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I think to help the world you can conserver the amount of water and electricity one person uses everyday. People can do this by turning off lights while not in that room, and not using the water in your house as much. Also, Unplug devices when not being used. It will help prevent problems in your household and will help with the electricity problem.

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It is a community farm that is providing fresh food for the Hudson Valley, and New York City area. They Offer top quality with food that practices support biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and protect clean air and water.

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We are a Community Farm, providing fresh food for our neighbors in the Hudson Valley and New York City since 2004.

Our Mission

We offer top-quality pasture-raised eggs and certified organic vegetables grown with practices that support biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and protect clean air and water. The health of our community and our planet are critical to all of the choices that we make. You can support this work by joining our CSA, visiting us at the farm market, or by staying with us at our farmstay.

- Ben Shute & Lindsey Lusher Shute

We deliver fresh produce and eggs to CSA members in the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan.

We now have a store right on the farm. Open Wednesday through Sunday, we offer our own produce and fruit and products from across the region.

Curious about farm life? Bring your friends and family for a visit at our highly rated farm stay.

"This is my first year with Hearty Roots and my family loves our weekly supply of fresh and delicious veggies! I appreciate that the farmers keep us in the loop as to what's going on at the farm. I'm glad to be part of the Hearty Roots community "

Follow us @heartyroots

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Hearty Roots is a family farm in New York's Hudson Valley. We offer certified organic CSA shares, pastured eggs, and run an farm store in Clermont. Our farm store features local fruit, organic produce, pasta, flours, hudson valley milk, hudson valley yogurt, hudson valley cheeses and more.

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The price of bread is at the heart of protest in Sudan. Before the protest had turned deadly, they had spread to different towns. This riot had threaten the leadership of the Sudan leader. With all the riots, schools were shut down, and along with that the newspapers had to be censored. The internet had to be restricted and was only allowed in a few areas.

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The price of bread is, yet again, at the heart of protests in Sudan.

On Dec. 19, demonstrations began in the eastern city of Atbara after the government phased out wheat and fuel subsidies at the suggestion of international lenders. Before long, protests had turned deadly and spread to several towns and major cities including Omdurman and the capital Khartoum.

To quell the uprising, authorities disrupted internet connectivity, arrested opposition figures and critical journalists, and used tear gas to disperse growing crowds chanting, "The people want the fall of the regime."

The wanton violence enveloping Sudan threatens the leadership of president Omar al-Bashir, who came to power after a coup in 1989. Yet the discontent over the tripling of bread prices illustrates the tenuous relationship between citizen and state, and how the latter scrambles to keep peace and power by offering handouts to the former. By underwriting wheat prices in exchange for political acquiescence, Sudan has for decades exercised what the Tunisian scholar Larbi Sadiki has called dimuqratiyyat alkhubz -or democracy of bread.

Scholars have traced the practice of bread for peace in North Africa and the Middle East to World War II when Allied forces started regulating food production and distribution processes in present-day Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon as a way to subdue social unrest. After independence, authorities nationalized flour mills and became heavily involved in food markets to deter pressure from below. During the Cold War era, governments like Sudan's and Egypt's also introduced subsidies grounded on the socialist economic model of centralized bread distribution in order to maintain order.

"Bread in Sudan, like Egypt, is referred to as aysh, Arabic for 'life,'" says Isma'il Kushkush, a journalist who has extensively covered Sudan and East Africa. Successive governments, he added, have always been hesitant, even if partially, to lift those subsidies. But when they did, intifdada al- khubz-bread uprisings-have often erupted, leading to deadly riots. This was the case in Sudan in 1996, 2012, and even in early 2018, when officials cut subsidies on wheat imports.

Similar scenarios unfolded in neighboring Egypt in 1977, 2008, 2011, and most recently 2017, when officials reduced provisions of loaves from 4,000 to 500 per bakery. The 1988 "bread revolt" that shook the streets of Algeria also led to the death of as many as 500 people.

Efforts to liberalize Tunisia's economy under the guidance of the International Monetary Fund in 1984 led to dozens of deaths forcing the government to cancel bread price hikes. To showcase that many families still live close to the breadline, Tunisians have marched while brandishing baguettes in recent years. And Libyans, faced with anarchy in a post-Gaddafi era, have complained about skyrocketing bread prices: where a dinar ($0.70) could fetch 40 loaves before 2011, it now affords them three small ones.

Inequality challenge

The current wave of anger about bread shortages is also a corollary of the shortcomings of economic growth, says Zachariah Mampilly, a professor of political science at Vassar College and the co-author of Africa Uprising. With a youthful population, fast-urbanizing cities, growing economies, and a huge gap between people and their rulers, many people continue to experience inequality and aren't seeing the trickling down of wealth.

The protests in Sudan began in rural areas, he argues, partly because the regime "protest-proofed" the capital Khartoum, and thought the lack of population density outside major cities would make it difficult to organize mass protests. Yet these towns and villages, facing systematic marginalization for decades, are exactly where austerity measures dictated from the center are quickly felt.

Citizens, Mampilly adds, are saying, "Democracy should lead to a genuine transformation of our substantive concerns and that's fairly not happened."

For the 74-year-old Bashir, the protests come after the end of a two-decade-old US blockade, boosting hopes of reconnecting to the global economy and diversifying the oil exports-dependent economy. But Sudanese protesters have for two weeks now shown they need more than just bread, says Kushkush, and the enactment of stopgap palliative measures.

Given that the ruling party has said it would endorse Bashir's candidacy in 2020, Mampilly says there's "a very strong rejection of the narrative that suggests that all Bashir needs to do to stay in power is re-introduce bread subsidies. There's a strong sense that would be a cynical move and unlikely to satisfy the demands of protestors at this point."
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The "democracy of bread" is threatening to unravel Sudan's three-decade dictatorship

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The price of bread is, yet again, at the heart of protests in Sudan. On Dec. 19, demonstrations began in the eastern city of Atbara after the government phased out wheat and fuel subsidies at the suggestion of international lenders. Before long, protests had turned deadly and spread to several towns and major cities including Omdurman and the capital Khartoum.

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This issue can be solved with the help of people in these areas. Sometimes these fires are impossible to stop and harm many people, so we have to do everything we can to prevent them.

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Causes, Effects and Brilliant Solutions to Growing Problem of Wildfires - Conserve Energy Future

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Wildfires or bushfires are blazes that are uncontrolled and fueled by different types of weather, wind, and dry underbrush which burn land by the acres and take over everything in their paths, in just a few minutes.

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My solution to the suicides in india, would be to try and stop all the farmers from making a rash decision. Their farm is dying or they cannot afford it. So they inhale chemicals and kill themselves. To stop this farmers have to be more aware about their farm and the life of it. Always taking care of it, spraying the right chemicals for pests, etc.. And their investment decisions should be better if they are not making any money from their crops.

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There is no really way you can solve this issue on your own. Whatever the weather does it does but their are ways that people can become more prepared for when these do happen. For example I say

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Conserve Water and Electricity
Turn off the faucet when done using
Water the lawn in the morning or evening; cooler air causes less evaporation
Unplug devices when possible; even when an appliance is turned off, it may still use power
these little problems can make a big impact to the

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One of the main environmental issues today is the problem of the increased waste production in the world. The average person produces 4.3 pounds of waste per day, and the United States produces about 220 million tons per year. All of this waste ends up in landfills, thus creating large amounts of methane. Some ways to reduce this landfill waste is to donate clothes, recycle, use less packaging, reuse, and simply don't buy as much stuff.

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http://theconversation.com/how-to-fight-desertification-and-drought-at-home-and-away-98568

There are international agreements on how to improve farming practices so that it doesn't erode away.
One thing that was mentioned that I think everyone can take part in is taking care of how water is used.

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- I think something that contributes to everything on a larger scale is being Able to conserve water and electricity efficiently. How we can do this is through many ways like turning off the faucets when one is done using the water and unplugging devices even when the appliance is turned to conserve energy. Even through these small ways they can help the big picture.

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Inspired by a television series, my solution is one to excess in the deer population, specifically in the suburbs. Deer management is a massive issue in our local areas, yet we lack the resources to tackle this issue. In our FLOW area, there are no wildlife or game services, and very often, animal control is to busy to bother with the deer issues we face daily. With the overpopulation of deer in our area, this brings about many problems in our communities, such as an increase in Lyme disease, car collisions, and landscape degradation. To protect our plants and people, I wanted to create a service that would relieve our communities of our deer problem with a service that could be hired out to private residents exterminating deer. A television show a couple of years back presented this idea, in local suburbs of Texas that would allow this company to come to private residence to remove deer. Bringing this to our local area would solve our deer problem and all of the meat collected would be donated to soup kitchens and food banks.

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This has been a national crisis since the 90's. Farmers have been taking their life by drinking pesticides because of their inability to pay off their loans to the bank. Since 2014 60,000 people have killed themselves thats roughly 10 people a day.
The drought in India dried up all the famers crops and left them all in suffering triggering thousands of suicides in the recent years. A farmer in India owed 80,000 rupees and he stood outside the bank he was in debt to and drank a toxic concoction killing himself right there on the spot.

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- They use sustainable and organic practices to grow the freshest, healthiest, tastiest food for their community.
-Their goals in farming are to create a product that is healthy for the community, and for the land. Their fresh produce is certified organic by NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC.

-They seek to improve their soil’s health and fertility in the long term; they aim to play a positive role in their ecosystem rather than fighting against it; they hope to train a new generation of farmers who gain experience by working with them.
- They continue to produce sustainable foods not only to benefit themselves but also the ecosystem.

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Hearty Roots Farm - Tivoli, NY (Taylor Englishman) 

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Hearty Roots Farm - Tivoli, NY (Taylor Englishman) 

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family farm organic farm
25 acres of vegetables
25 acres of fallow fields
provide CSA around the state of NY especially for Thanksgiving
mission- the health of the planet and the community are critical to the farmers

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We are a Community Farm, providing fresh food for our neighbors in the Hudson Valley and New York City since 2004.

Our Mission

We offer top-quality pasture-raised eggs and certified organic vegetables grown with practices that support biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and protect clean air and water. The health of our community and our planet are critical to all of the choices that we make. You can support this work by joining our CSA, visiting us at the farm market, or by staying with us at our farmstay.

- Ben Shute & Lindsey Lusher Shute

We deliver fresh produce and eggs to CSA members in the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan.

We now have a store right on the farm. Open Wednesday through Sunday, we offer our own produce and fruit and products from across the region.

Curious about farm life? Bring your friends and family for a visit at our highly rated farm stay.

"This is my first year with Hearty Roots and my family loves our weekly supply of fresh and delicious veggies! I appreciate that the farmers keep us in the loop as to what's going on at the farm. I'm glad to be part of the Hearty Roots community "

Follow us @heartyroots

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Hearty Roots is a family farm in New York's Hudson Valley. We offer certified organic CSA shares, pastured eggs, and run an farm store in Clermont. Our farm store features local fruit, organic produce, pasta, flours, hudson valley milk, hudson valley yogurt, hudson valley cheeses and more.

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The mission of the Edible Schoolyard is to provide a edible education nationwide. It gives children easy access to very healthy foods which can jumpstart their lives. The program is for children and teens for pre-k through high school. There will be a one-acre teaching garden and a dedicated kitchen classwork to help teach children about cooking and gardening. This project will also give out free lessons and teaching practices online.

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Our Story | The Edible Schoolyard Project

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The garden, kitchen, and cafeteria at King Middle School serve as a demonstration site and innovation hub for the edible education curriculum and pedagogy. We have worked closely with the whole school community to connect a one-acre teaching garden and a dedicated kitchen classroom to the science and humanities curricula taught to all students.

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Lakes drying up

-      Lake Faguibine had been dry in northern Mali since the 1970s

-      Because of the request of the Government of Mali the UNEP in 2008 began implementing projects to rehabilitate the Lake’s ecosystem.

-      It aimed to reflood the lake’s 600 square kilometers in orfer to restore the vital ecosystem.

o  Expected outputs were:

- Improved livelihoods of about 200,000 mainly nomadic people living in the area
-A lifeline for thousands of migratory water birds restored
- Increased availability of drinking water for humans and livestock; improved groundwater resources
Enhanced local sustainable natural resource management
Water transport benefits to the local economy
-This project faced challenges because of a security situation in 2011.

-    The lake is still dry to this date

Other lakes drying out:

-      Africa’s Lake chad is a silver of its former self. Iran’s Lake Urmia has shrunk by 80 percent in 30 years.

o  All because the Earth is warming lakes faster than oceans so they evaporate faster.

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This organization seems to be going well. They have a lot of tabs on their website to see what products they have. They even have a store and a farm stay where people can live on the farm.
https://www.heartyroots.com/

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The Greenhouse Program - Riker's Island (Dani Cohn)

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The Greenhouse Program - Riker's Island (Dani Cohn)

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The department of correction transformed a 2 acre plot into the nation's first prison horticultural therapy program. Over 500 individuals participate 7 days a week helped by trained instructors. This curriculum helps individuals relate to their lives, create critical thinking, and encourages a sense of teamwork and collaboration. This program has successfully reduced recidivism by 40%, as well as generates up to 417 fruits and vegetables a year.

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There has been little change in mining in the appellations, they are destroying more land and getting less coal
The trump administration wanted to revive the coal mining industry
around the country, coal mining sites have been shut down and replaced with the burning of natural gas
trump haunted a study to see what the health effects are in coal miners
only 14.1% of energy is from coal in NJ
50.3% is nuclear energy in NJ

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So far in 2019, there are up to about 6,402 fires and 95% of them are caused by us humans. Institutions like the American Red Cross help in stopping these fires and try to help the people prevent them from happening in the first place. Some tips include creating a defensible space around your home, using fire-resistant plants, removing dead plants that could fuel fire, and many more. On average 7 people die every day due to home fires, mainly children and elderly, 36 suffer injuries, and over$7 billion in property damage occurs every year.

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Desertification of the Dead Sea (Veronica)

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Desertification of the Dead Sea (Veronica)

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The lake's only source of water (aside from rare rain, as it is located in a desert) is the Jordan River, which is being diverted for other uses.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Dead-Sea/Climate-and-hydrology

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The main cause for lakes drying up is drought that is caused by climate change. This impacts the inflow to the lake. Overall, this results in a 65% reduction in water levels. Other factors include increased diversion for irrigated agriculture, reduced rainfall, the building of dams over the lakes surface. Solutions include advancing water conservation in communities, and preventing dams from being constructed.

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Today, Woods End Laboratory has completely expanded, and one of Maine's largest composters, as well as expanded their efforts throughout local communities in hopes, are sparking interest inc composting. This organization offers soil testing, with forms available on their website to send soil from around the world! Also, they are partners with a new company Solvita, which brings technology to farmers to increase the biological activity of soil.

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The government more than tripled the bread prices, the people went to the streets to demand freedom, peace, justice, and the downfall of the regime. There have been many violent protests and have spread across 23 towns throughout Sudan. In result all schools and universities have been closed and all newspapers were censored. The Internet has been disrupted and several phone carriers have restricted access to only a few apps.

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People chanted slogans during a protest on Dec. 23 in Kordofan, Sudan. (Sudanese Activist/AP)

On Dec. 19, the town of Atbara in northeastern Sudan erupted in protest against the military dictatorship that has ruled the country for almost three decades. People took to the streets following a tripling of bread prices to demand "freedom, peace, justice and the downfall of the regime." But international coverage framing the protests as bread riots obscures the larger political context, misrepresents protesters' demands and inadvertently supports the regime's insistence that the crisis can be resolved by simply reintroducing targeted subsidies and stabilizing the Sudanese pound.

What do the protests look like?

Representing potentially the greatest threat to the regime of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir since it came to power in a military coup in 1989, protests have been intensifying. Demonstrators set fire to the ruling National Congress Party's headquarters. Military police retaliated, using tear gas and live ammunition, killing two students, Tarig Ali and Mohamed Abdeljalil, and wounding dozens. The protests have since spread to at least 23 towns.

The government has declared a state of emergency and imposed curfews in towns where some of the first protests took place. Schools and universities have been closed. National newspapers have been censored or shut down. The Internet has been disrupted, and several phone carriers have restricted access to WhatsApp and other social media sites. Security forces have deployed tear gas and live ammunition against protesters as the death toll reaches 37 and continues to rise.

Sudan's suppressed opposition and creative grass roots

As Sudanese activists have made clear, these protests are about much more than the deepening economic crisis. Protesters are demanding the overthrow of the ruling NCP party as well as the small group of political and economic elites, including some opposition party leaders, who have held power for decades. Framing this uprising as spontaneous riots against rising bread prices also obscures the ways working-class Sudanese have mobilized against the regime, particularly in smaller towns, which have been hit hardest by recent austerity measures following decades of political neglect and repression.

It is no coincidence that the protests began in Atbara, a town known for its powerful railroad workers union. Sudan has a history of successful revolutions against military regimes, most notably in 1964 and in 1985, in which trade unions and student movements played a pivotal role. The current regime came to power on the heels of the 1985 popular uprising that overthrew Jafaar Nimeiri's military government and spent much of the 1990s systematically dismantling any opposition. Dissidents were detained and tortured. Unions were turned pro-regime through infiltration and co-optation tactics. Party members were strategically positioned within local governing structures throughout the country. And efforts to organize armed resistance, most notably in the south and Darfur, were met with brutal and sustained counterinsurgency operations.

But the absence of formal trade unions and independent local governing structures did not prevent people from forming alternative grass-roots structures for mobilizing against political repression. Youth movements and independent farmer and worker formations have multiplied over the last decade as people lost faith in established opposition parties and politics. Most notably, from 2012 to 2014, students and the urban poor held a variety of creative protests before being repressed by the regime.

Recent political and economic developments set stage for ongoing protests

In September 2017, Sudan was quietly dropped from the United States' travel ban list. A few days later, the Trump administration partially lifted sanctions in place for almost 20 years. Analysts have linked these developments to the Sudanese government's support of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Yemen. In return for sending thousands of Sudanese soldiers to provide the kind of " boots on the ground engagement " that the Saudis and Emiratis are unwilling to risk themselves, Persian Gulf diplomats stepped up their lobbying efforts on Sudan's behalf in Washington.

The rapprochement with the United States came at a crucial time for the Bashir regime. Since losing 75 percent of its oil revenue after South Sudan seceded in 2011, the regime has struggled to manage tensions from the worsening financial situation. The government has sought to generate income by securing loans from foreign lenders and attracting investments in its agricultural and mining sectors. In November 2017, Sudanese officials met with the IMF, which recommended that "strengthened revenue mobilization should be accompanied by streamlined tax exemptions and the phasing out of costly fuel and wheat subsidies."

The regime imposed these austerity measures cautiously and somewhat unevenly, targeting areas outside the capital of Khartoum as it assumed people in small towns were less capable of mobilizing. This is why protests began in Atbara before spreading to other towns and eventually the heavily fortified Khartoum metropolitan area. And it is in these smaller towns that workers, farmers, teachers, small business owners, youth and others have united to demand radical change in response to not only Sudan's deepening economic crisis but also a political system that has marginalized them for decades.

Four factors make these protests different than previous ones

While the situation remains volatile, protests will likely continue because of the following elements that distinguish these uprisings from earlier cycles.

First, unlike previous mobilizations, the protests did not begin in Khartoum where the regime has spent considerable resources to protest-proof the capital region. Protests in 2012 struggled to gain traction outside of Khartoum, especially in the rural parts of the country. But this time is different, with the locus of action initially rooted in the peripheral regions where existing organized violent movements may lend support to a truly national movement.

Second, some opposition parties and figures seem to be rallying around the protesters. Opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi returned last week from a self-imposed exile and has called for an international investigation into the deaths of civilian demonstrators. Two of Sudan's largest opposition groups, Sudan Call (which includes al-Mahdi's Umma Party and the Democratic Unionist Party) and the National Consensus Forces, stated they would support the protests. Yet it is not clear whether activists will accept opposition parties' efforts to lead the protests. Many, especially youth, view opposition leaders as part of the same elite as Bashir and are suspicious of attempts to co-opt their efforts.

Third, the ruling party itself is fragmented and the regime has long been fearful of the army turning against Bashir and his cronies. In both the 1964 and 1985 revolts, low-ranking army members refused to open fire on protesters, swinging the balance of power in the protesters' favor. Wary of such an outcome, Bashir has banished much of the army from the capital region, instead empowering a secret police, who report directly to him. But in doing so, he may have further strengthened the oppositional energies of the peripheral regions where the protests are centered. Already there are reports of army personnel removing their uniforms to join the demonstrators.

Finally, there is the broader regional context. The ongoing protests are the latest in Africa's third wave, which has been ongoing for more than a decade now and has claimed significant victories in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Tunisia and, most recently, in neighboring Ethiopia. Serving as one possible model for resolving the Sudan protests, the Ethiopian regime opted to replace the prime minister rather than further repress its population. However, it remains unclear whether protesters and opposition parties in Sudan would accept any arrangement that allows the hated NCP to retain power, even without the aging Bashir at the helm. Bashir has also built substantive relationships with powerful regional and international actors such as China and the Gulf States.

The deeply political stakes of these protests

Despite all this, it is still risky to underestimate Bashir. During nearly three decades in power, he has never hesitated to unleash violence against his own population, and his rhetoric now is not different. To a group of supporters in Gezira state on Tuesday, Bashir insisted that the protests were organized by "traitors, agents, mercenaries and infiltrators who have exploited daily life hardships to sabotage and serve the enemies of Sudan."

Yet while Bashir was making his speech, an independent coalition of professional associations - including doctors, workers, teachers and journalists - organized a march to the Republican Palace in Khartoum, demanding the regime step down. In response, security forces blocked roads and bridges and used tear gas and snipers to break up the crowds, critically wounding at least three. But protesters remain undeterred, and plans to mobilize more demonstrations across the country continue.

What is clear is that decades of penned-up political frustration is now finding release, which even a reintroduction of bread subsidies is unlikely to solve.

Nisrin Elamin is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at Stanford University.

Zachariah Mampilly is a professor at Vassar College. He is the co-author of "Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change." You can follow him on Twitter

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Analysis | Recent protests in Sudan are much more than bread riots

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On Dec. 19, the town of Atbara in northeastern Sudan erupted in protest against the military dictatorship that has ruled the country for almost three decades. People took to the streets following a tripling of bread prices to demand "freedom, peace, justice and the downfall of the regime."

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Greenhouse Gas Emission: America vs. Europe (Sofia)

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Greenhouse Gas Emission: America vs. Europe (Sofia)

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Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States are continuing to increase. Despite how throughout the past decade, the trend of emission has both risen and declined, in 2018, greenhouse gas emission rose by 3.4%, and 2019 is expected to have similar trends. Due to this spike, the US emitted over 70 billion metric tons of Greenhouse Gases in 2018, and the amount will likely be the same at the end of this year. Instead of tackling the problem, we are ignoring it and letting the environment take significant damage.

However, many countries in Europe have a different mindset about this issue, particularly Sweden. Specifically, in order to limit greenhouse gas production, “…companies that produce greenhouse gas emission are now required to obtain permits and report their emission levels, and those who are obliged to do so have been deemed to have operations with a heavy environmental impact due to emissions of hazardous substances to air and water."  These regulations have had extremely positive effects on both the environment and the economy. By instructing that industries report their emission levels, the government ensures that no industry is releasing too much gas for the environment to handle. Additionally, the lack of pollution allows them to establish a balanced system in which each company is only producing as much as they absolutely have to, which causes the industrial areas of Sweden to automatically decrease in pollution and obtain better air quality. This ultimately benefits the nature and people mutually, which grants an innumerable amount of individuals with their justified rights to a clean world. While greenhouse gas emission has fallen by 16% in absolute numbers from 1990 to 2011, even after eliminating many factories and sources of greenhouse gas, the Swedish economy did not decline, as economic growth has actually increased by 60% since 1990. Despite that fewer industries are able to synthesize materials in the usual way, employment rates and the manufactured resource production still remain stable, so the economy has actually been positively impacted, and more importantly, the environment is benefitting as well.

http://www.swedishepa.se/State-of-the-environment/Data-databases-and-applications/The-Swedish-PRTR/

http://www.government.se/legal-documents/2014/05/ds-201411/

https://online.salempress.com/articleDetails.do?bookId=700&articleName=EnvIs_156646701566&searchText=Iceland%20environment&searchOperators=any&category=Science

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The weather can be very inconsistent. At any time there can be either a drought or a flood depending on the rain. If there is too little rain and all the water is soaked into the earth, there will be a drought. If the rain is to constant the water will overflow the earth and cause a flood. These can cause many issues like dehydration or the ruining of homes through floods. Droughts can cause dust bowls which lead to the healthy soil being tossed around leaving worse dirt that can not grow the crops. Also, A cyclone just hit Africa that is still effecting it. There is flooding that is king peoples homes and everything they own. Some people got their lives even taken from them during this flood. Flooding and droughts have still been a major issue.

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It is called "The HOPE Program"
it is a 12 week training program
has employment and career services
teaches everything from landscaping to BPI certifications
Founded by Majora Carter
They launch solar installation and green infrastructure training in the Bronx

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Very poor Haitians resort to eating mud cookies; made of dirt, butter, and salt. Because of the increased prices on food imports, majority of the Haiti population decide to eat mud. Since Haiti is one of the poorest countries with over 80% living in poverty, they become desperate for food, thus creating food for survival. Dirt to make 100 cookies now costs $5, 5 cents a piece.

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80% of the population living in poverty

Use butter and salt
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Some people proclaim on social media 'I'm so poor', because they couldn't afford to go to this new, hip restaurant this weekend or they're a little behind on rent. But how poor is poor? Haiti has relied heavily on food imports mainly from the U.S. Because of the soaring food prices, food simply became unaffordable to majority of Haiti's population.

According to news, the small island-nation of Haiti is still eating mud cookies to survive, even five years after the earthquake. The cookies - simply made of dirt, butter and salt, hold almost no nutritional value, but managed to keep most of Haiti's starving population alive.

The cookies remedied constant hunger pangs and starvation. Thousands of pregnant Haiti women have relied on the mud cakes for calcium and nutrition for years. At first glance it looks just like any pottery business, but they're actually making food. Locals 'harvest' the dirt filed with bacteria and human waste. In a dusty courtyard Women mold clay, water and a little salt into hundreds of little cookies and lay them out to harden under the sweltering Caribbean sun.

Yes, these small platters are not molded to hold food - they are food. The mud and dirt cookies are sold in Haiti's numerous slums. In the biggest and worst slums, Cite Soleil, mud cookies is a major industry and income earner. These dirt cakes are the only inflation-proof food available to the poor.

Can you imagine being that hungry that you have to resort to buying and eating mud?

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Some Haitians Are Still Eating Mud And Dirt Cookies

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mashshare] Some people proclaim on social media 'I'm so poor', because they couldn't afford to go to this new, hip restaurant this weekend or they're a little behind on rent. But how poor is poor? Haiti has relied heavily on food imports mainly from the U.S.

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Between January and March of 2019, 610 farmers have committed suicide. According to Bloomberg, the number of farmers committing suicide starting in 2015 has significantly declined. The numbers have reversed and twice as many Indian housewives are taking their lives compared to farmers.