… notes and ideas T he United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) appealed for greater attention to be focused on the food security situation in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly one third of the population is hungry… The FAO warned today that a...
… notes and ideas W e are stuck in old ways of thinking and acting. So many people spend time, treasure and talent on protecting, repairing and resuscitating ineffective institutions and processes. But these times call for fresh thinking and different methods....
An occasional series about travel I ‘ve been thinking about how I can better help the beleaguered employees at Air Canada because I don’t think I’ve done enough yet to take on sundry aspects of their jobs. After all, I now book my own flights rather...
… finding a lonely planet U ntil Hoi Polloi is built and based on the stunning silence in response to my manufactured authenticity concept, it might be awhile until you can visit a new Venice staffed by friendly folk from the Maldives, you can avoid the crowds...
Mass tourism – part 3 [part 1 here | part 2 here] Here’s my modest proposal that allows us to cherish the precious places of the world, yet ensure tourism revenue continues to create the vertically integrated employment integral to swaths of locales around the...
… an ash refugee no more G ot to Winnipeg late last night after having flown out of the very modern Zurich airport. The Swiss can be annoying since they are über particular and generally uptight about most things (and I say this with great affection as someone...
