In Africa, bamboo bicycles are shifting gears for women in the workforce

Posted 2019-11-19 14:07:10 by: Kate V.

Building a sustainable, equitable set of wheels from ...

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How Elephant Poop Becomes Fancy Paper in Sri Lanka

Posted 2019-11-18 15:45:05 by: Kate V.

An elephant can defecate 16 times in one day—and its 200 pounds of dung can double as paper ...

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Meet the People Who Put Out Indonesia’s Forest Fires

Posted 2019-11-15 16:07:41 by: Kate V.

Members of the Manggala Agni Brigade risk their lives and personal health to extinguish fires without sufficient ...

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10 African Weddings, 10 Countries

Posted 2019-11-12 15:00:03 by: Kate V.

In Africa, despite some westernization, it is important to stick to the local traditions during celebrations. This is the case, for example, with the celebration of a marriage in which traditional practices are still carried out ...

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How a Cooking Show in Canada’s Far North Celebrates Inuit Cuisine

Posted 2019-11-11 16:17:13 by: Kate V.

Hunting, fishing, and sharing the catch are all part of the ...

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Maska Bun and Irani Chai at New Irani

Posted 2019-11-08 15:21:45 by: Kate V.

Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest ...

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Native Communities Crack Code to Save the Planet: Protests and the Pope

Posted 2019-11-07 15:45:12 by: Kate V.

These communities have for centuries been the first line of defense for the ...

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The Make Up Artists Fighting Back Against India's Skin Bleaching Industry

Posted 2019-11-06 16:15:09 by: Kate V.

Light skin and the products used to achieve it have long been ingrained within South Asian culture, but a new generation are finally rejecting ...

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Meet the oyster mushroom producer changing urban Ghanaian diets

Posted 2019-11-05 14:55:13 by: Kate V.

Plus, how to transform free sawdust into ...

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The Biryani Cooked Inside Bamboo

Posted 2019-11-04 15:36:11 by: Kate V.

A tourism bureau’s embrace of a tribal dish brings both promise and ...

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