The Food Crisis
In the throes of the financial meltdown, it's easy to forget that at this time last year we were in the midst of another serious crisis that's still lurking in the background: a global food crisis. In the first half of 2008, food price increases were sharp and steep, pushing the number of malnourished people on this planet up from 850 million to well above one billion.
Stepping up to the plate
Rich nations must hand over more cash for food aid and reduce subsidies to their farmers
The time has come to kill all the plastic bags
China is banning the distribution of free plastic shopping bags, effective this June. Australia says it will phase out plastic shopping bags by the end of 2008. These moves are just the latest in a string of official actions to restrict the use of plastic shopping bags.
Packaging industry needs a new mould
Recent reports in The Record regarding Waterloo Region's export of recyclable plastics to India and China are a stark reminder of the extent to which we are distanced from our waste.
Cash donations best way to help world's hungry
In a world where natural disasters and other emergencies now seem to occur on a regular basis, food aid is an important form of humanitarian assistance. It helps to feed those in dire situations and supplements food supplies in food deficit countries.