Caper: the flower you eat before it blooms! A key ingredient of Mediterannean dishes, the pickled flower buds of the caper bush (Capparis spinosa) are an antioxidant powerhouse, contain essential minerals such as copper and are a good source of vitamin K among other benefits. Before eating them from a jar, you only need to soak them for a few minutes in cold water to remove the excess salt. If...Caper: the flower you eat before it blooms! A key ingredient of Mediterannean dishes, the pickled flower buds of the caper bush (Capparis spinosa) are an antioxidant powerhouse, contain essential minerals such as copper and are a good source of vitamin K among other benefits. Before eating them from a jar, you only need to soak them for a few minutes in cold water to remove the excess salt. If you wonder why a small jar is so expensive, try picking them one by one, while avoiding the thorns! This post is dedicated to the late Nikki Rose, a culinary tourism and agri-ecotourism pioneer and Chef, who passed away a year ago while guiding students on one of her wonderful educational tours in Crete. Nikki used the caper flower as a profile photo... Show more

Free news services are fine -- some are even of higher quality than paid ones. Free news services that keep begging you, the reader, for money, because "they do not charge readers", "they do not have sponsors", "they do not really like money but somehow they need it" or for any other nonsense reason, are to be avoided.

If ultimately successful, I think "Delcyism" could become a concise way to describe saving yourself by sacrificing your colleagues, ideals etc. "Oil Socialism" was never a good idea in the first place... www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx29k97kzlo

Delcy Rodríguez: Will Venezuelan oil earn a permanent place in India's energy mix?

Delcy Rodríguez's India visit highlights Venezuela's growing role in Delhi's oil diversification.

In terms of human and environmental exploitation, tragedy and disaster, few sectors can rival Coal Mining, a productivist icon in both "capitalist" and "communist" systems. Isn't it time to END this totally unneeded sector worldwide? www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwpeg57777o

China's coal mine disaster is a reminder of its darkest days

China's worst coal mining disaster in 15 years comes amid an ambitious pivot towards green energy.

Three years ago Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales transitioned to a purely symbolic Founder role with no more reserve powers. Wales could have been a Whale, a billionaire, had he sold his soul and your data to authoritarians and profiteers. Instead he chose to be just Wales: decent, simple and smiling like the country Wales. He co-built a thriving knowledge community, free to use and free of censorship...Three years ago Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales transitioned to a purely symbolic Founder role with no more reserve powers. Wales could have been a Whale, a billionaire, had he sold his soul and your data to authoritarians and profiteers. Instead he chose to be just Wales: decent, simple and smiling like the country Wales. He co-built a thriving knowledge community, free to use and free of censorship. He did not even get a Nobel while for-profit AI has recently pillaged all this work. Be like Jimmy? I think it's worth it, even though most would say be like Elon. What is certain is that Human Progress involves both Jimmy and Elon. That is perhaps why we never really progress ethically, only technologically - for more information visit your nearest War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales Show more

Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia

Some dismiss it using labels such as "poverty tourism", "slum tourism", "poverty porn", others beautify it as "pro-poor tourism", but the reality of favela tourism is certainly nuanced, depends on the specific host and guest, the motives, the outcomes, and the ideological model one uses to interpret it. Also read this interesting, factual account:...Some dismiss it using labels such as "poverty tourism", "slum tourism", "poverty porn", others beautify it as "pro-poor tourism", but the reality of favela tourism is certainly nuanced, depends on the specific host and guest, the motives, the outcomes, and the ideological model one uses to interpret it. Also read this interesting, factual account: www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260515-what-to-know-a… Show more

What to know about visiting Rio's favelas

Once notorious no-go areas, Rio's sprawling favelas are now drawing more tourists than some of its most famous monuments. But is visiting safe and ethical?

Thank you for sharing this Aivar, it's always great to see tourism and conservation practitioners engaging with each other at the community and grassroots level, especially when this cooperation produces concrete results.

According to Greenpeace, the plastic crisis in Southeast Asia has reached the level of a regional emergency, most visible in the recent tragic landfill collapses and fires in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. www.greenpeace.org/southeastasia/press/68416/confr…

Confronting the Plastic and Waste Crises in Southeast Asia: Systemic Drivers, Impacts, and Policy Imperatives - Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Civil society groups in Southeast Asia are urging ASEAN leaders to tackle the plastic waste crisis and reduce fossil fuel dependence driving climate change across…

In some countries, living legends are called "national treasures" or "national institutions". So how about inscribing them as Living Intangible Heritage? For example, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, co-founder of the legendary and still active Black Uhuru - the world's oldest Reggae band and the first recipient of a Grammy in 1984. UNESCO has already inscribed, since 2018, “Reggae music of Jamaica” on the...In some countries, living legends are called "national treasures" or "national institutions". So how about inscribing them as Living Intangible Heritage? For example, Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, co-founder of the legendary and still active Black Uhuru - the world's oldest Reggae band and the first recipient of a Grammy in 1984. UNESCO has already inscribed, since 2018, “Reggae music of Jamaica” on the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", emphasizing its roles in social commentary, spiritual expression, and international cultural influence and appeal (we even have some great reggae bands in Greece, such as Locomondo). But perhaps UNESCO should find a way to also recognize living legends, who are the tangible side of the intangible heritage of Humanity, preferably while they are still alive? UNESCO Living Legend? www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/black-uhuru/abo… Show more

Biography: Black Uhuru

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