Wednesday, January 2, 2019

How capitalism is killing us

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A December 2017 statement from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights notes that, while the US manages t...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Nature is Speaking

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In the video you are about to see, Julia Roberts narrates a powerful message about the planet Earth. Hearing these words really helps to put...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

We’re altering the climate so severely that we’ll soon face apocalyptic repercussions. Sucking carbon dioxide out of the air could save us.

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That's why the NAS took a thorough look at potential negative-emissions technologies. "Most climate mitigation efforts are intended...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Climate Change: Five Cheap Ways To Remove Co2 From The Atmosphere

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But a new assessment from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that some of these “negative emissions techno...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Tax havens shielding companies responsible for deforestation and overfishing

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The study found that more than two thirds of foreign capital directed to Brazil’s soy and beef sectors between 2000 and 2011, as recorded by...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Why we should all have a basic income

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Consider for a moment that from this day forward, on the first day of every month, around $1,000 is deposited into your bank account – becau...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web

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Tim Berners-Lee Exclusive: Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web Last week, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The Case for Climate Reparations

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The mounting price tag of extreme weather events and the prospect of greater destruction to come have brought into focus a question that has...
Monday, May 21, 2018

A Failing State

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Where do we go from here? The Democratic Party, which helped build our system of inverted totalitarianism, is once again held up by many on ...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

20,000 Scientists Have Now Signed 'Warning to Humanity'

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A chilling research paper warning about the fate of humanity has received 4,500 additional signatures and endorsements from scientists since...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Islands are pushing forward with efforts to preserve their natural wealth and protect their people from disasters

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Islands comb own shores for solutions to environmental pressures CALVIA, Spain, April 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Island governments a...

St George's [Granada] earmarked to become region's first climate resilient city

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The Town of St George is earmarked to become the first climate resilient city in the region. The government announced it received approval f...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Plastic Bag Taxes and Bans Are Working

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Paper or plastic? You've probably heard the question approximately 2.589 billion times. But depending on where you live, that question m...

Commonwealth leaders express 'grave concern' about climate change impacts

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Climate change risks are pushing millions of people worldwide into poverty, heads of government from the 53-strong Commonwealth warned on Fr...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Conservation group in Seychelles launches coral nursery on land

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In the Seychelles a Community, an Environmental NGO, a Hotel and a Bank come together in a Public Private Partnership to save coral reefs. A...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

The Increasing Likelihood Of Nuclear War Should Straighten Out All Our Priorities

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A Russian pilot has been killed by US-armed terrorists in Syria. The Ron Paul Institute‘s Daniel McAdams writes the following about this new...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

Peak Mexico by Albert Bates

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The transformation of México in the second half of the 20th century reads like a fairy tale. The country went from being a tinhorn dictator...

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Hurricane-hit Caribbean states target future safe from from climate harm

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TEPIC, Mexico, Dec 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A group of Caribbean nations, many devastated by recent hurricanes, will work with comp...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Cayman, a Digital Republic?

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Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future? Tod...
Monday, December 4, 2017

A new Bill to decriminalise small quantities of cannabis was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.

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Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec 04 2017: The Misuse of Drugs (Decriminalisation of Cannabis) Amendment Act was formally proposed by Zane DeSilva, th...

Top Credit Agency to Cities and States: Prepare for Climate Change or Face Lower Credit Rating

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Yale E360 Moody’s Investors Service, one of the top credit rating agencies in the world, warned cities and states in the U.S. that unless th...
Friday, November 24, 2017

You can't negotiate with a hurricane

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It's impossible to negotiate with a hurricane. Or a dying coral reef. Maybe it is unsurprising that 23 years of climate negotiations hav...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Climate change is luring Kodiak bears away from their iconic salmon streams

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The researchers found that due to warm spring temperatures on Kodiak, the berries were developing fruit weeks earlier, at the same time as t...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

It is time for the Cayman Islands to implement bike lanes?

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Why Olympian Adam van Koeverden supports bike lanes - People can't be divided neatly into cyclists and motorists, says Adam van Koever...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

IMF admits disastrous love affair with the euro and apologises for the immolation of Greece

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The International Monetary Fund’s top staff misled their own board, made a series of calamitous misjudgments in Greece, became euphoric chee...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Vehicle Centric-Towns and Communities

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If one wants to walk from AL Thompson's Home Center to Parker's you have to cross the Butterfield round-about. There is no safe way ...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Morgan Stanley picks Frankfurt as post-Brexit hub

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How will financial institutions deserting London affect the Cayman Islands? The latest financial institution making plans to relocate jobs a...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Basic income possible solution to human rights problem of poverty

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The basic values of the international human rights system are under attack in a new diverse ways in 2017, and one important part of the expl...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

NBSAP Forum Free Webinar Series are Back

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The NBSAP Forum Free Webinar Series are Back . The Forum this time focusses on "Strengthening Indigenous Peoples Capacity Building...
Monday, July 3, 2017

Student’s Post, on NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Summer School on Sea Dumped Chemical Weapons

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Student’s Post, on NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Summer School on Sea Dumped Chemical Weapons, Canada | International Dialogue o...

Do We Want George Town Looking Like This?

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Cruise Ships in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Our Oceans, Our Islands, Our Future

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With the leadership of H.E. Tommy E. Remengesau Jr., President of Palau, H.E. Vincent Meriton, Vice-President of Seychelles, The Hon. Kedric...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

Chomsky: ‘US is racing toward the precipice, while the world is trying to save itself

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Neoliberalism has been putting the working people of the world in competition with each other, but allowing freedom of capital, and in fact ...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Finland's new, weird school 'courses' say a lot about how we teach our kids.

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There are mathematicians, sure, or engineers, but even math-heavy jobs still need strong foundations in grammar, technology, and history if ...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

The Caribbean Transitional Energy Conference (CTEC)

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Caribbean economies suffer from some of the highest electricity prices in the world. Despite their abundance of renewable energy sources, Ca...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Carribean Transitionary Energy Conference 2017 - Cayman Islands

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WHY CAYMAN? WHY NOW? Caribbean economies suffer from some of the highest electricity prices in the world. Despite their abundance of renewab...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Cayman to host transitional energy conference | Cayman Compass

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Cayman to host transitional energy conference | Cayman Compass Ocean conservationist Fabien Cousteau and entrepreneur Richard Branson will b...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

New self-paced courses! #Law4Dev

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International law online courses New and self-paced! Investment: $200 USD UNITAR is pleased to inform that registrations are open for our up...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Global Green honors Standing Rock Chairman on Feb. 22 at Pre-Oscar Gala

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I hope you will​ help Global Green and the Hollywood community stand with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe as we honor Chairman David Archambau...
Saturday, January 28, 2017

What if we gave universal income to people in biodiversity hotpots?

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What if we gave universal income to people in biodiversity hotpots? Writer and professor, Ashley Dawson, argues in his new book that capital...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

CREA (Cayman Renewable Energy Association) / UCCI Solar Course

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CREA (Cayman Renewable Energy Association) in conjunction with UCCI will be holding a renewable energy installation course as listed below. ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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Monday, June 27, 2016

IOM, Governments Launch Guidelines to Protect Migrants in Countries in Crisis

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IOM, Governments Launch Guidelines to Protect Migrants in Countries in Crisis 15 June 2016: The International Organization for Migrat...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Competency Based Training In Barbados - A Silent Revolution?

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  Young Barbadians sign their contracts for participation in training “We needed to reduce the rates of accidents during the tra...
Friday, June 3, 2016

European Union Overseas Countries and Territories Association Innovation Strategy

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The   Innovation Strategy Introduction The European Union has 22 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) as members of its Overseas Cou...