New Orleans There were thousands of actions around the globe on Saturday responding to a call issued by American author Bill McKibben to do something to symbolize the need to move to 350 parts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere compared to the 387 parts CO2, where we are now. These things flare up from …
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ACORN Dharavi Diwali Party
Mumbai There is a common saying about how important it is just to “show up” in making things happen. The corollary to that should be “finding it,” which is how I felt trying to navigate a cab through the packed streets and narrow byways of the giant Dharavi slum where we work in Mumbai. The …
Mumbai’s Lying Eyes
Mumbai People are living everywhere in Dharavi, widely counted as India’s mega-slum near central Mumbai, and a target of big, billion dollar development plans supported by the Bombay Municipal Corporation. But, the survey of housing units and census on population, particularly the parts that trigger any potential plans for relocation and BMC or developer compensation, …