Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts

Monday, April 07, 2014

Watch this one hour preview of Years of Living Dangerously

From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this groundbreaking documentary event series provides first-hand reports on those affected by, and seeking solutions to, climate change.

This episode full of footage from Syria, Texas and Indonesia. Watch it.



Sunday, January 27, 2008

World's poor are up in arms over food prices

People are rioting in the streets over the spiralling cost of food, but what is causing the crisis?

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There were street riots over the price of basic foods in Mexico and India last year, and in Jakarta, Indonesia, last week. China and Russia have slapped controls on food prices to prevent unrest and inflation. Low-income Americans are feeling the pinch of 10 per cent increases for bread, 19 per cent for milk. Italians boycotted pasta for a day last September in protest at a 7 per cent price ...


Read New Scientist / World's poor are up in arms over food prices (subscription required).


Bakery poster on rising bread pricesDanish bakery poster on rising bread prices. Doesn't mention "climate change" or "global warming" but blame the Chinese for buying our food, two years of bad harvests, biofuel, droughts in Southern Europe and empty granaries.

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