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Blog: April 2012
Earth Day—Uniting Voices Worldwide for a Sustainable Future
April 21st, 2012Did you know that on April 22, 1970—the first Earth Day—20 million Americans demonstrated from coast to coast in the United States to call for a healthy, sustainable environment? For many, it marked the beginning of the environmental movement. The brainchild of Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, who was concerned about mainstream [...]
Will Technology Feed a Warming World?
April 18th, 2012A recent blog noted that climate change will negatively affect African agriculture, particularly production of the most important staple crops– millet, cassava, rice (West Africa), maize, bananas and plantains. More than 70 percent of the world’s cocoa is also threatened. As the earth warms, weather patterns shift, causing droughts and floods that threaten agriculture. Scientists [...]
World Health Day: How Can Sub Saharan Africa Have 25 Percent of the Disease Burden But Only 3 Percent of the World’s Trained Health Workers?
April 6th, 2012On World Health Day, April 7, think about this: Sub Saharan Africa has 11 percent of the world’s population, bears 25 percent of the disease burden in the world, but has only 3 percent of the world’s trained health workers. Sub Saharan Africa has about 18 medical doctors for every 100,000 individuals. The United States [...]