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Monday, 14. May 2012

Gründächer in Mexiko Stadt

Gruendach der Bank HSBC, Avenida Reforma/ Azotea Verde del banco HSBC, Av. Reforma; Copyright: Angelika Kurz

Es ist recht schwierig zu sagen wieviele Quatratmeter Gründächer es wirklich in Mexiko Stadt gibt. Die ofiziellen Daten varieren in Bezug auf die von der Stadt errichteten Gründächer zwischen 12 500 und 16 000 m2. Wenn man jedoch die privaten Initiativen mit einbezieht, sind es sicherlich mehr als 20 000 m2 begrünte Dächer. Dies entspricht einer Fläche von mehr als 2 Fussballfeldern.
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Wednesday, 2. May 2012

„Comic Bale“ - Portrait of the Seediq people of Taiwan living in harmony with nature - by illustrator CHIU Row-Lung (邱若龍)

Illustration of a Japanese Guards Division from “Comic Bale” (by courtesy of Chiu Row-Lung)

When seriously studying the culture of the Seediq people of Taiwan, we will discover that their way of life follows entirely the principle of “taking from nature what is needed and using it in accord with nature”. Twenty years ago, the illustrator Chiu Row-Lung had already produced a series with the title "The Wushe Incident", in which he gave full expression to the spirit and the culture of the Seediq people. This story, that describes how this indigenous people of Taiwan, the Seediq, resisted the Japanese military during the Japanese colonial period, has recently been re-published, after film director Wei Te-Sheng (魏德聖) adapted the story to the screen in the film “Seediq Bale” (賽德克巴萊) with a record budget of roughly 17 million Euros and thus lifting the shroud on the mysterious Seediq people.

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Chia-Hua Chiang

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Tuesday, 17. April 2012

Battery Recycling in Mexico City

As a more-or-less environmentally aware expat German, one does sometimes ask oneself the question: how can I dispose of certain waste materials?

A few years ago, while I was lying on the lawn of the UNAM (one of Mexico’s largest universities) at noon with some other student friends of mine, I discovered shredded batteries right in front of my nose. One might ask what burst batteries were doing in one of Mexico City’s loveliest green areas, and how they got there in the first place. We decided on the version that they were heedlessly thrown away and then got caught up in the lawn mower. Further reflections on environmental, soil and ground water pollution fell through due to a lack of knowledge on our part.
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Tuesday, 20. March 2012

Is forecast climate information useful to farmers in Ghana?

Plate 1. Low density groundnut growing on the sandy soils at Akatsi (Photo: by SGK Adiku)

For many farmers in the town of Akatsi in Ghana, groundnut is an important cash crop that brings in income to meet family expenses. Groundnut is used for soups, stews, and confectionery, and it is a general delicacy. Income from groundnut sales pays for land preparation, and farm operations as well as family expenditure such as school fees, hospital medicine, etc. Rainfall at Akatsi is moderate and just adequate for crop production. The typically sandy soils of Akatsi are well suited for groundnut as pegging is enhanced and harvest is easy.
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Wednesday, 7. March 2012

In Grand-Bassam fear is felt daily …

The atmosphere in the Old City, equally characterised by its colonial architecture and modern urban development, is anything but unperturbed - above all, among those who live near the coast and hear the sound of the waves of the Atlantic at night. To them, the danger is ever-present … “Something inexplicable happens at night. One hears a strange noise, then the water comes right inside the hotel,” says Alpha Touré, owner of the Hotel Coral Beach. “The sea has already claimed my straw hut, although the hut was at least eleven metres from the sea. That’s why there’s no fence any more. The water took it, too.“ The inhabitants of Grand-Bassam and especially of Azuretti openly admit that they hardly sleep any more.
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Joseph about Battery Recycling in Mexico City

Tue, 24.04.2012 10:22

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Thu, 19.04.2012 15:05

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Michael about Documentary film-maker Ke Chin-yuan – a documentarist lending the environment a voice

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Monday, 14. May 2012

Gründächer in Mexiko Stadt

Wednesday, 2. May 2012

„Comic Bale“ - Portrait of the Seediq people of Taiwan living in harmony with nature - by illustrator CHIU Row-Lung (邱若龍)

Tuesday, 17. April 2012

Battery Recycling in Mexico City

Tuesday, 20. March 2012

Is forecast climate information useful to farmers in Ghana?

Wednesday, 7. March 2012

In Grand-Bassam fear is felt daily …

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