“Nature is wise, and if we take the time to observe it, we can learn so much” is the underlying philosophy of a number of innovative programmes being carried out in Uruguayan schools that are using gardens as a teaching resource, explained Edith Moraes, director of the national Primary Education Board.

The £250billion (NZ$535billion) cost of developing Canada’s controversial tar sands between now and 2025 could be used to decarbonise the western economy by funding ambitious solar power schemes in the Sahara or a European wide shift to electric vehicles, according to a new report released today by WWF and The Co-operative.

Millions of Iraqis turned out to cast their ballots in the second full parliamentary poll since the US invasion.That is, despite the violence in the capital Baghdad, which left at least 38 people dead and 89 others wounded.

During what should have been the last hurrah of Chile’s summer vacation, the country was rocked by a 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest in history, leaving more than 300 dead, more than 1 million homes damaged and thousands homeless and without water and electricity.

The drawing of my Minimum Wage (Mitigation Of Youth Unemployment) Amendment Bill today is a step toward mitigating the high rate of youth unemployment, which has soared since Labour abolished the youth minimum wage in 2008, ACT New Zealand MP Sir Roger Douglas said today. Check out the Press release on Scoop.Green party MP, Gareth [...]