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Here are some shocking facts about the human impact on Earth. We have produced enough concrete to build a 2mm thick Earth replica. We’ve produced enough plastic for Earth to be wrapped in clingfilm. We are creating ” technofossils,” which is a term for congealed materials made by humans – concretes and plastics – which will…
Mexico-U.S. relations continue to change with every aggressive move by the White House. From threats to renegotiate NAFTA to a new Executive Order aimed at removing millions of Mexican migrants. A showdown seems inevitable with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson both visiting Mexico City this week. How will the Mexican…
Fashion and celebrity collide at the annual Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met Gala always raises eyebrows, and this year’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” has generated much discussion. Many fashionistas, cultural critics, and others ask, “…but is this camp?” It is interesting, but not…
A friend of mine who is an extremely successful musician told us that he spent a lot of his childhood at Camps in Tallebudgera. Although he is the least surfie you could imagine, I was intrigued by this idea of American summer camps. He said that it was a great way to get him out of his house…
Even though school is not in session for the summer, your children can still grow intellectually. Summer camps offer them a temporary break from classroom instruction, which allows for exciting new experiences. They can also develop their cognitive, emotional, and physical development. Parents and guardians are often overwhelmed by the sheer number of summer camps…
In the 20 years that I have worked in research in the occupied territory with Palestinians, the stories of frustration and despair, as well as, at times, resignation and hopelessness, have been a constant. Other recent articles on The Conversation have shown that the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is desperate and creates a great deal of…
The international community has expressed its condemnation of the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, where 370,000 Rohingya are estimated to have fled their country. It has not translated into much concrete action. Zeid Raad Al Hussein, the UN’s human rights chief, has described the Rohingyas’ plight as a “textbook case of ethnic cleansing.” This follows a similar declaration by UN…
In the seven-year civil conflict, nearly half of the country’s population has fled. 6.6 million urban dwellers have relocated to the countryside, and 4.9 million citizens have crossed the borders, mostly into neighboring countries. The primary destination is Lebanon, which is nearby. Since 2011, this small, religiously varied country of 4.5 million people has welcomed more…
Colombians are going to vote to answer an incredibly simple question that has enormous implications for the country. Do You Support the Final Agreement for the End of the Armed Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace? The plebiscite is a chance to ratify or disrupt the four-year-old peace negotiations between the…
The majority of Syrian refugees are in Turkey six years after the start of the conflict. They try to create opportunities for education, employment, and survival. This article examines the latest Migration Report, published by the Turkish Presidency for Migration Management in April 2017. It focuses on statistics regarding Syrians. The country was originally a migration-sender, but it…