When was the last time you stood under the naked skies and gazed at the stars? How often does this happen to you? Let me guess, not too often? Why? Among other reasons, our naked skies have turned into a haze of light. And the stars? We don’t see them anymore, at least not...
It seems that many of the global problems humanity is facing are due to the fact that our home, Earth, is being overpopulated. Since the Industrial Revolution, the world population has increased its size dramatically. While longevity is on the rise and the overall quality of life has improved significantly, we are far from...
The movie “The Impact of Global Warming” was a convincing portrayal of the numerous effects that Global warming can have on our planet. Even more, the movie demonstrates that some of the issues are already unfolding, ready to claim their victims. After investigating threatening phenomena from different corners of the world and raising the...
Eight Millennium Development Goals cont… Step Seven: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability If there is one thing that we should not estimate in dollar value, it is our environment and natural resources that, by definition, are gifts from nature, but are vulnerable and exhaustible as well. Sadly, the World Bank making the equation “No coral reefs...
The Eight Millennium Development Goals cont. For many people The World AIDS Day is everyday For some of us the World AIDS Day is on 1 December. For many, it is everyday. Since the Human Immunodeficiency Virus was first documented in 1981 it has claimed more than 20 million victims. Today, 40 million people...
