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For the past three years, I always study at the Map Library at Scott’s, which is exactly in front of the Sound and Image Library. During all these years, I never had the chance to explore it or know the facilities they can give. Upon my visit to the library, I saw something similar toContinue reading “Sound and Image Library”

While editing a Wikipedia page that talked about thyme, I was looking for definitions and methods how seeds are planted. After a couple of hours about dwelling in modern techniques and the history of irrigation and farming at the old civilization, I realized just how little I know about farming! The history and the wayContinue reading “Wikipedia and Learning”

Mtwaba bridge which straddles Mtwaba Creek in Mombasa, Kenya. Shimo la Tewa, is a prison located near the creek, with an immense population that is overwhelming the septic drainage system. The prison has been dumping raw sewage into the area for a very long time. With other sides dumping excess substances into the Creek, itContinue reading “Improvement of Kenya’s Mtwaba Creek through Green Technology”

In my opinion, a great way to indulge the human beings in the current issues, for example, climate change is through educating people, this is beautifully accomplished by databases such as open access. Open access is where you can have access to read and be informed about the current research outputs online, usually free ofContinue reading “Metadata, Open access and CCL”

The World Food Programme has posted a recent article in which it estimates that the risk of hunger and malnutrition could increase by up to 20% by 2050. The percentage is huge and shocking and will definitely be disastrous on rural areas who don’t have a stable access to food. Climate change, along with otherContinue reading “Food and Sustainability”