UCD\u00a0 SPIRe G311\u00a0 on Monday, November 11th at 1-2pm.
\nAll Welcome<\/p>\n
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Talk:<\/b> “Food Not Fuel \u2013 the story of biofuels in\u00a0 Liberia”<\/i> by Silas Siakor<\/p>\nThere are 1 in 8 people hungry in the world today, yet here in Ireland we are taking food<\/p>\n
from developing countries and burning it in our cars as biofuels. Biofuels are fuelling hunger,<\/p>\n
pushing up global food prices and causing land grabbing in countries across Africa, Latin<\/p>\n
America and Asia.<\/p>\n
Bio<\/b>: Silas Siakor is the Director of Friends of the Earth Liberia, one of Tr\u00f3caire\u2019s partner<\/p>\n
organisations in West Africa. Silas is an internationally renowned human rights advocate,<\/p>\n
environmentalist, international development expert, and winner of the 2006 Goldman<\/p>\n
Environmental Prize, an award which recognises individuals for sustained and significant efforts<\/p>\n
to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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