Friday, October 29, 2010

"Berlusconi Faces Public Discontent Over Italy’s Trash Crisis" - NYTimes.com

One of the programs that we need to launch at the Mediterranean Media Center is on trash! Quite seriously. Marseille is buried in the stuff and will spend a half million euros just to clean itself up. Naples seems perpetually to be swimming in it and we need to look at this issue from a Mediterranean perspective, and look for creative ways in which the media can play a more informative and constructive role in reporing about these issues and bringing information and perspectives to an interested public.

Saturday, October 02, 2010

"HASTAC | Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory"

I wonder if this group would be interested in helping with some aspects of the Mediterranean Media Center?

"Palestinians Say Talks With Israel Should Be Suspended" - NYTimes.com

"Egypt Unearths 3,400-Year-Old Granite Statues" - NYTimes.com

This story should remind us of how much of the Mediterranean remains undiscovered and unexplored.