On Sunday I went with the crew from Los Pantanos de Villa wildlife reserve into central Lima, where they had a stall at the FestiFeria. The FestiFeria is a moving fair of government services that visits the poorer districts of the city and I was interested to see the sorts of things they do. As well as providing information about educational and recreational services, the fair also provides front-line services that people… Read More
Category: Economics, Environmental economics, Ethics, Institutions & infrastructure, Natural history, Politics & society, Volunteering & activism Tags: a year in Peru, behavioural ecology, creating change, expat life, history, human ecology, living in Lima, Peruvian history, pollution, poverty, resource shortages, social equality, social services, society, sustainability, traditional societies, urban slums, war
11:00, 11/11/2012 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lest We Forget
Category: Community, Politics & society Tags: death, Lest We Forget, poppy, reflection, Remembrance Day, war
The shape of things to come