Tag: Poverty
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How Solar is Giving African Kids Super Powers
Cheap LED lanterns are transforming lives in Africa, allowing communities to leapfrog 20th Century technology and enter the solar age.
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How We Can End Energy Poverty & Bring Sustainable Energy to All
Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change.
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Help End Energy Poverty, Take the Power the World Pledge
Power the World has already brought solar lights to Haiti, now it's working to bring solar powered healthcare kits to Uganda + get a million signatures so that policymakers know we care about ending energy poverty.
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Want an Example of How to End Energy Poverty? Replace Old Inefficient Biomass Cooking Stoves
When 25,000 more efficient cook stoves were distributed in Peru by UNDP and the national government, 41,000 tons of CO2 were eliminated and the lives of women and girls improved.
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Buy-One-Give-One: Not Always As Generous As It Sounds
It’s hard not to feel great when you buy BOGO making someone’s life better in some way. Or is it? Ethical Ocean founder Chad Hamre weighs in.
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Go One Day Without Shoes, Today, With TOMS - And Discovery
As it just so happens I really enjoy going barefoot, and do so wherever possible. Going barefoot for me is a choice. But for too many people in the w orld going barefoot isn't a choice. Which is where One Day Without Shoes comes in.
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5 Economic Alternatives to the Cult of GDP
The idea that our real well-being can be measured by Gross Domestic Product is as pervasive as it is destructive. Here are some alternatives to the cult of GDP.
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Chipotle Refusing to Sign Agreement Protecting Farm Workers
The fast food giant has made a name for itself as a more discerning, compassionate buyer. But farm worker advocates argue this is hypocrisy.
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Nigerian Villages Take Shell to Court Over Oil Spills in Groundbreaking Case
Lawyers representing 35,000 villagers filed suit in London, alleging that Shell's slow response to a 560,000 barrel oil spill has destroyed their local economy.
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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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World Water Forum: Fight Against Privatization Continues & UN Says to Value Ecosystems, Not Just Agriculture
"A narrow definition of 'water productivity' considers only the value of agricultural produce, but doesn't put a price on lost drinking water, reduced fish populations, parched pastures, or shrinking groundwater reservoirs."
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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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Modular Refugee Housing Built from Shipping Pallets for $500 - $3000
This clever, cheap, modular and recycled refugee housing has been around for years. So why is it not being implemented?
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Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Podcast)
Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses objectivity, climate deniers, and bringing solar technology to developing nations.
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Economist Jeffrey Sachs on Poverty, Politics, Pipelines, and Protests (Podcast)
Author and economist Jeff Sachs discusses politics, Occupy, Keystone XL, the need for nuclear, and lots more.
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Protesters Confront Apple Over Foxconn Conditions
On the same day that protesters delivered petitions for better working conditions at Apple suppliers to Apple stores, hackers breached Foxconn security.
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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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IDS12: Students Design Lum.in.drop Exterior Storage System for the Homeless
Ryerson University School of Interior Design students steal the show with a clever pod design
