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The remilitarization of Europe. Remembrance, resistance, disobedience

The growing current of remilitarization that Europe and the USA have embarked on, together with a cruel and generalized rearmament, demands an aggressive (and lucrative) policy of arms sales and the propagation of wars beyond the limits of Western comfort.…

Aquatic Farming Surpasses Fishing for First Time: UN Report

For the first time, the amount of aquatic life — such as fish, clams and shrimp — that was farmed outpaced wild-caught aquatic life in 2022, according to the United Nations’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). By Paige Bennett In…

World Sea Turtle Day 2024: Ancient Mariners in Peril

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB For over 200 million years, seven species of sea turtles have graced the world’s oceans, their streamlined bodies propelled by powerful flippers. Guided by the Earth’s magnetic field, these ancient mariners undertake awe-inspiring migrations, traversing vast…

BCU’s Braintrust: Faculty and Deans Share Learnings at RISE 2024: ICREATE #3/4

  by Genevieve Balance Kupang Baguio City, Philippines. We hope you enjoyed reading the first and second series of this article dubbed respectively “WCC ATC and Partner Institutions Host RISE 2024: ICREATE Conference  Fostering Global Collaboration in Research and Innovation #1/4…

Women and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia resist dispossession of resource-rich lands

Women and Indigenous peoples in several regions of Bolivia are resisting land seizures, deforestation, and the extraction of natural resources that affect their livelihoods, while the authorities are conspicuous by their absence to support the defense of their rights. By…

EcoWaste Coalition Commends EU’s Decision to Further Ban Dental Amalgam Fillings and Mercury-Added Lamps

5 June 2024, Quezon City.  On World Environment Day, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lauded the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) for taking further action to address the largest remaining intentional use of mercury…

BCU Students Gain Valuable Insights at RISE 2024: ICREATE 1st International Conference on Research and Innovation #2/4 Series

 by  Genevieve Balance Kupang Baguio City, Philippines. Students and faculty from Baguio Central University (BCU) actively participated in the RISE 2024: ICREATE 1st International Conference on Research and Exhibits on Aviation & Aeronautics, Tourism, Engineering and Education (ICREATE), held at…

Collaborating Across Cultures: Equipping Graduate Students for Effective Research Partnerships

by : Audrey M. Calines, Myra Sol M. Calicdan, and Bernadette Manuel Orie May 11, 2024. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of CHED CAR and the 4th Higher Education Day, PHAS 403, EDMGT 404 classes, and the Student Services…

Milei and Telesur: media censorship moves forward

This is neither a coincidence nor a surprise. For almost two decades they have been trying to silence Telesur, and from the moment we announced our intention to give the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean their voice, to…

Big Tech seeks to consolidate its hold on journalism

“Can Journalism Survive AI?” was the provocative title of one of the key presentations at the recent Perugia International Journalism Festival (#ijf24, April 17-21).  Young activists from the Perugia Social Center “Turba” say no, it cannot. The topic of AI…