“Look beyond hunger” says UN as one in four lack access to healthy food
RomeThomson Reuters Foundation More than two billion people lack access to healthy food, putting them at risk of health problems – and many of them live in North America or Europe, the United Nations said on Monday, urging governments to “look beyond hunger”. More than a quarter of the world’s population now struggles to eat […]
Want to invest responsibly? A new breed of stock exchange aims to help
London/New DelhiThomson Reuters Foundation From renewable energy companies to social housing funds, investors around the world are increasingly drawn to organisations that offer social or environmental as well as financial returns. Now, a new breed of market is springing up from Scotland to India to help them identify investment opportunities – and make it easier […]
“It’s time to be real: what happens in Iraq is ethnic cleansing” – UK analyst
World Watch Monitor What Iraq’s Christians want from the West is to say the plain truth: that there is ethnic cleansing of Christians in the region and it is ongoing, Dr Tim Stanley told a meeting at the UK’s parliament last week. The historian and columnist, working for UK daily newspaper The Telegraph, just returned from […]
Oldest Christian letter identified, says Swiss academic
A letter written on papyrus, which has been located at a Swiss university for more than 100 years, has been identified as the oldest known Christian private letter, according to a researcher. A statement released by the University of Basel last Thursday said the letter from Roman Egypt – which mainly deals with mundane family matters […]
DISPLACED PEOPLE: FROM PRINCE CHARLES TO HARRODS, REFUGEES TARGET GLOBAL MARKETS WITH LUXURY CRAFTS
NITA BHALLA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new luxury brand, called MADE51, is helping refugees make new lives for themselves…
Global Christian bodies launch new campaign for tax justice based on the Biblical figure of Zacchaeus
Global Christian groups launched a new campaign advocating for tax justice at the UN in New York City last week. The ‘Zacchaeus Project’, part of the New International Financial and Economic Architecture initiative – a joint effort by the Council for World Mission, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches and World Council of Churches, is calling for […]
ESSAY: DESIGN AND REPAIR MUST WORK TOGETHER TO UNDO OUR LEGACY OF WASTE
In an article first published on The Conversation, TOM LEE, ALEXANDRA CROSBY, CLARE COOPER, JESSE ADAMS STEIN and KATHERINE SCARDIFIELD, all of the University of Technology Sydney, look at the role design plays in developing repairable – and more sustainable – products…
THIS LIFE: HOW TO MAKE GODLY DECISIONS
ELISABETH CARTER looks at what she’s discovered about the art of making (Godly) decisions…
Sri Lanka’s car-free day sparks debate over women’s safety
New DelhiThomson Reuters Foundation When Colombo’s mayor announced Sri Lanka’s congested capital would go car-free last Sunday to promote a “healthier” lifestyle, she might have expected a few grumbles from petrolheads. But no one appears to have anticipated the furious backlash from women in the city, who say cars offer them much-needed protection from sexual […]