Tag: Malawi
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How Solar Light Saves Lives
Brave Mhonie, the Malawian field coordinator for Solar Aid, knows first hand the dangers of inadequate and unsafe lighting. Here he explains why solar is a life saver.
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Forest Fires Linked to Climate Change & Disgruntled Employees; How Malawi Villages Are Responding
Malawi has adopted a unique approach to forest fire prevention.
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Borrowing the TOMS Shoes Model, Two Degrees Donates Food For Every Energy Bar Bought
But the food donated is made primarily from local ingredients and produced by a local labor force.
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Farming Solutions - the Future of Agriculture
"Farming Solutions brings examples of successful, environmentally responsible farming systems to life from all over the world, illustrating how farmers can protect the environment while at the same time increasing food supply where it is most
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William Kamkwamba's Ambitious Next Project
We originally reported on Malawi inventor William Kamkwamba's remarkable achievement a few months ago. At the tender age of 14, using nothing more than his wit, spare parts and scrap, he constructed a bare-bones but fully functional
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TH Blog Love - Our Favourite Greens Of The Week.
Eco-Chick: Melissa Etheridge’s Call to Action by Starre Vartan "For all y’all who didn’t watch Live Earth, you missed this inspiring speech by Ms. Etheridge made right in the middle of one of her songs. She is definitely an artist who knows how to work
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Solar-aid: Small Solar is a Bright Idea
Behind efforts to curtail global warming, such as the EU's ambitious energy policy, lurks the fear that as the people of developing nations begin to use power at rates approaching those in the developed nations, emissions will escalate out of control.
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Ingenuity + Wind + Text Book = Home Made Electricity
While we've been focusing on fancy urban wind turbines such as the Quite Revolution and the Architectural Wind, others elsewhere are taking a more pragmatic approach to wind power. Lacking tuition money, William Kamkwamba of Malawi, Africa had to
