Famine

A New Commitment To Food Security From G8, But Empty Promises Remain

Tom Arnold | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: World Hunger, Africa Food Crisis, Ending World Hunger, Nutrition, Famine, Food Crisis, G8, Global Motherhood, Food Inequality, Food Security, Impact News
Tom Arnold

Among so many world leaders and high-level representatives from civil society and academia, I felt a sense of critical mass beginning to form in the fight to end global hunger.

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Life and Death Side by Side in Mauritania Food Crisis

World Vision | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Food Crisis, Nouakchott, Famine, Africa Famine, Africa, Food Insecurity, Mauritania, World News
World Vision

Mauritania -- with 700,000 people battling food insecurity out of a population of 3.5 million -- faces a food crisis three times worse than the one which struck the West African nation two years ago.

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Too Much at Stake: The G8's Responsibility to Tackle Child Hunger

Tom Arnold | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: G8, Famine, Scaling Up Nutrition, Food Security, Child Hunger G8, G8 Hunger, Impact G8, Nutrition G8, Impact News
Tom Arnold

The fight against hunger, especially child hunger, is at a critical crossroads. We have never had as much knowledge, evidence, political will and grassroots engagement as we do today to make malnutrition history.

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Expanding the Focus from Relief to Resilience

Dr. Kristalina Georgieva | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Drought, Global Hunger, Hunger, World Hunger, East Africa Famine, Famine, Horn of Africa Famine, Horn of Africa, Africa, Impact News
Dr. Kristalina Georgieva

Over the past year, 13.3 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia were thrown into crisis as a result of drought in the Horn of Africa, the worst in 60 years. It doesn't have to be this way.

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Congress Needs Bipartisan Friendships Now More Than Ever

Ambassador Tony Hall | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Congress, Poverty, Famine, Faith, Humanitarian Aid, Post-Partisanship, Christianity, Bipartisanship, World Food Programme, Romania, Partisanship, Prayer, Ethiopia, Democrat, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives, World Hunger, Global Hunger, 112th Congress, Politics News
Ambassador Tony Hall

Bipartisan friendships don't erase our political divisions, but they do fundamentally change how political opponents view one another and engage with one another in the public arena.

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How Would You Respond to a Global Crisis?

Brett Hahn | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Global Concerns Classroom, Famine, Drought-Crisis, Global Crises, Teen News
Brett Hahn

It doesn't matter if the difference you make is big or small. What matters is that you see the world through a wider lens where all people have the same needs and rights to basic necessities as you and me.

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Little China Girls: How History's Worst Famine Shifted the Sex Ratio

Rob Brooks | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Evolution, China, Infanticide, Behavior, Famine, Sex, Gender, Sex Selection, Sex Ratio, Chinese Famine, Natural Selection, Science News
Rob Brooks

People often ask me whether natural selection continues to operate on modern humans in industrialized societies. My answer is always an unambiguous "Yes!"

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Millions Needed To Avert Hunger Crisis In Niger

AP | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Video, Samuel Braimah, Poverty, Famine, Osfam, Hunger Crisis, Refugees, World News

NIAMEY, Niger -- The British aid agency Oxfam says millions of dollars are needed urgently to stop a hunger crisis in Niger turning into a catastrophe...

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A Call To Faith On World Water Day

Katherine Marshall | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: World Water Day, Wash, Famine, Water, Agriculture, Sanitation, Social Justice, Interfaith, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

Because water is so central to many faiths, it offers both a starting point for action and a point of engagement between the faith-inspired and secular development communities. Water has a special potential.

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Global Food Security: The Biggest Challenge for Our World

Richard Attias | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Yemen, Somalia, Unicef, Un, Global Food Security, US Department of Agriculture, Famine, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Impact News
Richard Attias

As climate change affects weather patterns across the globe, and political tensions flare up, food security will become one of the most pressing issues for the world's leaders to deal with.

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We Need to Broaden Our Focus on North Korea

Linda Constant | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: North Korea Nuclear Talks, Kcna, Human Rights, Diplomacy, Food Aid, Iaea, Syria, North Korea, Dprk, Famine, World News
Linda Constant

There is no logical reason why we cannot address the regime's nuclear energy goals simultaneously with the country's appalling human rights conditions, which violate every imaginable facet of basic human liberties.

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Nursing Southern Somalia Through Civil War And Famine

Tommy Standun | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Johnson and Johnson, Civil War, Mogadishu, World Health Organization, Tommy Standun, Sos Children's Villages International, Famine, IDP Camps, Africa, Idp, Sos Children's Village, Somalia, Development, Bblog-Globalmotherhood, Community Health, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Tommy Standun

Many organizations have been driven from the country by insecurity, and the provision of supplies is severely restricted as roads are often closed by various militia and military forces. But there is hope as Somali citizens provide assistance to their own.

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'For a Bright Future, Free of War' -- Somalis Speak Out

Louis Belanger | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Oxfam Hunger, Oxfam, United Kingdom, Famine, Somalia, World News
Louis Belanger

For the seventeenth time in 20 years, politicians from 40 countries are gathering in a foreign city, this time London, to try to solve the troubled state that is Somalia.

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Somalia: Time for a Shift in Focus

Louis Belanger | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, London, Somaliland, Oxfam, United Kingdom, Famine, Somalia, World News
Louis Belanger

A new approach to Somalia is urgently needed. Somali women and men are asking for a greater say in efforts to bring about peace and security in their country.

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Senegalese Legend Baaba Maal in Mauritania: "The World Needs to React"

Louis Belanger | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Oxfam in Spain, Niger, Mauritania, Oxfam America, Food Crisis, Oxfam, Sahel, Baaba Maal, Intermon, Famine, World News
Louis Belanger

During a visit to the Gorgol region of Mauritania, Senegalese musician Baaba Maal discovered the harsh reality for communities affected by a food crisis that now touches one in four people across the country.

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A Recipe For Fighting Child Malnutrition

Cat Cora | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Child Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Global Food Crisis, Global Hunger, Save the Children, Ethiopia, Child Hunger, Famine, Global Motherhood, Food News
Cat Cora

Every year, more than 2.5 million children globally die due to hunger and malnutrition. The exciting news is that this crisis is solvable. I saw that firsthand last week on a trip to Ethiopia.

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Niger: Food Crisis or Ground Floor Opportunity to Save Mothers and Babies

Jeanne Faulkner | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Maternal Health, Niger-Famine, Niger, Famine, Maternal Mortality, Maternal Care, Maternal Child Care, Impact News
Jeanne Faulkner

Ask a woman when she was hungriest, she might say when she was pregnant or breastfeeding. I drove to McDonald's where I was seduced by a filet-o-fish sandwich. In contrast to what's happening in Niger, I wasn't hungry at all.

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Surviving the Slings and Arrows of Climate Change

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Floods, Drought, Climate Change, Climate Science, Disease, Famine, Great Famine, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Despite all the calamities we have faced as a species, we've managed to survive. I suspect we will survive a few centuries adapting to global warming. However, I doubt if it's going to be an especially pleasant experience for those doing the surviving.

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50 Cent Visits Famine Victims In Somalia, Kenya

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Kenya, Somalia Famine, 50 Cent, Famine, Africa, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

NAIROBI, Kenya — Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya. The rap ...

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Cucina Povera, Greek Style

Diana Farr Louis | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Red Crescent, Red Cross, Famine, Food, Athens, Greece, Kurtulus, Greece Default, World War Two Greece, World War Two, Food News
Diana Farr Louis

Greeks have survived countless sieges and trials. They became experts at concocting the most delicious meals with the most rudimentary of ingredients. Let's hope we have not lost the knack, because food aid may be slower to arrive this time around.

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Superman, Batman, Other Superheroes Fight Famine In Africa

Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: DC Comics, Time Warner, Video, Jill Biden, We Can Be Heroes, Famine, International Rescue Committee, Dc Entertainment, Africa Famine, Superman, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, Batman, Impact News

As the famine and drought in Africa continue to rage, DC Entertainment is turning to its strongest superheroes to help the 13 million people in need o...

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'Green News Report' - January 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Innovation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Drought, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Corporate Media, Big Oil, Climate Science, Africa, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Genetically Modified Foods, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Toxic Water, Gmos, Factory Farming, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Famine, Mercury, Green News, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, China, Fracking, Iran, Food Politics, Farm Subsidies, Farming, Subsidies, Food, Hydraulic Fracturing, Food Prices, Video, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: We're bac...

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USAID: Building Resiliency In The Horn of Africa

Tom Murphy | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Relief, Horn of Africa Drought, Nancy Lindborg, International Development, Horn of Africa Famine, Horn of Africa, Aid, Sahel, Drought, Famine, Africa, Feed the Future, Development, Resiliency, International Aid, Usaid, Fwd, Good News, Good News News
Tom Murphy

Programming in the HoA seeks to give people living in the region the ability to adjust to the cyclical droughts that return every few years. Feed the Future is one USAID program that hopes to build the capacity to withstand weather challenges.

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'Green News Report' - December 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Coal, Methane, Offshore Drilling, Video, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, Permafrost, State Department, Shell Oil, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Media Matters, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mercury, Green News, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lisa Jackson, Africa, Plastic, Occupy, Genetically Modified Foods, Factory Farming, Famine, Gmos, China, Salmon, Nigeria, Innovation, Drought, Toxic Water, Texas, Arsenic, Occupy Wall Street, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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Social Innovation: Can Fresh Thinking Solve the World's Most Intractable Problems?

Denielle Sachs | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Global Social Innovation, Disease Eradication, Globalization Social Innovation, Infant Mortality, Famine, Mckinsey Innovation Global, Social Innovation Mckinsey, Impact News
Denielle Sachs

Leading social innovators from around the world tackle the power of social innovation and the impact it is having globally on issues ranging from poverty and famine to infant mortality and disease eradication.

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