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AUG 3, 2012 • Article

The developed countries need to learn to live more sustainably within the confines of the local resources available to them rather than exploiting the resources ...

AUG 2, 2012 • Article

The WikiHouse open-source construction set enables users to download, modify, and share designs for small structures, which can then be assembled socially in about a ...

JUL 30, 2012 • Article

The UK hacking scandal was a major breach of law and ethics. Yet too extreme a backlash runs the risk of throwing the baby out ...

JUL 27, 2012 • Article

In least developed countries, language policy should aim to increase education, productivity, and cohesion, yet many countries have policies that work against these aims.

JUL 20, 2012 • Article

There were some glimpses of a sustainable future at IIED's Fair Ideas conference in Rio, but local innovations still need to scale up and penetrate ...

JUL 19, 2012 • Article

Leading a coalition in a relentless campaign of sanctions against Iran, the U.S. has the upper hand. Therefore it should make the first move ...

JUN 28, 2012 • Article

Consent of the Network by Rebecca MacKinnon is a must-read on how businesses and governments wield influence over the Internet.

JUN 26, 2012 • Article

Because mass atrocities are organized crimes, crippling the means to organize and sustain them--money, communications networks, and other resources--can disrupt their execution, writes George Lopez.