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January 22, 2013
WRAP

Consumers, Food Industry and Government all have role to play in reducing 1.3billion tonnes of food wasted or lost each year

Geneva – Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste...

January 17, 2013
By Joanna Sugden
Wall Street Journal

The Kumbh Mela, perhaps the largest religious gathering on Earth, began Monday in Allahabad, a city in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state.

Between 80 and 100 million Hindus are expected to take part in the 55-day festival, bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna, sacred rivers believed to cleanse sin and...

January 15, 2013
By Jada F. Smith
New York Times

Science and religion went hand-in-hand on Tuesday as leaders from both worlds gathered in front of the White House to protest what they cast as government inaction on climate change.

Idle No More movement began as campaign by four women against changes to Indian Act and environmental deregulation

January 6, 2013
By Isabeau Doucet
The Guardian

The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, has agreed to a meeting with First Nations...