In 2005, Joksimovic paired with the Bosnian singer Dino Merlin for a duet, Supermen. Joksimovic composed the song, his words as expressed in the video present a tour of the spectacular countryside.
Most visitors to the Dominican Republic go to Punta Cana or other walled-in resorts. But the DR’s capital, Santo Domingo, is well worth visiting. The oldest
South Korea has made big moves on the solar front. Posco, the steel giant, is in talks to purchase a major supplier of silicon for solar panels. Korea’s solar business will only grow in the coming years.
This band is hardly new—they have created buzz among the Persian disaspora and music afficianodos since they were founded in a Tehran basement in 2003. The buzz is pretty strong in Iran, too, apparently. Just don’t let the wrong person hear you play Kiosk’s tunes.
Rapid population growth and industrialization have exacted huge tolls on the Yangtze. The natural forest cover has fallen by two-thirds over the past 50 years, and resulted in the slippage of over 680 million tons of mud into the river. Coca-Cola and the WWF are trying to reverse this disturbing trend.
Like other American innovations, other countries have hijacked this delicious treat and made it their own. Why do these countries offer such supurb frozen concoctions? First, fresh ingredients like fruit and cream help. Bulgaria, Hungary, Korea, Brazil, and Argentina top the list
For a generation, we have enjoyed everything from cashmere sweaters to smartphones, with the assumption that because of China’s 1.3 billion people, there would always be an endless supply of cheap labor. But there’s a huge price tag–even if a huge pond separates us from China.
While I was in Amsterdam for the GRI Conference in May, I met Katarzyna Dulko, a freelance journalist who is also a sustainability manager for a leading European conglomerate. I thought I’d ask her to share her interests—in some ways she is like a Polish Rachel Carson.
In September 2008, we visited Montevideo, Uruguay, for a couple days during a trip to South America. After visiting the cemetery where my great-uncle is buried, we asked the taxi driver to drop us off at one of the most special places I have ever encountered during my travels.
Ecuador has told the world to put a price on oil that will never hit the market. Yesterday the small South American nation signed a deal with the United Nations Development Program that leaves a huge amount of oil reserves untouched in exchange for the approximate sum of US$3.5 billion.
St. Lucia’s government signed an agreement with US-based Qualibou Energy for the development of a geothermal plant. The plant will generate 12 megawatts of electricity by 2012, and another 108 MW of capacity will be in operation by 2015.
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