All posts by Anthony Murray
All posts by Anthony Murray
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Rescuing an Art to Save a People
Sitting on the floor, deep in concentration, Marta Llampa interlaces red and black threads that...
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Environment
Swapping Trash for Fresh Produce in Mexico City
Isabel Becerril has come with some friends to the “barter market” in the Mexican capital,...
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Business
Q&A: Microcredit Bank “Incorporates Women in the Benefits of Development”
“Our raison d’etre is incorporating women in development, and especially in the benefits of development,”...
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Ecotourism Helps Amazon Jungle Communities Survive
The Tsimane Mosetene people in Bolivia’s Amazon jungle region have found a tool to preserve...
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Education
Occupy Celebrates Birthday, Forges Ahead
Led by a spirited brass band and waving placards decrying corporate greed, hundreds of occupiers...
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Self-Financing that Works for the Poor
“We were used to losing, so a group of us said to ourselves: let’s lose...
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Cooperatives Champion Balance Between People and Profit
The banner year for the global cooperative movement is winding down into its last months,...
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Environment
Profiting from Sustainable Forests on Communal Land in Mexico
Mario Guzmán plans to start cutting down trees again in August and September, the last...
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Democracy
Mauritanian Cooperative Contributes to Meeting Need for Vegetables
Fourteen years ago, unemployed and discouraged by a failed business venture, Mohamed Ould Abderrahmane turned...
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Development
Mauritian Farmers Hooked on Fair Trade
Nasseem Ackbarally In finding a way to survive a 36 percent cut in sugar prices,...
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