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Condor Born in 1910 Finally Kicks the Bucket
Photo via Tom Nord
The planet is short one centenarian this week after Hector, the world's oldest condor, passed away in Algeria at the ripe old age of 100. Experts say Hector's long life was quite a feat considering that the scavenging birds generally don't live past 50.
New U.S. Law Requires Electronics Makers to Disclose Conflict Mineral Use
Photo by Mark Craemer
Tucked into the financial reform bill that passed this week is a provision many sustainable electronics advocates will be happy about. Publicly-traded companies and electronics corporations will now be required to reveal whether or not they use "conflict-free" minerals.
PlayPump's Problems Prove Designing for Water Shortages Is Tough Work
Image via Water for People
A few years ago, we reported on the PlayPump, a design that incorporates the power of kids at play to pump and store drinking water for communities in Rural Africa.
Road Through Serengeti National Park Will Kill Annual Wildebeest Migration: Richard Leakey
photo: Mandy via flickr
Plans by the Tanzanian government to run a road through the northern part of the Serengeti National Park have been drawing criticism from a whole host of conservationists.
Imported Cattle Threaten African Livestock Diversity & Continent's Food Supply
photo: Joris-Jan van den Boom via flickr
Even though locally-adapted, diversified agriculture and farming is a key component of both food security today and in a warmer more climate-stressed future, the Big Ag trend is still towards less crop diversity and more uniformity.
Court Ruling: Botswana Bushmen Denied Access to Water
Photo via Wikipedia
It's an old battle, and a cruel one. The Botswana government wants the Bushmen of the Kalahari off of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, one of the driest areas of the world but also one the bushmen have called home for thousands of years.
UN Recommends Chili Ping Pong Balls & Snake-Filled Bread to Stop Animals Marauding African Farms
photo: flickrfavorites
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has some novel and low-tech solutions for dealing with the age-old problem of wild animals raiding the crop
Ugandans Struggle for Solutions to Fix War-Torn Water Infrastructure
Image via YouTube video
Uganda has been the site of severe turmoil since civil war broke out in the early 1980s. For the last few years, people have been returning home to northern Uganda to find that their water infrastructure is in ruins.
Battle Over Nile River Ownership Threatens One of World's Largest Wetlands
Photo by Michael Gwyther-Jones
When we think of the Nile river, we think of Egypt, but for African countries upriver, ownership of the Nile is under hot contention.
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