Urban slums are called different things in different places. Favelas in Brazil, townships in South Africa, villa miser in Argentina. There is a sensitivity around the use of the word and its place in politically correct and socially reformative language. But whatever we choose to call these communities, we need to address the suffering of […]
Urban Slums: How to Sustainably Fix the Problem Read Post »
Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
Voluntourism is becoming one of the trendiest ways to travel and provide help in low socio-economic areas. It has become a rite of passage for many gap year students, with 1.6 million people volunteering overseas each year (Save The Children, 2017). Recently, many have criticised voluntourism, claiming it often does more harm than good. Although
Does voluntourism do more harm than good? Read Post »
Government, Society, Sustainability
Some parts of Africa are still trying to terminate certain negative practices and the brooding of conflict diamonds is one of them…
Combatting Mining of Conflict Diamonds Read Post »
Business, Environment, Government, Science
