Culture as a Regulator of Relations Between Society and Nature

Culture as a condition for the emergence of the modern type of human. A dramatic rupture with nature.

Losing the Ground Beneath Our Feet

When we read newspapers, watch television news, or listen to the speeches of statesmen, we become convinced that all our problems can be solved while completely ignoring the living natural world.

A Country Under the Shadow of Catastrophe

As a country, Kyrgyzstan is self-sufficient. As a state, it is incapacitated and insolvent.
The country's natural conditions allow it to provide its population with everything vitally necessary. Moreover, it is capable of becoming a global supplier of clean drinking water and environmentally safe food produc

Nature in Culture and the Nature of Culture: On Tradition, Culture, and Relationships

Culture is a phenomenon of spiritual, aesthetic production and consumption. When material consumption begins to predominate, when it becomes the primary meaning of life, culture inevitably degrades — followed by the individual, society, and humanity.

Sold for Organs

In one underdeveloped country, in response to a plea for help from a mother of many children who found herself in a desperate situation, 'compassionate' Western benefactors suggested selling one of her children 'for organs' so that the proceeds could somehow help the rest.

Auto-Boorishness
For Upkeep, or for Work?

Our own State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry does not have enough salaried positions for nature protection, even for those species of animals and plants included in the Red Book of the Kyrgyz Republic.

THE POSITION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

The Kyrgyz Republic is located almost at the center of the Eurasian continent, far from the oceans, with no access to major international transport routes.

Materials for the Lesson 'Water Quality'

A lesson developed as part of the project 'Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Rural Areas of the Fergana Valley through Technical and Institutional Support for Local Drinking Water User Organizations,' implemented by the East European Democratic Centre and the Central Asian Alliance

THE PRICE OF DEVELOPMENT, OR CHOOSING THE FUTURE WE WANT

From June 20 to 22, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 'Rio+20: The Future We Want,' was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PROSPECTS FOR A 'GREEN' ECONOMY IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

For the first time, Kyrgyzstan will take part in the work of the Conference on Sustainable Development at the highest level, and therefore advancing national interests within the framework of this event is an exceptionally important task for drawing the international community's attention to the challenges of advancing initia

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN KYRGYZSTAN (THE EXAMPLE OF THE 'BIOM' MOVEMENT)

The environmental agenda has become one of the main topics discussed by many world leaders and various international organizations.