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Europe wants to profile itself as a trendsetter of green economy. However, experience with biofuels sets off a series of warning lights: the growing demand for biomass,water and soil could pose a serious threat to food production, and biofuels generally do not offer an advantage in emissions. These realisations have caused the European Commission t ...

Vandana Shiva (°1952), Ph.D. in particle physics, is an icon in India and beyond and especially among advocates of organic farming, social struggle and ecofeminism. She is the founder of Navdanya, a movement of Indian farmers who apply their traditional know-how for an agriculture that is based on seed biodiversity. Over the last few years she has ...

I want to go back to South Africa. To make up my mind about what Nelson Mandela signifies. And because I have never seen his house, the village where he was born, or the places where he was hiding. Maybe I will bring some tourists with me. In Nelson Mandela's footsteps. Wouldn't that be a good idea?

Hillary Clinton took a Silk Route initiative. Hewlett-Packard is distributing its computers from China using a Silk Route railway. The OECD is sponsoring the construction of a Central Asian railroad. And the EU is promoting a transport corridor between Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. They all are referring to the re-opening of the Silk Rout ...