Tag: globalization

Un trago amargo—A Bitter Drink: Beer, Water, and Globalization

By Susan Gauss
A truck drives down the street in Zaragoza, Coahuila, its loudspeaker reminding residents to conserve water or face fines. Local farmers also feel the pain, as they scale back planting due to a lack of water. Yet nearby, water is flowing well through an aqueduct carrying it to a factory 40 kilometers away in Nava, Coahuila.

LUNCHTIME COLLOQUIA, SUMMER 2016

Socialist industrialization, eco-linguistic, agro-food globalization and much more during the 2016 summer semester at the Rachel Carson Center. Would you like to keep up to date with our latest Lunchtime Colloquia? Then follow us by subscribing to our Rachel Carson Center Youtube Channel for new (and… Continue Reading “LUNCHTIME COLLOQUIA, SUMMER 2016”

Videos: RCC Lunchtime Colloquia, November

We have had four great presentations this month by fellows and guests at the weekly RCC lunchtime colloquium. Here are the videos – we hope they are of interest! John Agbonifo (Osun State University, Nigeria): “Environmental Governance and Civil Society in Nigeria” Klaus Gestwa… Continue Reading “Videos: RCC Lunchtime Colloquia, November”