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Oct 31, 2024 | 
culturalsurvival.org | Bobbie Chew Bigby
By Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee)In mid-October 2024, Panamanians from across the country poured out into the streets, echoing the protest movement from exactly this time last year that had brought much of Panama to a standstill in late 2023. These citizens were making known their calls for social and economic reforms in the country, including specific assurances for the social security system for retirees and pensioners.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
everythingzoomer.com | Bobbie Chew Bigby |Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Each year, temperature records are broken and extreme weather events strike. July 22, 2024 now marks the hottest day on record, surpassing the previous heat records set in 2023. Extreme weather events are impacting many tourism hotspots, such as the recent Jasper wildfire, the April 2024 flooding of Dubai airport and the 2023 Maui wildfires. Yet tourism continues to grow, and travel levels are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels shortly. Climate change is an inseparable aspect of modern tourism.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
culturalsurvival.org | Bobbie Chew Bigby
By Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee)The communities that comprise Marka Tahua in southwestern Bolivia have always stood as the stewards of one of the most unique and extreme landscapes on earth, the Uyuni Saltflat.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
phys.org | Bobbie Chew Bigby |Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Each year, temperature records are broken and extreme weather events strike. July 22, 2024 now marks the hottest day on record, surpassing the previous heat records set in 2023.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
msn.com | Bobbie Chew Bigby |Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Bobbie Chew Bigby |Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Each year, temperature records are broken and extreme weather events strike. July 22, 2024 now marks the hottest day on record, surpassing the previous heat records set in 2023. Extreme weather events are impacting many tourism hotspots, such as the recent Jasper wildfire, the April 2024 flooding of Dubai airport and the 2023 Maui wildfires. Yet tourism continues to grow, and travel levels are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels shortly. Climate change is an inseparable aspect of modern tourism.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Bobbie Chew Bigby |Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Social Justice1 day agoFederal Judge Gives Louisiana Polluters a 'Free Pass' to Harm Communities of Colorcommondreams.org - Edward Carver • 1dA right-wing federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday permanently blocked two federal agencies from enforcing civil rights legislation that could …Social Justice5 days agoExtreme weather 101: Your guide to staying prepared and informedgrist.org - Lyndsey Gilpin & Jake Bittle • 5dHow to pack a go-bag, get emergency alerts, and find disaster aid.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
culturalsurvival.org | Bobbie Chew Bigby
By Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee Nation) Lebanese-American author and poet Khalil Gibran is noted for his words declaring that, “There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.” Indeed, extraordinarily diverse cultures and faiths the world over have long viewed salt with reverence and as a central part of life, survival, economy, and ceremony.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
culturalsurvival.org | Bobbie Chew Bigby
By Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee)Traveling south of the Bolivian capital La Paz—considered to be the capital city at the highest elevation in the world—the Andean highland plains provide stunning landscapes of verdant, grassy hills in some parts and rocky mountainous outcrops in others.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
culturalsurvival.org | Bobbie Chew Bigby
By Bobbie Chew Bigby (Cherokee)Before arriving in Australia’s southwestern region, I had taken the time to familiarize myself with photographs of the Cornwall Pit, a key site—now turned tourism attraction—at one of the world’s largest lithium mines. Now, on the ground, walking to the top of the mine’s lookout site and gazing down through the protective fence toward the mine pit bottom, this view of the landscape literally took my breath away.
