Kamikatsu, a small town home about 2000 people in rural Shikoku, Japan, is a true zero waste community. I feature the town’s recycling efforts in Earth911.com.
Side notes to the agreement that allowed for the formation of a new government in Bosnia. The role of the High Representative, the position of the social-democratic party and the true dividing lines crossing Bosnian society.
Zoran Milanovic’s new executive is facing one of Croatia’s most economically difficult periods, in its fourth consecutive year of recession. While taxes and contributions increase, Zagreb is thinking of attracting investors from the Middle East.
Armenia may start promoting an “Australian-style” model of development for the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Beginning on January 17, Ryanair will charge a €0.25 fee on every seat to cover what the company says will be a €15 to 20 million bill. And the airline is complaining loud and clear.
A university in Kuwait announced the start of a US$16 million solar power station on its 8000 student main campus. Is this another sign the Middle East is ramping up investment in solar?
Mity last month shut down its Bordo Poniente landfill, the huge largest garbage collection site that over time became a 927 acre heap of trash.
With another Christmas passed and the holiday season winding towards New Year’s Eve, those of us fortunate enough to enjoy this time of year could use some perspective.
Watch for another word, which is hardly new, to gain traction during 2012. If that Mayan prediction that the world will end, or almost end, this word will surge in use and popularity at the perfect time. And mercifully, it will not be “Occupy.”
Friarielli Ribelli, the phantom trash pickup and guerrilla gardening group. inspired another garbage cleanup and recycling awareness campaign during a recent evening in Naples.
At a time when few, if any, national leaders are trusted, the world could benefit from a bevy of men and women like Vaclav Havel.
As a litmus test, the recent election campaign in Bulgaria brought to light the problematic relationship between media and power in the country. The Bulgarian information system shows serious and structural problems: lack of transparency on properties, centralization of newspapers, economic and political pressure on journalists. In recent years the situation has been getting worse. From the OBC.