“Our Human Footprint”
Read this article published in Fiji Times Online called, “Our human footprint.” The piece focuses on the upcoming, June 2012, United Nations conference Rio + 20; A meeting on Sustainable Development. The article also illustrates the particular role that population plays in the Rio + 20 conference.
For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.
And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.
And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.
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| — | President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via barackobama) |
THE BIG PICTURE
Mustang: Nepal’s former Kingdom of Lo
- Photographer Taylor Weidman was given special permission by the government of Nepal to travel in the restricted area of Mustang. He writes, “Mustang, or the former Kingdom of Lo, is hidden in the rain shadow of the Himalaya in one of the most remote corners of Nepal.” (22 photos total)
