learning how to become responsible consumers thanks to an education initiative promoting sustainable development.
The Golden Wheat
“Even if you could use all the organic material you have, animal manure, human waste, plant residues – and get them back into the soil, you would not be able to feed more than four billion people.”
Rethinking Agriculture
Four hundred experts claim the world’s focus has to shift from large-scale farming and modern biotechnology to smallholder farmers, biodiversity and local knowledge.
Brothers in arts
Oslo, Lusaka, Ramallah and Kabul. The streets are different, but art means equality. The «Art Academy Without Walls» project, aimed at establishing a sustainable arts education in Zambia, may be succeeded by similar projects in Palestine and Afghanistan.
Saving the Planet One Syllable at a Time
In an introductory class for foreign language pupils at Sund school outside Bergen, the children are learning Norwegian through classes on recycling and waste management.
The Tender Tundra
Concealed under the tundra of northwest Russia, enormous oil and gas reserves are a potential source of great wealth. But for the indigenous people of the Nenets autonomous region, the reserves are a threat to their existence.
Traded to Extinction
It is ten o’clock on a steamy Bangkok morning and Sompoad Srikosamatara, an associate professor at the city’s prestigious Mahidol University, is on a mission to save the world’s most endangered wildlife.
Welcomes the Oil
Indigenous people in the Arctic are in general positive to oil and gas development, a new study shows.
Less is More
Is small-scale localized production of food, and its integration with tourism and local culture, a viable alternative to mass production?
The Monoculture of the Mind
“Within the next two years we are going to see food emerge as the single most important issue around which economy, politics and culture will have to be redefined.”
Fields of Fuel
Can expansion in the production of biofuels benefit the environment, ensure food security and help the poor? Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India believe so.
Troubled Waters
As the world’s population grows, the gap between access to and needs for water is also widening.
Damming the Mekong
Worried researchers in the M-Power network are doing their best to bring factual and scientific information to the politically charged debate on whether a series of dams should be developed on the Mekong River.
River Rescue
People suffer as the rivers run dry. Researchers from Norway and Tanzania join forces in an effort to save the drought-stricken Pangani River basin.
Rural Mozambique goes Solar
A research collaboration between Mozambique and Norway aims to improve the everyday lives of rural villagers by the use of solar energy.
No Longer Science as Usual
Editorial by Teresa Grøtan.
Oily Words
Editorial by Teresa Grøtan.
From Pollution to Protection
Ecuador wants the world to pay USD 350 million a year for it not to extract oil in the Amazon Basin. Is this a new way of protecting the world’s indigenous regions?
Power Play
Ecuador’s proposition is interesting because it addresses a question of international concern, according to María Guzman-Gallegos.
The Symbolic Value of Consumption
Children across Europe are learning how to become responsible consumers thanks to an education initiative promoting sustainable development.
The Golden Wheat
“Even if you could use all the organic material you have, animal manure, human waste, plant residues – and get them back into the soil, you would not be able to feed more than four billion people.”
Rethinking Agriculture
Four hundred experts claim the world’s focus has to shift from large-scale farming and modern biotechnology to smallholder farmers, biodiversity and local knowledge.
Brothers in arts
Oslo, Lusaka, Ramallah and Kabul. The streets are different, but art means equality. The «Art Academy Without Walls» project, aimed at establishing a sustainable arts education in Zambia, may be succeeded by similar projects in Palestine and Afghanistan.
Saving the Planet One Syllable at a Time
In an introductory class for foreign language pupils at Sund school outside Bergen, the children are learning Norwegian through classes on recycling and waste management.
The Tender Tundra
Concealed under the tundra of northwest Russia, enormous oil and gas reserves are a potential source of great wealth. But for the indigenous people of the Nenets autonomous region, the reserves are a threat to their existence.
Traded to Extinction
It is ten o’clock on a steamy Bangkok morning and Sompoad Srikosamatara, an associate professor at the city’s prestigious Mahidol University, is on a mission to save the world’s most endangered wildlife.
Welcomes the Oil
Indigenous people in the Arctic are in general positive to oil and gas development, a new study shows.
Less is More
Is small-scale localized production of food, and its integration with tourism and local culture, a viable alternative to mass production?