Do they give a Nobel Prize for Bullying?
June 03, 2018 | No Comments
So, where does this thought come from? For weeks we have been tracking the negotiations between North and South Korea, between the US and South Korea between the US and North Korea, and even between…
Mexico Hurricane Patricia
October 23, 2015 | No Comments
México.- protection is important to emphasize that we can not skip hydrometerological concerns. The magnitude of this phenomenon we have never seen in this country, there is a history of hurricanes we’ve had in the…
Expert Forum Video on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Antalya, Turkey 2015
June 08, 2015 | No Comments
Disasters occur when natural extremes encounter communities who are ill-prepared to cope with these forces. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies outline preventative measures to reduce the impacts of foreseeable hazardous events. Time and time…
GUEST EDITORIAL “Politicians need to get their act together on climate change“ Justus Morisse (Germany)
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
“Politicians need to get their act together on climate change.“ This quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel´s climate advisor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is almost two years old now and was originally pinpointed at the global warming…
GUEST EDITORIAL : “Are Marvel Comics characters society’s current “Fix” for real world problems?” Robert Jay Ross, CCB, Boulder. Colorado
August 30, 2014 | No Comments
Guest Editor, Robert Ross, at CCB Boulder Colorado wrote an article called “Are Marvel Comics characters society’s current “Fix” for real world problems?”. Click here to download the pdf article of “Are Marvel Comics characters…
GUEST EDITORIAL (September 12, 2012): “The Curse of Creativity.” Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway
April 25, 2014 | No Comments
The Curse of Creativity By Ilan Kelman, CICERO, Norway I am often treated to the quotation, or variations thereof, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used to create them”.…
Revisiting the question “Who will feed China?” (followed by “Who will feed Africa?” and by “Who will feed the US”)
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 11 June 2009 Fifteen years ago Lester Brown wrote an interesting book with an intriguing title: “Who will feed China?” Brown’s concern — highly criticized as might be expected by Chinese government officials…
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A rose by any other name is still a rose. Similarly, the Republic of Macedonia by any other name is still the Republic of Macedonia
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 12 May 2009 I have been trying to organize a meeting in Macedonia. Not in Greece’s northern region of Macedonia but the other Macedonia. The UN officially calls the other Macedonia “FYR Macedonia”,…
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Climate Change, 2020, and the notion of ‘the new black’
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 1 April 2009 The phrase “the new black” was used repeatedly in the 1980s to indicate that other colors (frequently brown, navy blue, or grey) had temporarily displaced black’s position in fashion or…
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Capacity Building by Proxy : Putting African development on a faster and cheaper track
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
2 March 2009 I have an idea that I think is important to talk about. I call it Capacity Building by Proxy. The idea is to build institutional and human capabilities on the African continent…
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The times they are a-changin’: and not just for the climate
October 20, 2009 | No Comments
Fragilecologies Archives 1 December 2008 Just wanted to say that “the times they are a-changin’.” They are a-changin’ for those involved in climate science research and modeling, and they are a-changin’ for those engaged in…
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