Anglo-German news anchor / presenter / reporter at Germany´s international broadcaster, DW. Focus: Africa, Brazil, media development, politics, intl´ affairs.
Joined November 2012
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
16 Aug 2018
Tens of millions of new trees are revitalising land across west Africa. They weren't planted by states or NGOs - they're growing naturally and are nurtured by thousands of small-scale farmers theguardian.com/world/2018/a… by @ruthmaclean in Niger #TheUpside @SkollFoundation @soljourno
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
18 Aug 2018
These women are proudly campaigning to improve sexual and reproductive rights in their communities in Kenya. To try to stamp out female genital mutilation, they have developed alternative rites of passage ceremonies
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
17 Aug 2018
The United Kingdom has more than tripled its forest area since 1919. The UK will soon reach forest levels equal to those registered in the Domesday Book, almost a thousand years ago. buff.ly/2IQd3PT
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
2 Aug 2018
How is it possible that so many people are unaware of the extraordinary and unprecedented decline in world poverty that has been achieved in the last twenty years? j.mp/2tVWED4
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17 Aug 2018
Dear all, the latest edition of the Bright Side ... just in case you haven't seen it already :)
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19 Jul 2018
Dear friends and colleagues, here's the latest Bright Side - take some time to appreciate one of the more mundane objects in (most of) our lives.
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
19 Jul 2018
Globally, a worker could expect to work 2,227 hours in 1950. By 2016, however, he or she worked only 1,855 hours. Over the same time period, inflation-adjusted income per capita per year rose 111 percent. We are working less while making more money. buff.ly/2qFPm5N
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
18 Jul 2018
A counterpoint to fatalism: Reminders from data and everyday life on how much has improved, and on the middle-age blues. ft.com/content/e60f067e-85f2… via @financialtimes
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10 Jul 2018
Just been reading that article - awful indeed! x.com/MaxCRoser/status/10162…
9 Jul 2018
A study in The Lancet in 2016 found that universal breast-feeding would prevent 800,000 child deaths a year.
The US government now tried to oppose the promotion of breastfeeding to protect the infant formula industry. Awful. nytimes.com/2018/07/08/healt…
C.E.G. Springate retweeted
5 Jul 2018
Access to running water and electricity is rapidly spreading across the globe. As more households gain access to modern technologies, more children will leave behind backbreaking physical labor for school books and studying. buff.ly/2z1xt7X
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
5 Jul 2018
Between 1954 and 2014, the cost of a TV fell 98.5% — for a significantly better product. That's progress! j.mp/2JB795Z
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
3 Jul 2018
How is it possible that so many people are unaware of the extraordinary and unprecedented decline in world poverty that has been achieved in the last twenty years? j.mp/2tVWED4
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
29 Jun 2018
#Merkel says #Migration decisions at #EU summit ‘have same effect as’ what rebellious @csu sister party demands: allowing return of #Eurodac registered migrants at border.
“Having same effect as” = “wirkungsgleich” in German. Word worth learning for this weekend’s pol. climbdown
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C.E.G. Springate retweeted
29 Jun 2018
Wir leben doppelt so lange wie nur wenige Generationen vor uns.
Unser Einkommen ist knapp 10-mal so hoch wie 1950.
Die Arbeitslosenrate ist niedriger als je zuvor nach der Wiedervereinigung.
Wir sind bei der WM ausgeschieden und Der Spiegel verliert den Verstand.
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Question: does Amazon contribute to saving ... the Amazon forest? x.com/PositiveNewsUK/status/…
29 Jun 2018
Should companies that use animals in their adverts pay extra to help wildlife? David Attenborough says yes positive.news/2018/environme…
C.E.G. Springate retweeted
29 Jun 2018
Journalists routinely focus on conflict. But they know almost nothing about it. That has to stop. thewholestory.solutionsjourn… This is some of the most important journalism research I have read in years. @soljourno @robwijnberg
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