Here’s a short update on the arsenic problem in Bangladesh, and how the SONO filter alleviates the problem (click the title above to view the 2:51 minute video). With over 300,000 SONO filters already in place, that leaves some 75 million people in Bangladesh still in need of its benefits. Of course, there are many …
PBS NewsHour‘s Ray Suarez talks with Haitian President Rene Preval about the recovery the country still faces, six months after a devastating earthquake. There are many lessons from this. One is that while NGOs‘ independent work is essential immediately after the disaster, their working in co-ordination with the government is essential as time passes. I …
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PBS‘s Spencer Michels reports on the story of how a California social entrepreneur sees the chance to increase access to clean water in Kenya through the use of foot-pumps. In this segment, there are many lessons for us on how to achieve our goals in the field. I recommend you watch this report: Related articles …
2009 has been a good year for open access; for details, see my December 11, 2009 Dramatic Growth of Open Access. Happy Holidays!
Image via Wikipedia Last Friday’s edition of NOW on PBS asks, “Is a coastal catastrophe approaching, and what should we be doing about it?” It specifically addresses the issue of flooding in Bangladesh, currently the 7th most populous country on the planet and one of the most densely populated (1063 per sq km). (The next …
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I got this letter from my state legislator last week. Posted without comment. Dear Mr. Xxxxxxxxx: California’s lack of water could result in more than 800,000 acres of farmland going unplanted this year. And if the current water shortage doesn’t improve, the Central Valley could lose $1.8 billion in agricultural revenues by the end of …
Congratulations to Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America, who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. Here’s what President Obama had to say: Related articles by Zemanta “Breaking: President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize” and related posts (my.barackobama.com) …
Good news are a good place to blog. First of all, winning the Astellas USA award for doing work that has an impact on global health we have written “drug production in Africa” into the history books! We are pleased that the Astellas USA Foundation in conjunction with the American Cheical Society chose us for …
Once again, Muhammad Yunus tells it like it is. See the abstract of his talk at the National Press Club the same day: http://www.press.org/wire/article.cfm?id=1282. I haven’t found any more video yet, so please let me know if you find a link to that.
This isn’t necessarily a chemistry-related subject, but irony abounds, as the band I am in started working on the song ‘Wild Horses’ just last Sunday… I used to love to ride when I was younger, and I thought the Mustang was an icon of power and freedom…. Sad. Click on the title for the link. …