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Ko au te awa kote awa ko au.
I am the river, and the river is me. Maori proverb

An indivisible and living whole, from the mountains to the sea

A New Zealand river has been granted unprecedented legal rights after a century of Maori pressure. Jen Wilton reports.

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No friend of the poor? Mother Teresa once said they should ‘accept their lot’. AP Photo/Bikas Das

How Mother Teresa is torturing Kolkata

S Bedford exposes horrific negligence at a Missionaries of Charity centre in India – and asks when the order will be brought to book.

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 Dominic Bugatto

Bunker economics

Phillip Pilkington on the delusion of worshipping the gold standard.

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Precious blue: water is a treasured resource, but under threat from proposed mining, in the author’s northern Californian community. Jane Theobald

View from the ridge

Jewellery designer Jane Theobald's meditation on the true price of the shiny stuff.

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Dazzle or bust: a billboard model for a jewellery shop advertises the buckling-under-gold bridal look aimed for the status conscious, while the street market outside bustles with more humdrum wares, in Chennai, India. Randy Olson/©National Geographic Image Collection /Alamy

A tale of two Indias

How sinking cash into gold is rocking the country's economy and deepening the wealth divide, by Jaideep Hardikar.

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Sleep soft: a memorial for baby Andini, who died after suffering an extensive skin rash, in Buyat Bay, Indonesia. Locals accuse the Newmont gold&mining corporation of contaminating the bay with heavy metals. Many children have been born with birth defects here. Earthworks

The myth of ethical gold

Certification schemes notwithstanding, clean gold is a bit of a scam, says Stephanie Boyd.

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Community activist Rosa Sara Huamán Photo by Roxana Olivera

Churning up the cloud forest

Roxana Olivera on a Peruvian community's struggles to defend its rights against a mining corporation's dirty tricks.

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Open Window: Pavel Constantin

Pavel Constantin from Romania with ‘Virtual World’.

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Country profile: Mauritania

Facts, figures and photos from Mauritania.

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Gold production in tonnes, 2011 1

Gold - the facts

Where does it come from? Who buys it? What do they do with it? What do they do with it? And the impacts of it.

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Introducing... Joko Widodo

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An indivisible and living whole, from the mountains to the sea

A New Zealand river has been granted unprecedented legal rights after a century of Maori pressure. Jen Wilton reports.

Jen Wilton September, 2014 475 Preview
How Mother Teresa is torturing Kolkata

S Bedford exposes horrific negligence at a Missionaries of Charity centre in India – and asks when the order will be brought to book.

September, 2014 475 Preview
Bunker economics

Phillip Pilkington on the delusion of worshipping the gold standard.

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View from the ridge

Jewellery designer Jane Theobald's meditation on the true price of the shiny stuff.

Jane Theobald September, 2014 475 Preview
A 10-step plan to end gold addiction

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A tale of two Indias

How sinking cash into gold is rocking the country's economy and deepening the wealth divide, by Jaideep Hardikar.

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Big Bad World - Recruitment drive

Cartoon by P J Polyp

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The myth of ethical gold

Certification schemes notwithstanding, clean gold is a bit of a scam, says Stephanie Boyd.

Stephanie Boyd September, 2014 475 Preview
Buy a share in the fun

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Churning up the cloud forest

Roxana Olivera on a Peruvian community's struggles to defend its rights against a mining corporation's dirty tricks.

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Open Window: Pavel Constantin

Pavel Constantin from Romania with ‘Virtual World’.

Pavel Constantin September, 2014 475 Preview
Country profile: Mauritania

Facts, figures and photos from Mauritania.

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Gold - the facts

Where does it come from? Who buys it? What do they do with it? What do they do with it? And the impacts of it.

September, 2014 475 Preview