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Food Scarcity

Entering a Resource-Shock World

Michael T. Klare | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Read More: Energy, Resource Scarcity, Natural Disasters, Earth Day 2013, Natural Resources, Food Scarcity, Overpopulation, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Green News
Michael T. Klare

Two nightmare scenarios -- a global scarcity of vital resources and the onset of extreme climate change -- are already beginning to converge and in the coming decades are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition, and conflict.

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Hunger on Our Doorstep

Olivier De Schutter | Posted 08.26.2012 | Impact
Read More: Canada Food Insecurity, Poverty Food, Developed Countries Food Insecurity, Hunger Poverty, Hunger, US Food Insecurity, Food Scarcity, Food Insecurity, Food Poverty, Hunger Poverty First World, Impact News
Olivier De Schutter

No country is beyond reproach when it comes to tackling food insecurity, and it is crucial to examine the situation of the right to food in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico alike.

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Thanksgiving: Give Thanks and be Thoughtful

Maryam Zar | Posted 01.25.2012 | Impact
Read More: Global Economy, Global Warming, Food Scarcity, Thanksgiving, Impact News
Maryam Zar

Although in the developed world people are struggling through strained and collapsing economies, the reality -- when measured on a global perspective -- is that we still fare better than most. For that, we should be fundamentally thankful.

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Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.04.2012 | Women
Read More: Maternal Death, Equality, Women, Gender Bias, Violence Against Women, Poverty, Equity, Pay Equity, We Are Equals, Food Scarcity, Feminization of Poverty, Occupy Wall Street, Child Brides, Male Rights Movement, Girl Slaves, Patriarchy, Property, Gender, Starvation, Girl Effect, Oprah Winfrey, Half the Sky, Property Rights, Sex Slaves, Sexism, Slavery, Forbes, Stoning, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.

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Eat What You Want, Pay What You Can

Anna Brones | Posted 01.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Free Restaurants, Community Service, Jon Bon Jovi, Restaurants, Food Scarcity, Volunteer, Food Politics, Food, Community, Food Industry, Home News
Anna Brones

When you go to a museum and there's a donation box, but no set entrance fee, how much do you put in? Enter, pay-what-you-can restaurants: order a meal and then decide how much you think it's worth, or give what you can afford.

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7 Ways You Can Solve World Hunger

Posted 08.15.2011 | Impact
Read More: Fighting Hunger in America, Food Desert, Malnutrition, Hunger, Malnourishment, Fighting Hunger, Undernourishment, Food Scarcity, Slidepollajax, Impact News

About one billion people in the world face hunger or undernourishment. To put it in perspective, that's more people than the total populations of the ...

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