The Delhi roundtable for the STEPS project ‘Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto’ was extremely challenging and also helpful. This blog can’t do justice to the full discussion, so please…
HOW TO BE RADICAL AND ALSO BE PRACTICAL?
India roundtables – photos
Images from the roundtables in Bangalore and Delhi are now available on our Flickr site.
UN NUEVO MANIFIESTO – LATIN AMERICA
Three Manifesto roundtables will take place in Latin America in March: 5 March: Caracas, Venezuela 10 March: Buenos Aires, Argentina 12 March: Cali, Colombia Elisa Arond from the STEPS Centre…
Latin America – March roundtables
Three roundtables were held in Latin America in March.
CONCLAVE OF AFRO-ASIAN YOUNG SCIENTISTS: GEOENGINEERING – THE STUFF OF HOLLYWOOD
By Harriet Le Bris, STEPS Centre member When I first heard about geoengineering at last year’s STEPS Centre Symposium, my mouth dropped open as I stared in disbelief at the…
MIDDLE CLASSES IN AFRICA
Photographer Joan Bardeletti has set up a website, Middle Classes in Africa, which includes some great galleries of photos from Kenya and Ivory Coast. (Via Africa Is A Country)
The First Image of Earth from Space
“Earthrise, December 1968 – the first picture of our world taken from space was published 40 years ago this week and still retains its haunting power”
HUMAN-POWERED FERRIS WHEEL IN NEPAL
From the wonderful blog BoingBoing, some footage of an ingenious solution to a lack of electricity. BoingBoing: Human powered ferris wheel in Nepal
SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT: CALESTOUS JUMA INTERVIEW
Following the previous post about the book “Science and Development”, Guy Collender from the London International Development Centre has interviewed Calestous Juma (who wrote the book’s preface) for a new…
Association of African Women for Research and Development
The Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD -Senegal) highlights the importance of women’s participation in politics and development.