France in Africa

Africa's French Problem - TRT World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Lk3pv20SY

How China Sees the World

How China Sees the World
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/05/mcmaster-china-strategy/609088/

A great lecture

A great lecture by Harm de Blij, the great author of many geography textbooks

Why the U.S. Has Become the World's Most Geographically Illiterate Society of Consequence (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7eLiBMbkjg

Harm de Blij's recommendations

Listing here books recommended by Harm de Blij in this video

The Real Eve by Stephen Oppenheimer

The Little Ice Age by Brian Fagan

1421: The Year China Discovered America

Democratic Ideals and Reality by Alfred Mackinder

Geography the "must-have A-Level"

The Guardian view on geography: it’s the must-have A-level

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/13/the-guardian-view-on-geography-its-the-must-have-a-level

Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Holds Unique Potential for Bolivia and Paraguay

Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Holds Unique Potential for Bolivia and Paraguay
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/electric_vehicle_manufacturing_potential_bolivia_and_paraguay/

by Robert C. Thornett

Using dogs in the war against wildlife poachers in Kenya

Canine Conservation: Using Dogs In War Against Poachers in Kenya
https://e360.yale.edu/features/canine_conservation_using_dogs_in_war_against_poachers_in_kenya_k9

by Robert C. Thornett
Yale e360

Geothermal development vs. wildlife conservation in Kenya

Kenya's Energy Quandary
Earth Island Journal
by Robert C. Thornett
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/kenyas_energy_quandary/

In Brazil, A City's Waste Pickers Find Hope in a Pioneering Program

In Brazil, A City's Waste Pickers Find Hope in a Pioneering Program
Yale e360

by Robert C. Thornett
https://e360.yale.edu/features/in_brazil_a_citys_waste_pickers_find_hope_in_a_pioneering_program

Chinese Malaysian students go abroad, transcending affirmative action at home

Here's an article I wrote about Chinese Malaysian students who transcend affirmative action in Malaysia by abroad going to universities around the world

Chinese Malaysian university students discover a world of opportunities venturing abroad, transcending affirmative action quotas at home
by Robert C. Thornett
https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/chinese-malaysian-university-students-discover-world-opportunities-venturing-abroad-transcending-affirmative-action-quotas-home/

Summer Somewhere Across America's New "Out There"

Here's an article I wrote about what's going on across the middle of America


Summer Somewhere Across America's New "Out There"
https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/summer-somewhere-across-americas-new/
by Robert C. Thornett

Natural medicine + Urban Farming in Rosario, Argentina

Here's an article I wrote on innovative programs in Rosario, Argentina

In Argentina, an Innovative Traditional and Natural Medicine Initiative Sprouts from Urban Agriculture
by Robert C. Thornett
https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/in-argentina-an-innovative-traditional-and-natural-medicine-initiative-sprouts-from-urban-agriculture/

 

Postcards from Paraguay 2.0

Here's an article I wrote on changes taking place in Paraguay


Postcards from Paraguay 2.0: Under Construction
by Robert C. Thornett
https://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/article/postcards-paraguay-2-0-renovation/

accuracy vs. simplicity in maps

Jordan Peterson hits on the need for a balance between accuracy and simplicity in a map in this lecture, in the course of talking about how the brain makes abstractions. It starts at 26:15

Openness and Intelligence - Jordan Peterson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRFxulvRC7I

French Africa and Chinese Africa

This is a quote from Victor Hugo at a banquet in 1878 commemorating the abolition of slavery, encouraging the French to colonize Africa. It sounds almost identical to how the Chinese describe their motives today on the New Silk Road (Belt and Road):

"Come on people! Take hold of this land... Not for conquest, but for fraternity. Come on! Make roads, make ports, make cities.."