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October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”

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"Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month."

Japan may offer the key to tuna's survival, thanks to a team of researchers who have perfected a method of assisted reproduction in which sperm and ovaries from donor trout are implanted in salmon recipients. When the salmon reach maturity and mate, they produce a large number of hybrids, but also a smaller number of pure trout.

FRESH is a call to action; it means to inspire its viewers to positive change, not scare them into a terrified complacency.

Sustainable Sushi answers the question on the minds of millions who enjoy eating fish: how can we indulge the desire to dine well while keeping our health and the health of the oceans in mind? With painstaking research found in no other book on the market to date, this pocket-size guide profiles dozens of the most common fish and shellfish one might encounter at a sushi bar, details where and how they are caught, whether or not they are safe, and how they figure in the current fishery crisis. Written by a fishery and sustainability expert who was himself netted long ago by the allure of Japanese cuisine, Sustainable Sushi offers simple, clear explanations of such topics as mercury and PCB levels, overfishing, and species extinction.

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The Ecofont is a free font which, thanks to its holes, uses 20% less ink than standard fonts. The Ecofont is a true type font and is compatible with all computer operating systems. The Ecofont is ideal for your huge amount of throwaway printing. Show you care about the environment and save ink.

Natoora sélectionne avec un soin extrême nos producteurs, travaille avec les meilleurs professionnels pour trouver le plus court chemin entre la campagne et votre table. Ces produits sont à votre disposition en 24 à 48h, et nous vous les livrons partout en France Métropolitaine (hors Corse), à votre domicile comme au travail. Natoora n'a pas de stock. L'essentiel de nos produits proviennent chaque jour directement des meilleurs fermes, artisans, affineurs ou mareyeurs pour vous garantir la plus grande fraîcheur. Ils sont, pour la plus grande majorité, préparés à votre attention personnelle par le producteur lui même, sur son lieu de production.

A just, secure world without poverty, violent conflicts and environmental damage: this is the end pursued by Switzerland's development policy and international cooperation. The latter uses a multi-level approach and various means. As the Swiss Government's centre of competence for international cooperation, SDC is responsible for multilateral cooperation, development cooperation with the South and East, as well as for Switzerland's humanitarian aid. The SDC carries out its activities with an annual budget of CHF 1.3 billion (2007) and a staff of some 620 people in Switzerland and abroad, as well as 1000 local employees.

To see which cities in the world were dirtiest, we turned to Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s 2007 Health and Sanitation Rankings. As part of their 2007 Quality of Life Report, they ranked 215 cities worldwide based on levels of air pollution, waste management, water potability, hospital services, medical supplies and the presence of infectious disease.