Green Revolution

Kermit The Frog Sings In Solidarity With Iranian Protesters (VIDEO)

Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: In the Loop, Iranian Revolution, Iranian Protests, Kermit the Frog, Kermit, Green Revolution, World News

Kermit the Frog teamed up this week with a Minnesota Public Radio show called "In The Loop" for an updated rendition of his famous theme, called "It's...

Read Whole Story

AGRA Sets the Record Straight

Bernard Pollack | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Nourishing the Planet, Bernard Pollack, Green Revolution, Agra, State of the World 2011, Kenya, Danielle Nierenberg, Worldwatch, World News
Bernard Pollack

While many food advocates are concerned about the encroachment of transnational agribusiness into Africa, AGRA is focusing on breeding hybrid seeds locally, a departure from the first green revolution.

Read Post

You Can't Eat Potential

Glenn Denning | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Nobel Prize 1970, G8, Global Food Crisis, UN Millenium Project, g20, Pittsburgh Protests, Sustainability, Asian Green Revolution, Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, Food Security, Green News
Glenn Denning

The global epicenter of chronic hunger is Africa. The good news is that hunger can be ended within a few years with targeted investments based on our current knowledge.

Read Post

Reflections On The Industrial Agriculture Legacy Of Norman Borlaug

Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Norman Borlaug, Green Revolution, Industrial Agriculture, Food Politics, Agriculture, Green News

Guest post by Tom Philpott From Grist.org In the early 1940s, Mexico was a fraught region for U.S. geopolitical strategists. Not so long before--1939...

Read Whole Story

Nepal's Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Concrete and Chemical Fertilizer

Laurence Leamer | Posted 08.26.2009 | World

Read More: Dhankuta, Peace Corps, Kathmandu, Development, Nepal, Rajeev Goyal, Green Revolution, Laurence Leamer, Economic Development, Kathmandu-Nepal, World News
Laurence Leamer

I am traveling around Nepal with a group of leaders from eastern Nepal who are exploring what has happened to their country in the name of development.

Read Post

Is Revolution Brewing in Iran?

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Revolution, Protest, Iran, Reovlution, Tehran, Iran Elections June 12, Khatami, Green Revolution, Ahmadinejad, Twitter Revolution, Iran-Elections-June-12, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

The supreme leader of Iran has two clear choices: Save the fragile legitimacy of the Islamic Republic by calling for new elections, or move toward a system that increasingly looks like a dictatorship.

Read Post

Iran: More Than An Election; A Green Revolution! (And Live Updates on Election Fraud from Iran)

Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: June 12 2009, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Green Revolution, Israel, Iran Nuclear Program, Barack Obama, World News
Sam Sedaei

Mousavi's platform has energized millions of young Iranians and brought them to the streets to engage in the most sustained campaign of political expression since the Iranian revolution.

Read Post