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Water Justice in India: Coca-Cola Pays for Damages as Indians Fight for Clean Water
Today is World Water Day and, exactly one year ago, there was some big news in India: a government report found that Coca-Cola’s bottling operations had caused $48 million in damages for depleting and polluting India’s water supply. Then, just last month, India’s state legislature in the southern state of Kerala passed a law allowing …
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AJWS Wins YouTube and See3 “DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award”
AJWS has won YouTube’s and See3 Communications’ “DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award” for its Judd Apatow directed public service announcement (PSA).
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AJWS Accepting Applications for Jewish Community Engagement Fellowship
New York, NY; March 18, 2011—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is accepting applications for its Presidential Fellowship. The 12-month, highly-competitive fellowship offers a recent college graduate the unique opportunity to accompany AJWS president Ruth Messinger on her professional travel, including speaking engagements in Jewish communities throughout North America …
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Coffee and Climate Change… and the Farmers Caught Between
I’m a serious coffee drinker. But, admittedly, I know little about roasts, brews, or the land on which my beans are grown. Coffee is the U.S.’s largest food import, the second most valuable traded commodity only after oil. It’s also entangled in a complex web of issues involving human labor, the environment, climate change and …
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Women, Farming and Food: Weekly Link Round-Up
During a week that marked the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day, there was a lot of news and blog buzz about women, farming and food. The new FAO report finds that while women make up 43 percent of the world’s farmers, only about 10 to 20 percent own the land they farm. Without land ownership, …
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International Women’s Day Breakfast Panel to Explore Role of Women in Development
Washington, D.C; March 1, 2011—American Jewish World Service (AJWS)—in partnership with Women Thrive Worldwide and Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN)—will mark International Women’s Day, on March 8 at 8:30 a.m. with a breakfast and panel discussion that will focus on women’s empowerment and the creation of a more effective international development and foreign assistance program. …
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Food Politics, Mineral Deposits, Women Farmers and More – Link Round-Up
The Food Crisis “Food prices are soaring to record levels, threatening many developing countries with mass hunger and political instability. Finance ministers of the Group of 20 leading economies discussed the problem at a meeting in Paris last week, but for all of their expressed concern, most are already breaking their promises to help.” [NY …
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Climate Change, Magic Tree Seeds and More – Link Round-Up
Food Fight: Climate Change and the Coming International Food Crisis [Civil Eats] “Climate change causes agricultural problems that in turn give rise to hardship, hunger, unrest, and even war. Not a pretty picture. In this context it is hardly surprising that the CIA is establishing a new Center for the Study of Climate Change, or …
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Food Justice and Jews
Originally posted on The Blog at 16th and Q, the blog of the DC JCC, and cross-posted on the Pursue blog. What is a food democracy, and why do we need one? This was the central question of the panel discussion entitled “How Good Food Makes a Difference” that took place at the Goethe-Institut (in cooperation with the Heinrich Boll …
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World Food Prices. Making Food Security Fairer. – Link Roundup
Climate Conversations: How can we make food security fairer and more sustainable? [AlertNet] “One thing is clear – feeding the world sustainably and more fairly requires us to overcome several substantial hurdles. The world’s population is expected to grow by nearly a third by 2050, when there will be nine billion people. Economies are also growing, and as …
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