World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from August 1 to 7 in more than 120 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers in August 1990 to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
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Sustainable Event Management by Meegan Jones was featured in the Huffington Post article On Sustainabilty & Music Festivals.

"The most exciting new idea for tackling poverty and feeding billions around the world has got nothing to do with hydroelectric dams or back-slapping summitry..." Read more here.

Trentham Books has won the Independent Publishing Diversity Award in 2010. The judges admired its wide range of books helping educational professionals to promote social inclusion and equality over 26 years. “Trentham really knows its market and strengths, and displays total commitment to this area of publishing.”

David Hulme was recently interviewed about his new book Just Give Money to the Poor on BBC Radio 4's You and Your's program. Check out the interview here.

Earthscan (London) Earthscan has won the title of ‘Independent Publisher of the Year’ at the 2010 Independent Publishing Awards. As well as the prestigious overall award, Earthscan also won the Lightning Source Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year and the International Achievement of the Year
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Work often takes Paul Ronalds (The Change Imperative) overseas, at least eight times a year. Airports, hotels, bland convention centres, taxi hops from meeting to meeting, it's all standard fare for the modern business
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The Challenge of Bologna author, Paul Gaston, is featured in a Q&A with Inside Higher Ed where he discusses his new book and higher education
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Temple Grandin, played by Claire Danes in this HBO biopic, overcame the disadvantages of autism and cultivated an innate connection to animals and their behavior. Today she teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry
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Tim Jackson's Prosperity Without Growth is featured in the New York Times piece "Can You Have Prosperity Without Growth?