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The consequences of inequality, injustice and social exclusion: lessons from Toulouse, Paris, and the message of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
It would be far too easy to label the murderous actions of Mohammed Merah in southwestern France in early March 2012 as those of an indoctrinated terrorist. He shot three French soldiers dead from the seat of his motorcycle in … Continue reading
The Olympics: humanity on display
As we approach the end of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the athletes, thankfully, have once again become the real story. More than just a competition focused on results, scattered amongst Sochi’s events are the sound bites, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sport
Tagged humanity, humanity at the Olympic games, humanity on display, Sochi 2014, the Olympic spirit
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Bombay is going green!
The earth’s axis must have shifted back in June of this year. And in this case, that’s a good thing – a very good thing. A Mumbai-based architectural firm won the urban planning and design category of the Cycling Visionaries … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyle, News, Travel
Tagged Bombay planning, green Mumbai, liveability Mumbai, Mumbai public transport, Velo-city 2013
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Truth, and winning at all costs.
Within the span of a week, Olympic speed skater Simon Cho has admitted to tampering with an opponent’s equipment, and cyclist Lance Armstrong’s history of denying use of performance-enhancing drugs has been undeniably laid to waste by the U.S. Anti-Doping … Continue reading
What goes around comes around: Vancouver relives its cycling history
The recent Velo-city Global conference is an event I have been working with for the last eight months, and is a new undertaking for the City of Vancouver. In so far as this gathering of cycling infrastructure expertise, and the … Continue reading
A First Nation’s call for help
On Thursday, February 23, 2012, the last of 22 new modular homes arrived in the Attawapiskat First Nation of northern Ontario. To the Canadian federal government, it signaled the trumpeted end of a crisis that began almost a full four … Continue reading
Happy belated birthday baby!
According to United Nations predictions, mother earth welcomed her seven-billionth child on October 31, 2011. If we play the odds, it was probably a boy, and probably born in either China, or India. Regardless of gender, or home nation, happy … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 billion, a birthday wish, a sense of wonder, earth's population, happy birthday, wonder
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Corporate greed: the plight of Indian Alphonso mangoes and the message of the Occupy movement.
What do the spate of Occupy movements around the world have to do with a group of protesting Indian fruit growers back in the mid 1990’s? Well, at first glance, perhaps nothing. But for me, it is probably closer to … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate greed, Dabhol Maharashtra, Dabhol power plant, economic inequality, Enron, equality, Occupy movement, Occupy Vancouver
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Reading the leaves after Three Cups of Tea.
It is a sad day indeed when our heroes fall from grace. The publishing of Greg Mortenson’s novel Three Cups of Tea provided readers with inspiration, hope and a desire for positive change; a counterweight to Bush-era foreign policy in … Continue reading
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Tagged education in northern Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Greg Mortenson, Greg Mortenson controversy, long term effects of Three Cups of Tea, northern Pakistan, Pakistan's Northern Areas, Passu Pakistan, rual children in northern Pakistan, schools in northern Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea, three cups of tea controversy, villages along the KKH
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