A WOW Win! November 5, 2008 New Orleans We made history yesterday, electing Barak Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Emails piled in from all over the world: Kenya, Canada, Philippines, Korea, Argentina, and elsewhere. They all say congratulations or solidarity or YIPPEEEE in one case. We did a good thing …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Dharavi Recycling Centers
Dharavi Recycling Centers Mumbai The Dharavi neighborhood is famous in Bombay at least as famous as a mega-slum can be with almost a million people living in a slum almost in the center of the city on what remains of all wetlands from the rancid remains of a river running to the Indian Ocean …
Deadly Migration
Deadly Migration October 29, 2008 Mumbai The papers in India were quick to report the latest news from the World Urban Habitat report 2008 report on cities indicating that by 2025, just 17 years, three of the ten largest cities in the world will be in India with Mumbai in the #2 slot, Delhi …