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		<title>NUS Masters in Environmental Management 10th Anniversary Celebrations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bhavani Prakash Given the complex nature of various environmental issues, the solutions going forward require an increasingly cross-disciplinary approach that can weave together different perspectives. University education all over the world has to move in that direction. One such example is The National University of Singapore&#8217;s Masters in Environmental Management (MEM) degree. It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2012/01/26/nus-masters-in-environmental-management-10th-anniversary-celebrations/</link>
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		<title>UN International Year of Co-operatives 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UN has declared 2012 as The International Year of Co-operatives. A co-operative is a farm, business, or other organization that is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits. [Wikipedia]. According to the media release of International Co-operative Alliance: &#8220; The International Year of Co-operatives, or IYC, celebrates a different way of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2012/01/21/un-international-year-of-co-operatives-2012/</link>
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		<title>Calendar of World Environmental Events 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Bhavani Prakash A very belated Happy and Green New Year to all our readers.  This is our first post for 2012. Like last year we start with the key environmental (and related) events in the months ahead. We also take the opportunity to thank our team of Guest Writers for their wonderful perspectives so far and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2012/01/20/calendar-of-world-environmental-events-2012/</link>
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		<title>Environmental impact of deforestation and land use in Janda Baik</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bhavani Prakash 2011 is the International Year of Forests, and I thought it fitting to conclude the year with a final piece on some of the environmental effects of deforestation and subsequent land use that I observed and learnt about during my field trip a few months ago, to the area of Janda Baik, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/12/30/environmental-impact-of-deforestation-and-land-use-in-janda-baik/</link>
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		<title>Six largest agrochemical TNCs stand trial for human rights violations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bhavani Prakash A historic tribunal, the Permanent People&#8217;s Tribunal (PPT) was held in Bangalore, India from 3rd to 6th December, 2011 to indict Agrochemical Transnationals (TNCs) for gross violations of human rights. Here is the trailer to the Tribunal: Video link here Victims and survivors of the pesticide industry from all over the world were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/12/10/six-largest-agrochemical-tncs-stand-trial-for-human-rights-violations/</link>
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		<title>Wanda Embar: Veganpeace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bharathi Shiva Wanda Embar (WE)  is the Founder of Veganpeace, a website dedicated to &#8220;inspire people to strive towards a more peaceful world where animal and human rights are respected and honored.&#8221;  Embar, who was born in Leiden, the Netherlands studied mathematics at the University of Leiden and later at the University of Toulouse, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/12/08/wanda-embar-veganpeace/</link>
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		<title>Flavourings: Tweaking tastes and creating cravings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bhavani Prakash Don&#8217;t most processed foods such as chocolates, crisps and beverages taste so addictively good? One of the reasons is because there&#8217;s a plethora of chemicals that is diligently researched and added to various products, so much so that we the customers are often fooled into believing that they taste even better than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/12/05/flavourings-tweaking-tastes-and-creating-cravings/</link>
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		<title>PepsiCo&#8217;s Water Claims in India: Some Hard Questions to Answer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PepsiCo&#8217;s Aquafina bottled water marketed in India bears the label making the claim of having achieved &#8216;positive water balance.&#8221; The label says: Giving Back MORE WATER Than We Take We call it &#8220;Positive Water Balance&#8221;. To help save a precious resource that is fast depleting in India. Through rain-water harvesting, community water-sheds, and water conservation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/12/05/pepsicos-water-claims-in-india-some-hard-questions-to-answer/</link>
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		<title>Emma Freedman: Saving the Orangutans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bhavani Prakash Emma is only 12 years old, but age is no excuse for the visionary girl from Corralitos, California to champion a cause she ardently believes in – that of saving the orangutans. We were touched and inspired by her passion after from her recent trip to Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia where she presented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/11/30/emma-freedman-saving-the-orangutans/</link>
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		<title>Conference on &#8220;Sustainable Environmental Management in Urban Asia&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our readers may be interested in the forthcoming conference in Singapore on 15-16 December 2011, on &#8220;Sustainable Environmental Management&#8221; organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS)&#8217;s Master of Science in Environmental Management programme. The two day conference will address the issues regarding Urban Planning that are unique to Asia.  The information (as obtained from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/11/24/conference-on-sustainable-environmental-management-in-urban-asia/</link>
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