Japan Silk Farming is rapidly disappearing!

Nagano:By, Uwe Paschen. I went to Nagano for 3 days to see a Good Friend of mine, There I attended a Silk Farmers meeting that reminded me some of the long late Farm Organisation meetings I used to...

Could Japan become a beacon for the World to follow?

By, Uwe Paschen. Is Japan’s change to be a beacon for a World to follow or merely an Isolated move by one bold Nation defying a super power? Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Party (DPJ) won a historic...

Tokyo's greatest shame.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Tokyo is one of the greatest cities on this planet with some of the best museums, parks and attraction one can imagine, it also has one of the World best universities; an impressive...

The 10 Poorest Countries on this planet.

By, Uwe Paschen.The 10 Poorest countries on our planet today.  The Republic of Congo in central Africa is leading the way being the Poorest Country today with a GDP-per Capita of  $300.00, being...

The Holidays and all its paper.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The Holidays and all its paper. May it be Greeting Cards, Gift Wrapping Paper or simply paper bags and other papers used over the Year and especially this time of the year where we seem to...

Plastic bags and the Holiday's, a no, no for the Eco system.

By, Uwe Paschen.  It is that time of the Year once again, where many of us go shopping for the Holiday’s festivities, may we be Christian, Jewish, Atheist, Hindu or even Muslim, we all have great...

The Christmas tree or the Solstice tree and the environment.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The Christmas tree or the Solstice Tree?  For millennia’s now trees have been worshiped by many cultures as being mystical, even magical and gifted with great powers. The Germanic...

The agricultural apocalypse and the upcoming food shortage.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Climatology and Agriculture are by far not a simple science nor easily understood by simply reading a couple of articles or even books about it. Why it is so difficult to follow and make...

The Last Christmas.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Christmas Eve in Niger.  I do have some good memories of what Christmas was when I was a Child and even as our Children where still Young, yet the last time we managed to have our...

Desertification Part II, the History of the Sahara Desert! (Attem

By, Uwe Paschen. The History of the Sahel Desert is a very long and fascinating one as well! Human have lived, hunted and farmed here for the longest time of all areas on this Planet Earth! The first Humans...

The FREITAR uprising in Japan.

By, Uwe Paschen. Shibuya, the heart of the new Japan.  Shibuya is in Tokyo, a district where over the past decade young and different minded Japanese have established them self, for one it is a cheaper...

Japan's environmental dilemma.

By, Uwe Paschen.In Japan we do have an environmental dilemma of sorts.We have laws and regulation in place here that are suppose to help the environment and some of those Laws are rather harsh and other are very...

Solar Power to restart the Economy and create Jobs World wide.

By, Uwe Paschen.Solar Power to reduce Carbon emission and fossil fuel dependence and kick start the Economy anew.  Over the past two decades we have been experimenting with Solar power and perfecting...

Christmas (Shopping) in Japan.

By, Uwe Paschen.Now believe it or not, but it is November 2008 and I went Christmas Shopping in Chiba Shi today. Well I though that this year I will finally get those Christmas and New Years cards out in time for...