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Globetrotting sans Frontières (Mirjam van den Berg)

Stuff worth checking out in 2010

It’s that time of the year again: the time of lists. The best and worst of 2009, the dead, the awards, the top news stories… And guess what, I love lists. Especially when they...

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Charity fatigue (Rose Gamble)

Singing our hearts out

There's a world outside your window, and it's a world of dread and fearWhere the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tearsAnd the Christmas bells that ring there are the...

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Symbiosis (Gina Lovett)

So what exactly is sustainable design?

It’s hard to believe but I’ve got just one week before I return to London. Naturally, I’ve been pondering the last eight months, the things and places I’ve seen, the...

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Copenhagen: a diary of findings (Patrick Chalmers)

21 December: Copenhagen and constraints

Given the thousands of news articles and blog posts tumbling through my Google Reader application this morning, I am reluctant to burden the e-universe with one more. But it would...

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Symbiosis (Gina Lovett)

An encouraging group of people

If ever I thought that there was only apathy and hopelessness about climate change and sustainable development, I take it back. For the last couple of months, I’ve been in Sao...

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Copenhagen: a diary of findings (Patrick Chalmers)

December 17: The reality of the Reclaim The Power protest

So I was busy telling you about the start of Wednesday’s march, we’d just got going. Taking Heather’s advice, I made a big effort to establish contact with the police who...

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Globetrotting sans Frontières (Mirjam van den Berg)

Listen up: mastering the airwaves in Africa

Since I joined the Africa desk of Radio Netherlands Worldwide, I've come to understand one thing very clearly: radio is BIG in Africa. Big in number of local stations,...

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Copenhagen: a diary of findings (Patrick Chalmers)

16th December - Yes, we have oil

So as the song says: what a difference a day made. First things first, we have our oil back. Some of the grands fromages of French politics spoke to the mayor of Copenhagen, the...

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Copenhagen: a diary of findings (Patrick Chalmers)

15 December: Tasting journalism at Copenhagen

There were two subjects I came to investigate in Copenhagen: democracy and journalism, both to the little backdrop of a rather large international negotiation. Having had a taste...

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Copenhagen: a diary of findings (Patrick Chalmers)

14 December: The climate negotiations stage is set

Monday morning, I rise with my Danish hosts and scoot out the door with them at 8.15am, almost like a regular commuter. Copenhagen wouldn’t be the worst place to commute, the...