Global Poverty

My friends were taking stuff to the dump today, and I decided to tag along. I had piled up some stuff thinking I'd use it again some da...

I was talking to Drs. Reckmeyer and Fried the other night about the gap between the core and periphery countries. One of the things Reck alw...

Doris Lessing's Nobel Lecture was beautiful and important. There is really nothing to add.

These are pretty cool. They're toilets deisgned to convert human waste into compost. They're designed for hygenic practice, envi...

I'm reading The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier.  I wanted to share the following bit for two reasons.  First, I'm excited that more ...

Yesterday, I presented my new website Defrosting Apathy in class. I've been creating it tangentially with this blog to discuss system...

I am back from my Thanksgiving trip - its always been my favorite holiday! We visited my boyfriend's mother at her home on Martha's...