Tag: Africa - Page 4
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Could College Sex Become a Force for Good?
Conscious Contraceptives' campus challenge donates to HIV/AIDS work every time a student makes a purchase.
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Hot Sand and Skill Turns Plastic Bottles into Jewelry at Sahrawi Refugee Camp (Photos)
This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees.
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Solar-Powered Shipping Container Architecture That Actually Makes Sense
A Nigerian start-up is offering mobile, solar-powered buildings made from shipping containers for a variety of uses - from marketing to saving the world.
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Afia's Colorful Ethical Fashion is Vibrant and On-Trend for Summer 2012
From crop tops to peplum skirts, Afia returns to the sustainable fashion scene with on-trend ethical fashion for Summer 2012.
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Happy International Women's Day: 12 Innovations Helping Both Women and the Planet
Innovations that are improving women's incomes or access to credit, helping women feed their children and families, introducing sustainable crops and facilitating links with markets.
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DIY Affordable Wheelchairs Made From Reused Plastic Chairs in Rwanda
This is how you can make affordable wheelchairs reusing plastic chairs. The user is there during the making of it to make sure he knows how to repair his or her chairs.
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The Week in Animal News: Boiling Bees, the Battle for Manatees and More
A controversial method of making mead involves boiling an entire hive, bees and all. Manatees are battling humans and climate change, watch a polar bear cub grow up and more.
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"Design Activist" Bridging African Traditions with Modern, Re-Invented Basket Lamps (Video)
These bold creations are a hybrid of African basket-weaving traditions and modern design sensibilities.
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5 Destinations for Dog Sledding Tours Around the World
Mush! Dog sledding vacations are wilderness travel that’s part arctic nostalgia and part Inuit homage, resulting in a unique way to see snowy countryside.
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Bill Gates Presses SEC To Keep Oil and Mining Transparency Rule Strong Despite Industry Pressure
Bill Gates and Congressional members call on the SEC to prevent energy companies from diluting Dodd-Frank rules on transparency in resource extraction.
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UN Report: Up to 85% of Africa's E-Waste Comes from Within Africa
Last Friday, the UN Basel Convention's E-waste Africa Program reported their findings from studies in 5 West African countries over the last 3 years.
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Rhino Dies During Demo of New Anti-Poaching Strategy
“It’s sad for us; it’s the loss of another animal. It’s a death I still chalk up to poaching," said a team-member involved in the botched procedure.
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Will Collaborative Consumption Thrive in Africa?
A Zimbabwean wonders whether the "sharing economy" could create a leap frog opportunity in Africa.
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A Disturbance in the Force? Rare Snowfall Blankets Tataouine
An angstful Luke Skywalker once said "if there's a bright center to the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from." But maybe he'd think differently if he knew snowball-fights were a possibility.
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Sierra Leone Tries to Increase Mining Industry Transparency With Online Database
"The public should be aware of what mining companies pay to the government and what the government receives from mining and exploration companies."
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A Bored Gorilla Takes His Kids to the Zoo (Video)
Close Encounters of the Great Ape Kind, at Bwindi park near Uganda, Africa.
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Alan Rabinowitz, Defender of the Big Cats (Podcast)
In a tireless career, Alan Rabinowitz has accomplished more than most people can even dream, establishing some of the largest animal reserves in the world from South America to Asia.
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Solar Lanterns Replacing Kerosene With Self-Sustaining Revolving Loan Fund
Life-saving solar lanterns are already replacing kerosene lanterns in many communities. A new revolving loan fund hopes to accelerate that shift. Here's how.
