Tag: Rwanda
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Smart Sensors to Help Monitor Effectiveness of Water Filters and Cookstoves in Rwanda
An effort to provide water filters and cookstoves to households in Rwanda will be improved by analyzing data sent from mobile smart sensors.
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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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Congo Rejects UK Bid to Drill for Oil in World's Only Remaining Mountain Gorilla Habitat
This doesn't seem a victory so much as common sense, but these days those aren't mutually exclusive. The Democratic Republic of Congo's Environment Minister Jose Endundo has rejected a bid by UK oil firm Soco International to
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3 Park Rangers, 5 Soldiers in Killed in Gorilla Habitat in Congo
Funeral services were held yesterday for three park rangers and five soldiers who were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while trying to secure a safe public passage in the Congolese side of Virunga National Park, where the
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Mountain Gorilla Population Increases 25% in Central African National Parks
Some great news for gorillas and conservation: WWF reports that a survey conducted in the Central Africa's Virunga Massif--that's a region containing three national parks in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
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How To Planet 10,000 Trees in One Day
In the animated film Wall-E, there's a
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Dispatch From Rwanda: Don Cheadle on Africa, the Oil Spill, and Political Will (Video Interview)
Last Saturday, June 5, United Nations Environment Programme's World Environment Day was held in thousands of places worldwide, with official celebrations taking
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To Save Endangered Baby Mountain Gorillas, Name Them (Slideshow)
For the sixth year running, Kwita Izina, or
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People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle
The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are
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Mining Methane From A Rwandan Lake Offers to More Than Double Nation's Electric Capacity
This is one you definitely don't hear about too often: Over at Green Biz Marc Gunther is highlighting the efforts of Contour Global to extract methane from Lake Kivu, on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here's
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How SHE Solves One of the Biggest Social Problems in the World. Period.
We first heard about SHE: Sustainable Health Enterprises at the Feast Conference when Elisabeth Scharpf told her amazing story about how she set up this social and sustainable franchise scheme that provides women in developing countries with what
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Freeplay Foundation Brings Light to Rwanda
Freeplay Energy has been developing some great consumer products over the years, such as the Lifeline Radio, Jonta "human-powered" Flashlight, and the Indigo Lead Lantern. But there is an offshoot of Freeplay we
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Vice TV Tracks Down 2 of the Few Remaining "Gorillas in the Midst"
If you fancy your nature documentaries with a little grit, a sprinkling of subversion, and a couple extremely endangered apes, you'll find VICE TV's brief film "Gorillas in the Midst" well worth watching. Only found in a tiny sliver of forest
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3 Changemaking Water Projects Improve Health & Sanitation in Rural Rwanda, Madagascar and India
Last week a new water and sanitation program was announced at the Clinton Global Initiative that's so large it got dubbed a 'mega-commitment'. One of the
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Endangered Chimpanzees Could Get Respite In Rwandan 'Forest of Hope'
Though much of the talk at last week's Clinton Global Initiative meeting was about improving the lives of our fellow human beings, Rwandan president Paul Kagame was in attendance, seeking support for a historic conservation corridor in his country,
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Green Living Project Documents Sustainability in Africa
Want a dream job? How about one where you travel to far off places, documenting all of the successful, sustainable projects that different community groups are not only trying but also excelling in? One where you meet people around the world, see
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Natalie Portman Treks To Learn About The Endangered Mountain Gorilla
Actress Natalie Portman will be trekking deep into Rwanda's rainforest to learn about the endangered Mountain Gorilla for a special Animal Planet documentary "Saving a Species: Gorillas on the Brink." Natalie, who has apparently been involved in
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Rwanda's Coffee Bike Project
Rwanda's small coffee farmers have a dilemma. In order to get the coffee cherry from the farm to the processing plant or washing station, growers must rent trucks to transport the cherries while they're still fresh. Animal transport is out of the
