But even peacemaking is unavoidably a partisan activity, especially
these days around environmental issues.
Not exact matches
Owned by Sina Corp., a Yahoo - like web portal that came to prominence in the early
day, it's become prominent in Chinese politics, especially
around environmental issues, corruption over food safety, disaster response and in Chinese celebrity culture, where a number of actors and singers have gained millions of followers (or «fans» as their called in Weibo lingo).
«It is just one
day, but it will help people think about the
environmental, ethical, and health
issues around meat, and maybe it will grow,» said volunteer Lori Chen.
Earth
Day, Hayes said, is essentially the only global secular holiday — except if you consider Christmas to have become entirely secular — it remains a wonderful opportunity to highlight
environmental issues and build networks
around them for the rest of the year.
Today is World Environment
Day, initiated by the United Nations to stimulate debate about
environmental issues around the world.