THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART IV Chapter 3: Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive Of the world’s population of 6.3 billion, roughly 5 billion people have reached at least the first rung of economic development. Five sixths of …
Book Review Introduction In Part 2 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “Almost all of the next one billion of net global growth will take place in urban slums. What will these conditions breed for the future? Hopelessness, crime, extremism, terrorism? Who will deal with these chickens when they …
Book Review In part 4 of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Impact of Globalization we are told that: “’Free trade’ and ‘leveling the global playing field’ are illusions. Liberalisation is really nothing more than making it easier for powerful, elite interests to take control of a country’s economy. Over 70% of world trade is …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART IV Chapter 4: The Hidden Structure Fire has been known to man for about 400,000 years. The coppersmith was faced with a robust problem, which is that copper will not take an edge. For a short time the ascent of man stood poised …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 4 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale MYTHS THAT INFLUENCE THE INDIVIDUAL What were the myths that had a major impact on the individual as he or she grew up during the first half of this century? Listen to a few experiences …
Book Review THE CULTURAL CREATIVES HOW 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CHANGING THE WORLD PAUL H. RAY, Ph. D., & SHERRY RUTH ANDERSON, Ph.D. HARMONY BOOKS 2000 Front cover Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and “making it” on getting and spending, on wealth and luxury goods? Do you care …
Book Review Introduction In part 1 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “Slow Food, the movement that has put the culture of growing and eating good, healthy, diverse food at the heart of social, political, and economic transformation, brought together 5,000 members from 1,200 food communities in 130 countries.” …
Book Review In Part 3 of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Impact of Globalization we are told that: “When asked to support the global goal of food security, we can bask in the false belief that all humanity shares similar values and goals. We can pretend that the drift of the world’s food economy …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART III Chapter 3: The Grain in the Stone The earth has existed for more than 4,000 million years, being shaped by hidden forces within the earth and erosion. Man has also become an architect of his environment but he does not command forces …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART IX Introduction On February 1, 1990 Bruce Lansdale was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Agriculture by the Faculty of Agriculture of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. This is the second part of THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale POWER …
