Wednesday-Night

Feeding the future (IPS news round-up)
The World Bank Group’s New Deal on Global Food Policy

August 2008 Scientific American
Are Malthus’s Predicted 1798 Food Shortages Coming True? (Extended version)
It remains to be seen whether his famously gloomy prediction is truly wrong or merely postponed
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
In 1798 Thomas Robert Malthus famously predicted that short-term gains […]

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After last week’s fascinating and informative evening on Iraqi Kurdistan, another first. This Wednesday we are delighted to feature three brilliant young women: Anne Sophie Coleman, Katleen Félix and Emma Richez.
Anne Sophie is paying Montreal a brief visit - something to do with the Jazz […]

We talked about the moon which made me think about Odysseus who must have spent a lot of time looking at it as he was trying to find his way home. We are trying to find our way out of the energy problem and are looking at the moon again. We talked about nations being […]

April 17
As microfinance grows, are women left behind?
Women are increasingly less able to take advantage of microfinance programs, even as the financial tool grows in popularity, according to a report from Women’s World Banking. As many microfinance institutions grow, they tend to provide a smaller share of their loans to […]

January 30, 2008
From Sheila in Ahmedabad India with grassroots women embroiderers
I’m deep into research into India, in Ahmedabad, actually, a city of about six million that is seen as a powerhouse of industrial activity. It is also the headquarters of SEWA, the Self Employed Women’s Association, an organization that has organized nearly a million […]

It’s a bit too early to wish the locals Merry Christmas - we don’t put OUR tree up until the 15th or so. But we can offer a simmering seasonal potpourri for your enjoyment.
We have unwrapped a series of early Christmas presents with the outcome of the Liberal Leadership convention (discussed extensively at last Wednesday’s […]

We hope that some of you were able to attend the Millennium Promises Conference last Thursday, and at the very least, that you followed the extensive media coverage of what proved to be an impressive and very successful event. Bill Clinton was amazing, as was Jeffrey Sachs, but the co-chairs, Belinda Stronach & Rick […]

There are those among us who, despite Don MacDonald’s column in Monday’s Gazette, think that Income Trusts are still THE story.
Die-hard political junkies are fixated on the Liberal leadership race despite (or perhaps because of) the latest Ipsos Reid findings that “Sixty per cent of Canadians say the Liberals aren’t ready to govern […]