The traditional dress of the Herero women inNamibiais an adaptation of Victorian dress, as worn by the German colonists they fought in a bloody conflict at the start of the twentieth century, and now retained as a proud part of Herero identity. The silhouette is distinctive: a full, floor-...
can become a non-traditional source of water with multiple benefits: (1) mitigating impacts to receiving surface water quality due to pollutants carried in stormwater runoff; (2) reducing risk of flooding in urban areas; and (3) increasing non-potable water supply when collected and managed appr...
the last month. I particularly enjoy selling in countries like Burkina Faso or Namibia in sub-Saharan Africa because I went to school in Malawi (no books sold there yet, though!)Yes, these sales are a trickle right now, butin the next few years, cell phone penetration will increase and ...
Heavy rainfall in connection with typhoons often inflicts severe damage to leafy vegetables grown in typhoon-prone countries in East and Southeast Asia. To avoid or reduce such damage, production is moving into plastic houses in Taiwan during the summer months with temperatures inside often reaching ...
Traditional medicine practitioners tend to be the first ‘professionals’ consulted because they are more accessible geographically; indeed, they share the same villages and live in contiguous houses. The majority of them belong to their family and provide culturally accepted health practices or treatment...