Twitter Google Share on Facebook temperate belt [′tem·prət ‚belt] (climatology) A belt around the earth within which the annual mean temperature is less than 20°C (68°F) and the mean temperature of the warmest month is higher than 10°C (50°F). ...
The second half of the 1870’s and the 1880’s witnessed the rise of the “movement for freedom and people’s rights,” the Minken Undo. The movement gained the support of liberal circles of the ruling classes, which had sought the adoption of a constitution, and broader democratic strata...
it was a center for progressive thought and was influential in the birth of China's New Culture Movement, the May Fourth Movement and many other significant
“internal autonomy,” and an autonomous government council and an autonomous general assembly were created in the colony. Four years later, the growth of the national liberation movement forced Spain to grant political independence to Spanish Equatorial Guinea. The independent Republic of Equatorial ...
1. describing movement You usually use the verb go to describe movement from one place to another. See come (for when you use come instead of go) 2. leaving Go is sometimes used to say that someone or something leaves a place. 'I must go,' she said. Our train went at 2.25. See ...
The craft beer movement currently taking hold across all corners of the world is more than just a scene in Wellington – it’s an institution. Even if you’re not one to touch a drop of the stuff, the experimental brews you’ll find in Wellington are sure to pique your interest, if ...
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011)was a political and environmental activist and the founder of the Green Belt Movement, a foundation that worked in environmental conservation and women rights. She was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2004 for her outstanding work in “sustainable development, democra...
the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. She founded the Green Belt Movement which had by the early 21st century planted some 30 million trees. Leaders of the Green Belt Movement established the Pan African Green Belt Network in 1986 in order to educate world leaders abo...
At 391 grams (nearly a pound in weight), this sharp, complete-all-around, amazing crystal is a world-class example of this rare gem pegmatite species. Herderite is rare. Large crystals are rarer still. And, green is the most rare color of all, among what has been seen worldwide. Thi...
Think about three seemingly unlikely Nobel Peace Prizes: one in 1970 for the plant pathologist and breeder Norman Borlaug who is considered to be the founder of agriculture’s Green Revolution, one in 2004 for the biologist Wangari Maathai who founded the Green Belt Movement, and one in 2007 ...