MAYAN LANGUAGES
Today, more than 30 Mayan languages exist and are spoken by at least six million people worldwide. Although some, like Chicomuseltec and Choltí, have disappeared or are …
TEXTILE WASTE
The level of textile waste in the world is truly staggering; 85% of the 100 billion items of apparel produced by the textile industry EACH …
SPRINGY POLES AND FOREHEAD STRAPS
Springy poles and forehead straps: How to carry more than your own bodyweight. The rural farm workers of Vietnam could be seen as almost …
BRAIN DRAIN
The phrase “Brain Drain” usually refers to the migration of the intellectual elite of one place to another place. This is often driven by deteriorating …
A BETTER FOG TRAP
A few years ago, I published a blog called “A Better Fog Trap”. It was a story of a simple solution, developed by local communities, …
LARGEST EMPIRE IN THE AMERICAS
Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas, a single bridge remains from the Inca’s extraordinary road system – and …
PERU’S NEW MEGAPORT
Peru’s new megaport has been built by the Chinese. It is part of their worldwide strategy, called “Belt and Road” which pores millions of dollars …
RETURN TO THE FOREST
Return to the forest sounds like a call for indigenous species of animals to return to their traditional habitat. That is true of this story …
ORANGE JUICE
Orange Juice would hardly seem to be an important subject for a blog. However, the fact that concentrate orange-juice futures in New York, which soft-drink …
LAND ROVER OF THE SKIES
Land Rover of the skies sounds like a funny misnomer but, in the case of a 60-year-old Canadian plane, the de Havilland Twin Otter (picture …