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Shop Green, Green the Planet (Code Green)

You Heat or Cool the Planet when You Shop. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Gail Grabowsky, Hina Ioane and Sano Tanna. The responsibility of environmental stewardship lies on us to control and behave and move to ‘green shopping’ altering our pampered purchasing habits. Start by auditing your lifestyles and […]

Shark Tank Sustainable (Code Green)

Selling Green Greens the Planet and Wallet. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Gail Grabowsky and Hina Ioane. Our student guests strongly recommended that people switch to the sole production and use of sustainable, eco-friendly products. They have taken up the responsibility of championing actions that would facilitate very reduced […]

Is Zero Waste Possible (Code Green)

How we Can be Waste-free. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Kobe Ngirailemesang, Alex Boyce, Hina Ioane and Sano Tanna. Zero Waste is a philosophy and a design principle for the 21st Century. It includes ‘recycling’ but goes beyond recycling by taking a ‘whole system’ approach to the vast flow […]

Overconsumption Heats the Planet (Code Green)

Simple Living Cools You and the Planet. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Gail Grabowsky, Kobe Ngirailemesang, Hina Ioane and Alex Boyce. A fundamental effect of overconsumption is a reduction in the planet’s carrying capacity. Excessive unsustainable consumption will exceed the long-term carrying capacity of its environment (ecological overshoot) and […]

What is Sustainability (Code Green)

Building Sustainability is the New Norm. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guests are Gail Grabowsky, Kobe Ngirailemesang, Hina Ioane and Sano Tanna. Sustainable development requires an integrated approach that takes into consideration environmental concerns along with economic development. In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as ‘meeting the needs […]

Breakthroughs in Wind and Solar Energy (Code Green)

Wind and Solar Taken to Whole New Levels. The host for this show is Howard Wiig. The guest is Nick Dizon. Breakthroughs in wind and solar energy technologies offer efficiencies orders of magnitude beyond current efficiency levels. Prototype testing underway in the UAE and the Philippines. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nMw4RxJwoYzhZyXl8mz7hp […]

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- Roger Cohen and Chris Buckley
China’s Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity

The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order. [...]

- Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu

The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace. [...]

- Maria Varenikova
DNA Tests and Stranded Bodies: Ukraine’s Struggle to Name Its Dead

Families of some soldiers say they have spent months trying to get official confirmation of their loved one’s death, adding to their anguish. [...]

- Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ekaterina Bodyagina

Russian military efforts to recruit women from prisons and civilian life have clashed with President Vladimir V. Putin’s conservative agenda. [...]

- Deborah Solomon
Frank Stella Went From Bauhaus to Fun House

He was consumed with abstract painting and determined to keep it alive even when it became an unpopular cause among younger artists. [...]

Sunak needs to own Tory defeats and change course, says Braverman

Tories lost nearly 500 councillors, 10 councils and the West Midlands mayoralty in the elections. [...]

Final local election races to be decided as Conservatives pick over bleak results

The Tories lost more than 450 council seats and Labour grabbed a close win in the West Midlands. [...]

From teenage cyber-thug to Europe’s most wanted

Kivimaki rose through teen cyber gangs to become a Most Wanted criminal responsible for one of the most shocking hacks in history. [...]

North Korean weapons are killing Ukrainians. The implications are far bigger

A missile that crashed in Kharkiv shows the surprising scale at which Pyongyang's weapons are used. [...]

Eurovision 2024: Your guide to all 37 songs

From novelty numbers to gothic witchcraft and rave throwbacks, this year's Eurovision has it all. [...]

The Israeli government has unanimously voted to shut down the Qatari TV network's operations within Israel's borders. Israel's communications minister has said the decision will come into effect immediately. [...]

A German MEP was hospitalized after a suspected far-right attack in Dresden on Friday. Protests have been called to counter rising right-wing extremism and violence. [...]

Estonia and Lithuania have accused Russia of interfering with air traffic navigation in the region. Experts see it as part of Moscow's hybrid war against NATO. Will the Alliance respond? [...]

Internationally mediated talks on establishing a cease-fire in Gaza are expected to resume in Egypt. DW has the latest. [...]

The boy attack stabbed another man in an incident police said had the "hallmarks" of terrorism but was yet to be declared a terrorist act. [...]

- Chloe Veltman
The original 'Harry Potter' book cover art is expected to break records at auction

Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000. [...]

- The Associated Press
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls God an "ally" against Russia in Orthodox Easter message

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an "ally" in the war with Russia. [...]

- The Associated Press
Bodies found in Mexico likely those of missing American and two Australians

Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping [...]

- Geoff Brumfiel
When rockets fall, some Israeli citizens have nowhere to hide

While most buildings in Israel are required to have bomb shelters, a zoning catch-22 has left Bedouin villagers unprotected. [...]

- The Associated Press
Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate, Secret Service says

A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated "only as a traffic crash", law enforcement [...]

- Barbara Morris

Like many people who leave their homes as they face the realities of aging, we also worried about maintaining independence and losing our privacy. [...]

- Hank Stuever

Paul Reubens, who died Sunday, rose to fame with Pee-wee Herman, a delightfully deranged twist on Peter Pan, presaging our obsession with nostalgia and childhood fun. [...]

- Herb Scribner, Will Sommer

"Sound of Freedom," a low-budget film about child sex trafficking, almost topped the box office. But its star Jim Caviezel has linked it to the QAnon movement. [...]

- Sonia Rao, Emily Yahr

'The Banshees of Inisherin' and Germany’s 'All Quiet on the Western Front' closely followed. [...]

- Ben Golliver

The 22-year-old guard scored 43 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Game 1 victory at the Denver Nuggets on Saturday in the Western Conference semifinals. [...]

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