Archive for April, 2006
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
The transformational effect of power is extremely noticeable in Bolivian politics. And here I am talking of rural and provincial politics, of the backwater places that nobody hears or knows about but are the heart and soul of Bolivian culture and vitality.
Several times I have [...]
Posted in Development, Politics, Bolivia | No Comments »
Monday, April 24th, 2006
Many people don't realize that genetically modified (GMO) foods are already in our diets: in corn, soybeans, canola, and now in alfalfa.
According to Will Rostoff, senior attorney at the Center for Food Safety, in the summer of 2005 the USDA approved [...]
Posted in Environment, Politics | 6 Comments »
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
As Rudolf Steiner argued so many decades ago, the 20th century shift towards input intensive agriculture was, and is, troubling in so many ways. According to Steiner, heavy investments in external inputs, like fertilizers and pesticides, are the symptoms of a sick farm system. Just as human beings [...]
Posted in Appropriate Technology, Development, Environment, Organic | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Not long ago I dreamed of a party in an opulent and beautiful home. Accidently, I dropped something hot, I can't remember what it was (a hot lightbulb, a cigarette butt?) in a crevasse in the house. I tried to get the item out, but I was unable [...]
Posted in Global Warming | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
Although the election of Evo Morales was expected to reduce the amount of blockades, strikes, and general protests in Bolivia, here we are almost three months into the new government and in the last two days the Transport Union has decided to shut down travel between departments. No buses [...]
Posted in Development, Politics, Bolivia | 1 Comment »
