political engagement

The Argonauts of the Western Region of Lazio: A Study on the FAO and CFS

FAO Delegation October 11, 2013 0 Comments

By Pablo Aguilera Del Castillo The Food Security conference in Rome is mainly about food security. In fact in other blog posts, the various topics for international discussions could be read on this same website. Indeed, outlining the topics discussed here is critical to understand the current concerns on food security internationally. However, I would like to argue that there is a more...

A Plea to Paul Kingsnorth: Don’t withdraw; re-draw. Join us in Rio.

Nathan Thanki May 23, 2012 22 Comments

by nathan thanki One busy day in March I received an email from a biology, conservation and ecology professor at COA. Attached to the message was a link to an article by Paul Kingsnorth from the February edition of Orion Magazine, entitled “Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist.” I opened the link to have no more than a glance, but instead spent the next hour and a half reading,...