Tag: Ethiopia

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  Green Rural Design Aims to Slow Urban Slum Growth

  The NESTown development concept envisions the building of self-sufficient, environmentally friendly 'semi-urban centers' in rural Ethiopia that would allow farmers to improve their financial prospects without abandoning the land.

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  Edible Garden Sprouts from Plastic Waste in Ethiopia

  Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.

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  An International Music Festival in a Kenyan Slum Seeks to Protect Indigenous Tribes

  An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.

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  Somalia Famine Could Claim 750,000 Lives in Next Four Months Without Better Aid

  Children have walked for weeks across the desert to get to Dadaab, and many perish on the way. Others have died shortly after arrival. On the edge of the camp, a young girl stands amid the freshly made graves of 70 children, many of whom died of

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  Refugees From East African Drought & Famine Tell Their Harrowing Stories

  We've tried painting a compelling picture of the ongoing drought in East Africa, and accompanying famine in parts of Somalia, but without anyone on the ground there we've mostly just used stats and short clips of video. There have been few personal

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  'Charity: Water' Photo Gifts That Give Back

  Ever since we took the kids to Florida, my wife has been saving photo memories in scrapbooks. Our two daughters like making the books, too, and I have to admit, looking at one of these handmade creations beats Flickr any

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  Saving Ethiopia's 'Church Forests': Embattled Islands of Biodiversity in a Denuded Landscape

  Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, who believe in creating a living symbol of the garden of Eden around their places of worship, have nurtured some 35,000 'church forests' -- many of them islands of green growth in an almost entirely deforested landscape.

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  To Determined Young Social Innovators, the Highest Tech Is Low

  Mention social good to generation Y -- or other generations for that matter -- and the focus easily turns to high tech innovation. It's an angle emphasized by big events like TED, which emit a steady feed of technology-heavy ideas.

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  International Campaign Launched Against Ethiopia's Massive, Destructive Gibe 3 Dam

  "The rise and fall of the Omo waters is the heartbeat of the Lower Omo Valley," writes International Rivers -- a heartbeat that the

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  Ethiopia Wants to Export More Electricity Than Coffee - But Has It Checked Future Climate Projections?

  At least it's not a coal power plant... According to a new BBC article Ethiopia has inaugurated the second 400 MW phase of a controversial hydroelectric

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  Obama & Sarkozy Pressure Ethiopia to Betray Africa's Future at COP15

  NGOs and civil society groupings are reacting with anger and disappointment to a joint appeal by France and "Ethiopia, representing Africa" for a

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  Ethiopian Athletes: Latest Victims of Climate Change

  Ethiopian athletes, those power-houses of running, particularly long-distance events are finding that their homeland is no longer so welcoming to its own athletes. Apparently climate change is to blame, with the

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  Volcanic Rift in Ethiopian Desert Confirmed As Beginning of New Sea

  A 35-mile long volcanic rift in the Ethiopian desert that opened up back in 2005 has been confirmed as likely being the beginning of a new sea. That's the word from an international team of scientists, whose work has

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  Good Morning New Zealand! First Images From International Day of Climate Action

  The first images from the International Day of Climate Action are coming in from New Zealand via the folks over at 350.org.

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  Eliminating Eucalyptus to Aid Ethiopia

  Today Ethiopia is classified as having over 70% severe desertification, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). While there are several reasons, one major one is thanks

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  Natalie Imbruglia Invites Ecover + WaterAid Into Her Home (VIDEO)

  The gorgeous + green musician Natalie Imbruglia got up close and personal about water conservation recently when she invited ecological detergent brand Ecover into her English home. In the short film Natalie talks about the benefits of Ecover products

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  Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2009 International Finalists Announced

  If you're involved in the deploying locally-available renewable energy in the developing world with the aim of combatting climate change and reducing poverty, then being a finalist for the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is a

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  Ecover To Show Water Film at London International Documentary Festival

  Want to learn more about why conserving water is so important? If you're in London this weekend you can pop into the British Museum on Saturday for a free friends and family screening of a new film by Ecover.