Human Rights Are Not Things That Are

The Essential Role Of The Environment Is Still Marginal In Discussions About Poverty. While We Continue To Debate These Initiatives, Environmental Degradation, Including The Loss Of Biodiversity And Topsoil, Accelerates, Causing Development Efforts To Falter.

Tradition Sometimes Excludes The Girl Child From Inheriting; Or Single Women May Not Want To Be Perceived As Pursuing Too Much Property. The Law Has Come A Long Way In Favor Of The Woman, But It Is The Tradition, The Attitudes, That We Often Have To Fight.

It's The Little Things Citizens Do. That's What Will Make The Difference. My Little Thing Is Planting Trees.

For Me Planting A Tree Is A Very Doable Thing. It's Not Complicated, It Doesn't Require Technology, It Doesn't Require Much Knowledge, But It Can Be A Very Important Entry Point Into Communities Understanding How They Destroy Their Own Resources, But How They Can Also Restore Those Resources, And Not Wait For Their Government Or International Agencies To Come And Help Them.

Unfortunately, The Issues Of Climate Change, Unlike Many Other Issues, Are Very Subtle Because The Changes We Observe Are Very, Very Subtle.