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Naomi Klein: Addicted to Risk

May 15, 2011 by  
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Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP’s risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more and too often, we’re left to clean up a mess afterward. […]

Milford Sound, South Island

May 14, 2011 by  
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“Milford Sound or Piopiotahi in Māori is a fjord in the south west of New Zealand’s South Island, within Fiordland National Park and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. Milford Sound is named after Milford Haven in Wales, while the Cleddau River that flows into the sound is also named for its Welsh namesake.

Louie Schwartzberg: The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

May 13, 2011 by  
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Pollination is vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film ‘Wings of Life’, inspired by the vanishing of one of nature’s primary pollinators, the honeybee.

Aicha el-Wafi and Phyllis Rodriguez: 9/11 Mothers

May 13, 2011 by  
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Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss. Phyllis’ son was killed in the World Trade Centre attacks on September 11, 2001; Aicha’s son Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of a role in those attacks and is serving a life sentence. In hoping to find peace, these two mums have come […]

Rights of Passage

May 12, 2011 by  
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Rights may be legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement. They are what is allowed or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.

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