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		<title>The Buckminster Fuller Challenge: Design to Serve Humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buckminster Fuller was one of the 20th century's most visionary architects, whose philosophy of socially responsible planning and design has influenced cutting-edge technology research and public policy the world over, through the UN's development programs and pioneering entrepreneurship aimed at lifting billions out of poverty. His vision was, in his own words, "To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone." ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;On Thin Ice&#8217; Tracks Glacial Melt, Indian Food Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOW, with David Brancaccio, travels to the Indian Himalaya, to examine the problem of persistent accelerating ice melt which is speeding the erosion of glaciers that feed the Ganges River, which in turn provides water for hundreds of millions of people and sustains a precarious but massive food economy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Flawed International Farm Seed Rules Establish Permanent Spread of Patented GM Brands</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/12/17/287/flawed-international-farm-seed-rules-establish-permanent-spread-of-patented-gm-brands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-running bellwether legal case in Canada's farming industry, which has left at least one farmer unable to farm any crop variety of rapeseed (canola) —for fear of having to pay accidental royalties to bio-chemical giant Monsanto—, highlights the need for comprehensive reform of international seed regulation standards. The Canadian courts ruled that the individual farmer had to shoulder the burden of ferreting out any instance of "contamination" of his crop by pollen from nearby genetically-modified (GM) planting, as Monsanto held a patent on the seeds. The farmer, and those who support his claims, argue that there is no means by which anyone can prevent cross-pollination from GM plants. ]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Development Update: Resilience Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/12/12/252/sustainable-development-update-resilience-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year UNEP, UNDP and the World Bank teamed up with World Resources Institute to publish a report focusing on the concept of resilience “for cushioning the impacts of climate change and delivering continuing benefits to the poor”. Recently, the Volvo Environment Prize was given to the “father of resilience theory”, C.S. Holling. But what is this resilience-thing really all about? We thought it was about time to try to sort this concept out once and for all. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Million May Be at Risk of Starvation in Zimbabwe, Says WFP</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/11/14/209/5-million-may-be-at-risk-of-starvation-in-zimbabwe-says-wfp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denver Lessing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that shortfalls in food aid to Zimbabwe could leave as many as 5.1 million people at risk of starvation by early next year. The southern African nation, beset by incomprehensible rates of inflation and an agricultural crisis, is now facing what may be the single most severe food security crisis in the world. WFP has made the announcement in conjunction with a cut in aid to Zimbabwe, due to lack of funding and a failed drive to raise funds to increase aid to the troubled state. ]]></description>
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		<title>How a Generative Economic Strategy Trumps &#8216;Trickle-down&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/11/07/206/how-a-generative-economic-strategy-trumps-trickle-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/11/07/206/how-a-generative-economic-strategy-trumps-trickle-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To understand the relevance and virtues of Barack Obama's economic vision, we have to look at the long history of struggle between American laissez-faire capitalism and American middle-class capitalism. We are on the verge of what is likely to be a comprehensive philosophical shift in economic policy toward generative investment, which means counting as economic imperatives the resilience and productive expansion of the positive bases of economic growth, i.e. human and environmental health and well-being, resource-density and cyclical models of resource use and reproduction. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food price crisis: more complex than first thought &amp; putting food beyond the reach of the planet&#8217;s poor</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/19/188/food-price-crisis-more-complex-than-first-thought-and-putting-food-beyond-the-reach-of-the-planets-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food prices are skyrocketing. Initially, many put the blame on the rising demand of biofuels in the transport sector, but bio-ethanol is far from the only thing driving up food prices. New diets, soaring oil prices and climate change are all in the complex soup of explanations behind the recent development putting food beyond the reach of the planet’s poor. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Insecurity &amp; Failing States</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/12/173/food-insecurity-failing-states/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/12/173/food-insecurity-failing-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jr3o</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the concluding half of the last century, the world was making steady progress in reducing hunger, but during the transition into the new century, the tide began to turn. In February 2007, James Morris, head of the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), announced that 18,000 children are now dying each day from hunger and related causes. For perspective, this loss of young lives in one day is almost five times U.S. combat deaths in Iraq through four years of fighting. Although these huge numbers of dying children may be an abstraction, each represents a young life ended far too soon. ]]></description>
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		<title>Corn Ethanol is a Destructive Economic Force, Not the Basis of Our Energy Future</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/06/24/140/corn-ethanol-is-a-destructive-economic-force-not-the-basis-of-our-energy-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/06/24/140/corn-ethanol-is-a-destructive-economic-force-not-the-basis-of-our-energy-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corn-ethanol, long a fascination for US politicians and for the farm lobby that courts their support for ethanol subsidies, may play some role in remediating the economic fallout of soaring gasoline prices, though it seems unlikely, for a number of reasons. First and foremost is the fact that the numbers work against us: in order to produce more corn-ethanol, we must divert cropland destined for food production to fuel production, and that has a severely negative impact on the availability and affordability of corn for human consumption. ]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge on Food Front: Business-as-Usual Not a Viable Option</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/06/23/138/challenge-on-food-front-business-as-usual-not-a-viable-option/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/06/23/138/challenge-on-food-front-business-as-usual-not-a-viable-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jr3o</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fast-unfolding food shortage is engulfing the entire world, driving food prices to record highs. Over the past half-century grain prices have spiked from time to time because of weather-related events, such as the 1972 Soviet crop failure that led to a doubling of world wheat, rice, and corn prices. The situation today is entirely different, however. The current doubling of grain prices is trend-driven, the cumulative effect of some trends that are accelerating growth in demand and other trends that are slowing the growth in supply. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Riots Spread Across the World as Soaring Prices Impact Poor Areas</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/05/10/114/food-riots-spread-across-the-world-as-soaring-prices-impact-poor-areas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/05/10/114/food-riots-spread-across-the-world-as-soaring-prices-impact-poor-areas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 15:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food riots from Haiti to west Africa, Egypt and the Philippines, in recent weeks, have sparked concern among policy-makers, diplomats and economists, that the current state of the global food supply is so precarious that such violence will spread and political and economic instability could follow. Concerns about the American economy, home to most productive grain-producing region in the world, and a shift to biofuels there, could mean added difficulty in bringing food prices down. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ecosystem Services-Based Farming in Ethiopia Increases Crop Yields &amp; Empowers Women</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/21/117/ecosystem-services-based-farming-in-ethiopia-increases-crop-yields-and-empowers-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/21/117/ecosystem-services-based-farming-in-ethiopia-increases-crop-yields-and-empowers-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tigray Project in northern Ethiopia sounds too good to be true. It is said to demonstrate how sustainable agriculture can lead to increased crop yields, raised water tables, improved soil fertility, increased incomes and empowering of women. The government has now adopted the project’s approach for combating land degradation and poverty in the whole country. SDU went there to check out if the project is as good as rumour has it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Riots in Haiti, Protests in El Salvador, as Corn Prices Skyrocket</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/09/112/food-riots-in-haiti-protests-in-el-salvador-as-corn-prices-skyrocket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/04/09/112/food-riots-in-haiti-protests-in-el-salvador-as-corn-prices-skyrocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a period of roughly 18 months, the price of corn across central American markets has doubled, making staple foodstuffs too expensive for many in the region. Today, what is described as an "angry mob" of protesters suffering food scarcity attacked the government palace in Port-au-Prince; UN peacekeepers responded by firing teargas, while food markets remained closed throughout. ]]></description>
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		<title>Price of Rice Doubles on World Markets, Undermining Asian Stability</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/29/89/price-of-rice-doubles-on-world-markets-undermining-asian-stability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/29/89/price-of-rice-doubles-on-world-markets-undermining-asian-stability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rice is a basic food staple for nearly half the world's population. The world's two most populous nations, China and India, depend heavily on the grain for basic sustenance, and for economic stability. The price of rice has doulbed in the last 3 months, causing concern about potential for conflict along Asian border regions. ]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Down the Food Chain</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/28/87/moving-down-the-food-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/28/87/moving-down-the-food-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions I am most often asked is, “How many peo-ple can the earth support?” I answer with another question: “Atwhat level of food consumption?” Using round numbers, at theU.S. level of 800 kilograms of grain per person annually for food and feed, the 2-billion-ton annual world harvest of grain would support 2.5 billion people. At the Italian level of consumption of close to 400 kilograms, the current harvest would support 5 billion people. At the 200 kilograms of grain consumed by the average Indian, it would support a population of 10 billion. ]]></description>
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		<title>Food Supply Restoration &amp; Security: Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/23/86/food-supply-restoration-security-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/23/86/food-supply-restoration-security-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Crisis Policy Forum, the HotSpring collaborative innovation initiative is now planning an effort to tackle the problem of food supply management and chronic food and water scarcity in Africa. The lessons from this experiment in collaborative research will be applicable in many cases to other situations around the world, and we are open to spurring dialogue in those areas as outgrowths of this ongoing discussion. ]]></description>
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		<title>Confluence of Housing, Energy, Commodities, Banking, Jobs &amp; Food-price Strains Called &#8216;Economic Perfect Storm&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/17/110/confluence-of-housing-energy-commodities-banking-jobs-food-price-strains-called-economic-perfect-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday of last week, we found on the same day reports that mortgage foreclosures were at an all-time high in the US, the US dollar had fallen to an all-time low against the euro ($1.56 to 1€), the Federal Reserve joined with other central banks to infuse $200 billion into capital markets, oil hit an all-time record of $111/barrel, gold hit an all-time record of $1,001/ounce, Asian and European markets plummeted on news that Carlyle Capital —one of the world's largest capital management funds— was in collapse, and Chrysler would shut down its entire corporation for 2 weeks in July, with no pay, to "increase productivity". ]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Jobs Conference to Focus on Greening of US Industry, Spurring Transition to &#8216;Green-collar&#8217; Workforce</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/13/109/pittsburgh-jobs-conference-to-focus-on-greening-of-us-industry-spurring-transition-to-green-collar-workforce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/03/13/109/pittsburgh-jobs-conference-to-focus-on-greening-of-us-industry-spurring-transition-to-green-collar-workforce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The emergence of ecological economic trends, methods and industries, means that a wave of job creation could be the stabilizing factor which helps American industry recover both momentum and public appeal, potentially helping to ease pricing pressures and banks' concerns about lending to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Davos Conversation&#8217; Allows Public to Match Ideas with Policy-Makers</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/02/04/104/davos-conversation-allows-public-to-match-ideas-with-policy-makers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/02/04/104/davos-conversation-allows-public-to-match-ideas-with-policy-makers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 'Davos Conversation' is a multimedia effort to bring online public together with major policy-makers, activists and economists, to broaden the scope of debate at the World Economic Forum. The question which was used as a platform for the online forum was "what one thing would make the world a better place?" ]]></description>
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		<title>Elections, Credit, Fuel Costs, Soil Quality, Water Policy &amp; Access to Food Crucial in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/01/02/101/elections-credit-fuel-costs-soil-quality-water-policy-access-to-food-crucial-in-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/01/02/101/elections-credit-fuel-costs-soil-quality-water-policy-access-to-food-crucial-in-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 will be a year in which the integrity of election processes, the quality and resilience of cultivated soils, the availability of credit to consumers, the affordability of homes and rentals, and access to affordable vital staples like food and water, as well as the cost of transportation, will affect economies the world over. Some economic analysts have said the combination of these factors, resulting instability or environmental degradation, and migration of affected populations, could mean the world is facing an unprecedented level of economic precariousness. ]]></description>
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