Sharing the Ascension Experience
It has been a year since farming operations in Ceballos’ small lot in Caloocan began. At only 200 sq.m., the area is obviously small for commercial production. But the young entrepreneur used the financial grants anyway to build a greenhouse and assemble a Nutrient Film Technique-driven hydroponic system in the family backyard. Throughout the course … Read more
1984 won’t be like 1984?“They get up, work, eat a small bowl of noodles and rice, do their washing, go to bed, get up and do it all over again.” They sleep 100 to a room, toil for 15 hours a day and are paid about fifty five dollars per month. After sleeping in shifts, … Read more
Norway’s revived electric carmaker, now called “Think Global,” is raising more capital with the goal of producing 10,000 cars a year by 2009. Now Jan-Olaf Willums, chief executive of Think Global, appears to have some solid investors behind him. The firm started rolling again earlier this year, with a line-up including retailing tycoon Stein-Erik Hagen, … Read more
How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions. Steaming video or audio of an hour with Amy Goodman and John Perkins, a former respected member of the international banking community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the U.S. … Read more