In the world of sociable weavers, it seems that birds of a feather really do flock together when it comes to nest construction! But it also seems that the pecking order in this tight-knit community is more intricate than we thought, with complex hierarchies and collaborations constantly shifting. We follow the team of dedicated scientists intent on solving the many mysteries of these ‘nested housewives’.

Take a look at any map of the world. As most maps in schools do, then your whole perception of our world is incredibly inaccurate. We all know that Africa is big, it is in fact a gargantuan place which is something that our maps have often failed to portray. However, despite the common perception that Africa is a large landmass, it’s still one that is vastly underestimated by most casual map viewers. As map nerds already know, this is due to the common use of the Mercator projection.

The Mercator projection has distorted our geographical view of the world in a crucial way - one that often leads to misconceptions about the relative sizes of countries and continents. Because the world is a sphere, it is impossible to draw it on a flat surface without distorting it in some way. It's almost impossible to get it to lie flat.

Our perception and interpretation of big countries is different compared to small ones because bigger countries appear more powerful and intimidating, so when we shrink and stretch countries it gives us an inaccurate mental yardstick for judging the relative sizes of countries. As we all know perceptions are definitively powerful. It is widely perceived that smaller countries or continents are weaker and less significant.

What makes the Mercator projection particularly controversial is that it makes Europe and the United States look much larger than they really are in reality, giving them more prominence. If you want to see the true size of countries and continents, you can use the Gall Peters Projection. As with all map projections, Gall-Peters is accurate in terms of size but inaccurate when it comes to other properties, most notably shapes. This projection also has its flaws.

7 January 1965Malcolm X (Al Hajj Malik Al Shahbaz) Speaks at Militant Labor Forum, New York City.

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Honoring the legacy of Malcolm X

Malcolm X's birthday (May 19) is commemorated as "Malcolm X Day"
He has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.

WPRO Reporter John Anderson interviews Malcolm X in Providence in 1961.

Local TV Newsfilm from the Rhode Island Historical Society Collections

Call No: 1969.92.2
Original Title: Malcolm X
Date: 1961
Collection: WPRI-TV
Format: 16mm, b&w, sound on film

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AFSA Coordinator Dr Million Belay explains the narrative underlying the industrial food system.

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Musa K. Muwanga - The Case of Agro-Ecological Farming for Food Security in East AfricaVideo from the conference "Only Agro-Ecological Farming Can Feed The World Sustainably", which was held at Faculty of Science, KU the 2nd of September 2014.The conference was organised by Agro-Økologisk Netværk. You can find more information about Agro-Ecology at our homepage: http://agrookologisknetvaerk.dk/Musa K. Muwanga is Chief Executive Officer in National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU).

As part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, achieving a world without hunger and malnutrition calls for urgent action to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient.

The impacts of climate change are further increasing uncertainties and vulnerabilities facing farmers and communities.

Integrated, cross sectoral approaches like agroecology are an important element in the transition process, reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture to guarantee healthy ecosystems that can ensure food and nutrition security for all.

On the base of case studies and interviews from farmers, researchers and decisions makers from France, Mali, Hungary , Argentina this video show how agroecology and political will can help build more resilient farming systems and question the future requirements to up-scale these solutions.

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