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Designing and Archiving

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Circle of Blue design intern Amanda Northrop explains how good design is timeless.

Lessons in Rice, Water, and Farming

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Circle of Blue's senior editor reports from the field, literally, as he ends his second week in the rice paddies of rural China.

Designing Minimalist

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Alec Aja reflects on his first few weeks as a Circle of Blue intern and on how clear, concise design can make complex global issues more approachable and understandable.
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Coming Home to the Circle of Blue Family

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Circle of Blue editorial intern Aubrey Blanche summarizes the first two weeks of the summer she plans to spend with us.

Water & Weapons Part II: Water Hostages in Egypt

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Farmers use tourists as leverage to get water.
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Provincial Differences: Green Hunan and Dry Gansu

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Circle of Blue reporter Nadya Ivanova starts her second of three weeks reporting in the field from China, where she wonders about the effects of regional development and pollution on farming practices.

Production, Water Savings, and a Heroic History on China’s State-owned Farms

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Circle of Blue's senior editor starts his second of three weeks reporting in the field from China, where new infrastructure over the next five years will give a big boost to farming in a northeastern province.

In China, Every Square Meter Counts

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Circle of Blue's senior editor wraps up his first of three weeks reporting in the field from China, finding a wealth of promise in fields of golden wheat.

Reports on Oil Shale Development, Water Infrastructure Financing

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Better investing through better information. Ceres, a coalition…

Blues Festival and Blue Skies in Beijing

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Circle of Blue's senior editor will be filing reports from China for the next three weeks. See what he has to say about Beijing's Blues Festival and a beautiful blue-sky day.

Reporting From Apalachicola, Florida: A Thousand Straws Stress River Basin

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Reporter Codi Yeager visits the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, where a severe drought is putting pressure on vital freshwater supplies for farms, cities, industries, and ecosystems in three Southeast states.

European Report on Development: The Case of Lake Naivasha

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Water, energy and land resources around Kenya’s second largest…