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Aspiring to be peasants

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Sam Buchanan

For everyone from yuppies seeking lifestyle blocks to former slaves seeking a life of freedom, small farms have always been an attractive option. Making support for small farmers a priority is increasingly part of the development agenda, particularly in the … Continue reading →

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China: Failed development or just development as usual?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Sam Buchanan

China’s new bullet train system is about to open, with 90 trains a day running from Shanghai to Beijing at 300km/h. The journey is expected to take under five hours. A similar length journey on the US rail system takes … Continue reading →

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Twenty years of (un)sustainable development

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Sam Buchanan

Next year is the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit on Environment and Development. At the 1992 Rio Earth Summit governments committed themselves to the ‘Agenda 21’ programme of action for sustainable development. After that, everything went on pretty … Continue reading →

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