Recent Headlines from Worldwatch

“Barefoot College” Empowers the Rural Poor. Since 1972, the “Barefoot College” in Rajasthan, India, has been a technical resource for the “washouts, copouts, and dropouts” of rural villages around the world, as founder Bunker Roy put it in a May 2006 article in Fast Company.

Can Vegetarianism Prevent Bird Flu?. Worldwatch’s Danielle Nierenberg discusses how America’s premier public health journal is now reporting that meat consumption might be at odds with public health.

Tibetan Sacred Lands: A Values-Based Approach to Conservation. For most people, images of prayer flags blowing in the wind, intricately decorated monasteries, and nomads riding across open grasslands do not immediately bring to mind national parks and bird watching.

Back to School, Eco-Style. The back-to-school rush is on. If you’re a college or university student eager to help save the planet, you may want to consider carefully the impact of your return to campus.

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