FROM FARM TO TABLEFrom the Amazon rainforest to sun-drenched Slovakia (pictured), the We Feed The World photo
series,co-ordinated by The Gaia Foundation, tells the stories of the men, women and families who supply 70% of the
world’s food. Buying exhibition prints supports the foundation’s work with these communities; wefeedtheworld.org.50 %^100 K £7.5 bn
Womenmakeuphalfof
the new cabinet in
Ethiopia–themost
diverse government in the
country’s history.
“Our women ministers will
disprove the old adage that
women can’t lead,” says
prime minister Abiy Ahmed.ThreeyearsafterIndia
made it compulsory to use
plastic waste in road
construction, there are
now 100,000 kilometres of
plastic roads countrywide.
‘Plastone’blocks,madefrom
wasteplasticandstone,are
usedbyatleast11states.Fairtrade product sales
havehitarecord£7.5bn
(€8.5bn) worldwide, says
Fairtrade International.
Global sales of certified
goods and products rose 8%
in 2017, generating £157m in
premiums for farmer and
worker organisations.Wer tisis o is t
Smart thinking
Anewfont–SansForgetica
–iscapableofboosting
people’s memories, say its
designers. Researchers at
the Royal Melbourne
InstituteofTechnologyin
Australia devised the
typeface, which slants to
theleftandisfullofholes.
Thegapsaresaidtomake
it more difficult to read,
tricking the brain into
using deeper cognitive
processing, boosting
memory retention.Labour peer Lord Dubs,
who came to the UK after
f leeing the Nazis during the
Second World War, is
spearheading the cross-
party Compassion in Politics
project, in hope of making
British politics more
sympathetic. They plan
a manifesto, a parliamentary
group, and to campaign
for a ‘compassion test’ to be
introduced. It would require
all new policies to “raise
the living standards of the
most vulnerable”.Type to remember
Helpful policy
SMALL CHANGE
More than 650 UK charity
shops have signed up to the
Dress to Impress initiative
in a bid to give people
from all walks of life
a well dressed start at job
interviews. Each shop has
promised to set aside space
for smart outfits costing just
£10. Participating shops will
display a window sticker,
and the scheme will run
“as long as there is demand,”
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PHOTOGRAPHY: TINA HILLIER