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Turning the school yard into a classroom
Modern and environmentally sustainable agriculture
05 July 2010 15:55
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpics2010/Rawanda.jpgIn Rwanda, more than 85% of the population’s livelihood depends on small-scale agriculture, writes Danielle Nierenberg, co-project director of Nourishing the Planet. |
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Getting water to the crops
Treadle pump is affordable technology in Lusaka
05 July 2010 15:38
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpics2010/Treddle_pump.jpgIn 1999, when he purchased his first treadle pump, Robert Mwanza, a farmer in Lusaka, Zambia, was struggling to make ends meet and without reliable access to water. |
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Peepoo disposable bag nourishes the land
2.6bn people on earth have poor sanitation
02 June 2010 16:24
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpic2010/Danielle.jpgIt’s hard to believe, writes Danielle Nierenberg Nourishing the Planet co-project director, but an estimated 2.6bn people in the developing world - nearly a third of the global population - still lack access to basic sanitation se |
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Reducing waste water contamination
Conservation is a solution in Africa
21 May 2010 08:21
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpic2010/Accra.jpgIn Accra, Ghana, most homes do not have indoor plumbing or sewage systems, writes Danielle Nierenberg of Woldwatch Institute. |
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Obama’s grandmother goes solar
Kenyan workshop to increase renewables
26 August 2009 09:37
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpic2009/Obama'sgrandmother.jpgUS President Barack Obama’s grandmother has installed solar panels on the roof of her house in Kenya as part of a 20-day workshop aiming to increase renewable energy production in the African country. |
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Only 10% of River Nile reaches Mediterranean
Population explosion partly to blame
03 August 2006 14:59
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpic/aswandamsp.jpgThe longest river in the world, the Nile is encountering many grave ecological problems. |
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Troubled waters on Africa's largest water scheme
20,000 farmers are displaced!
26 June 2006 11:39
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpic/africawatersp.jpgOn June 20, the non-profit organization Environmental Defence hosted a lunch meeting in Washington, D.C., |
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South Africa's policy for combating global warming
Deadly impact of economic development
17 April 2006 07:53
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http://www.4ecotips.com/eco/smallpic/upington1sp.jpgSouth Africa's energy sector is a key contributor to the changing environmental conditions, especially due to the use of coal for generating electricity. |
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