We are facing a global food crisis. While some people are dealing with obesity and health problems, others suffer from constant food shortages due to increase in demand, distribution issues, unwise use of food crops and natural disasters. Bon appetite!
Aid & Development / Āwhina Tupunga
How much is too much?
Have you ever turned on the six o’clock news, only to tune out a few minutes later, thinking “oh, not again… another gloomy story about disaster and destruction”? If so, you’ve experienced compassion fatigue.
DRUG MONEY-THE REAL COST
While taking drugs isn’t new, the incredible growth in the illegal drug trade is! Drugs are in great demand and prices are high. But what is the real cost?
FEAST OR FAMINE?
With the Global Food Crisis hitting the headlines, Just Focus looks at the issues behind the food that we (and the rest of the world) eat.
THE QUANTITY V QUALITY DEBATE: A CASE STUDY IN VANUATU
Miriam Wood reflects on her experience working with youth in Vanuatu, and asks whether aid money is better spent on quantity or quality…
Human Traffic
200 hundred years ago the British Empire put an end to the slave trade, so why, in today’s modern society, are people still bought and sold like commodities?
DRUGS: NOBODY’S WINNING THE WAR
While thrillseekers in the west demand the drugs, and their governments react by trying to stop the supply, farmers will continue to grow the illicit crops unless they are offered a real alternative way to make a living.
VEGETARIANISM… MAKE THE MOVE!
When you think of issues of global justice, vegetarianism is not one that immediately comes to mind. Many would think that choosing to become a vegetarian is less important than other issues that we should be campaigning for.
NZ TRYING TO FORCE GE ON THE WORLD?
New Zealand nearly became the only country of the 132 nations who are party to the Cartagena Protocol to block an agreement on labeling GE organisms traded between nations.
