Agion Oros, Under Water and Private Windmills by Catia Coias

This is part of Catia’s photo diary. It includes granite rocks, torn windmill sails, biblical allusions, cloths, stairways to heaven and fictional borders. Air, water, rocks/earth and the ball of fire of the sun, they all are present, as well as man-made structures which allow the real or metaphorical transformation of one element into another … More Agion Oros, Under Water and Private Windmills by Catia Coias

A swimmer’s life under water by Abigail George

There’s an accident-prone toddler in the house.My brother’s son. Will he have more children,I wonder to myself asI make tea. Watching a dog sleep. The rosesgrow (abundance) with a kind of finesseand poise in the regionwhere understandingmeets the meat of the sun under the vision of a nighthawk.  The swimmer has alithe body. Slenderand lean … More A swimmer’s life under water by Abigail George

Water under the bridge by Thanos Kalamidas 2015-08-29

Since Facebook has become the field for contemporary activism, perhaps it is the best way to give an example. Imagine a personal page, known for its environmental stands and social media activism, to add a post saying “no to privatization of the water”. More than eighty percent of the “friends” will react with a “like”; … More Water under the bridge by Thanos Kalamidas 2015-08-29

President Bola Tinubu And The Stormy Waters Of ECOWAS by Taiye Olaniyi

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR epitomizes combined honors as the President and Commander of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the current Chairman of the Economic Community of the West African States. His ascension to power has been borne out of the desire, political struggles, and ambition to be either noble … More President Bola Tinubu And The Stormy Waters Of ECOWAS by Taiye Olaniyi

Life and Death Under the Cycladic Sun by Nikos Laios 2017-10-19

I have just returned having spent several lyrical weeks in Mykonos and Naxos islands and Athens in Greece and I consider myself fortunate that I was able to go, that I was able to spend time on the islands of Apollo on the yellow sand washed by the salty Aegean waves. Under the shadow of … More Life and Death Under the Cycladic Sun by Nikos Laios 2017-10-19

Hydropolitics Down Under: The Failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan by Dr. Binoy Kampmark 2017-08-02

Water is gold to survival, the indispensable, the vast feeder for human civilization. Its absence entails certain death; its decline brings out the prospect that a civilisation might well collapse. When a water crisis is announced, panic sets in.  Officials ready for war; armies ready for the march.  “When water goes bad, so do political … More Hydropolitics Down Under: The Failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan by Dr. Binoy Kampmark 2017-08-02