Index for Volume 8, Issue 2 July - September 1996
Brazilian Parliament honors leading Bahá'í Dignitary
BRASILIA, Brazil -- In a special session, the Federal Chamber of Deputies honors Madame Mary Rabbani as an environmentalist and promoter of peace.The Importance of Agriculture
Civilization began with agriculture. When our nomadic ancestors began to settle and grow their own food, human society was forever changed. Not only did villages, towns and cities begin to flourish, but so did knowledge, the arts and the technological sciences.
The Bahá'í Faith launches an official page on the World Wide Web: www.bahai.org
NEW YORK -- The Bahá'í Faith, which in a century and a half a has been established in 235 countries and dependencies, and which embraces a cross-section of the human race, has launhed an official site on the World Wide Web.
Latin American Conference on World Citizenship issues declaration
SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Some 250 people from 13 countries attended the First Latin American Conference on World Citizenship, held 22-23 August at the Permanent Seat of the Latin American Parliament.
Kevin Locke, renowned Lakota Fluteist and hoop dancer, takes his art beyond traditional boundaries.
WHITE RIVER, South Dakota, USA -- As the name implies, the annual White River Pow Wow on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation is one of the most tradition-oriented of such gatherings among the Lakota people.
In Africa, an innovative stone-breaking machine offers relief for an oppressive job.
MOWKETE, South Africa -- As jobs go, stone breaking is surely one of the worst in Africa. Squatting in the hot sun and hammering away to smash large rocks into small ones, stone breakers expend joint-straining amounts of muscle power, face a constant risk of hand and eye injury, and breath in huge quantities of harsh stone dust.
Grow food locally, support women farmers, says NGO coalition.
UNITED NATIONS -- Governments and international agencies concerned with improving food security in Africa should support women farmers and boost efforts to grow and process food locally, according to the Adovcates for African Food Security.