Monthly Archives: December 2014

Biocultural Diversity Combats Climate Change

From the Saami in Europe, to the Maori in New Zealand, indigenous communities are creating and maintaining rich biocultural landscapes. A biocultural landscape is a holistic system of culture and nature that has been shaped by human management over long … Continue reading

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Meghalaya’s little-known Mei Ram-ew festival finds place in Lonely Planet

Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap | Guwahati | Posted: December 8, 2014 3:09 pm | Updated: December 8, 2014 3:22 pm Mei Ram-ew, a little-known ethnic food festival of Meghalaya, introduced only in 2010, has found place in Lonely Planet, … Continue reading

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110 countries participate in Intl Slow Food Movement

Torino: “Food is not a commodity. It is a living thing and we have to learn to respect food and especially those who produce it”, said Carlo Pettrini, father of the Slow Food Movement, to a rousing applause from the … Continue reading

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Viva slow food!

FOR THOSE who see food only as a means of satisfying hunger will not comprehend what Carlo Pettrini, the founder of the Slow Food Movement, means when he talks about food as a gift of nature to humankind. Food is … Continue reading

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Daylight saving begins in Italy: Time shock for North-Easterners

TORINO: For North Easterners at the Indigenous Terra Madre it was quite a welcome surprise to be told that winter timings have started since midnight of Saturday October 25 and therefore the clock is set back by one hour (daylight … Continue reading

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Slow Food 2014 ends with happy memories

Torino: The 5-day Slow Food carnival which saw the attendance of 220,000 visitors and 400 journalists from 63 countries (excluding the Italian press) has come to a successful end. People from around the world renewed their commitment of cataloguing their … Continue reading

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