Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:October 02, 2015
Publication: Time
Abstract:The world wastes more than 1.3 billion metric tons of edible food each yearWhen it comes to tackling climate change, one of the greatest challenges we face is...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:October 02, 2015
Publication: Medium
Abstract:With the United Nations serving up a vegetarian luncheon for world leaders this past week, made entirely from food waste, and with Hollywood filmmakers talking...
Author:
Catalina Rojas
Published Date:October 01, 2015
Publication: PCDN: The Peace & Collaborative Development Network
Abstract:I was born during the war and I thought, I really thought that my work for peace and gender equality was important in that it was contributing to generate...
Author:
Marc Gopin
Published Date:September 24, 2015
Publication: Berkley Center
Abstract:Tom Banchoff’s essay raises important insights and deepens the discussion about the historical relations between organized religion now and in the future...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:September 23, 2015
Publication: Medium
Abstract:As Pope Francis arrives in Washington this week, the buzz about what he’ll say to the U.S. Congress and the United Nations is ubiquitous. One need not...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:September 23, 2015
Publication: The Conversation
Abstract:Cities are acting ambitiously on climate change and that has big implications for the rest of the planet.Urban officials last week attended the US-China...
Published Date:September 21, 2015
Publication: University News: George Mason University
Abstract:George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution will sign a memo of understanding Tuesday, Sept. 22 with 72 Africa, a nonprofit,...
Published Date:September 21, 2015
Publication: The World Post
Abstract:Writing to the Huffington Post has proven to be much easier for me than explaining to my Virginia-born, 12-year-old daughter why a group of youths near the...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:September 21, 2015
Publication: The Daily Beast
Abstract:Pope Francis is not just pontificating. His urgent message is about preserving human life.One might imagine, or hope, that Congress would experience the...
Author:
Claudine Kuradusenge
Published Date:September 21, 2015
Publication: The UVU Review
Abstract:Claudine Kuradusenge is a Rwandan refugee and a UVU graduate.As a small child, she survived the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. After losing most of her family to the...
Author:
Sarah Rose-Jensen, Buzz McClain
Published Date:September 16, 2015
Publication: University News: George Mason University
Abstract:With Phin Savey, staff member of Cambodia Youth AssociationWhen Sarah Rose-Jensen looks out the window of the bus during one of her six-hour rides from...
Published Date:September 15, 2015
Publication: The New York Times
Abstract:The gulf states generally outline a number of concerns that limit their ability to absorb a large number of Syrian refugees: Expatriates already outnumber...