Sustainable Business
Is it time to rethink recycling?
Amy Westervelt If our current approach to recycling isn’t the best for the economy or the environment, why do we do it? Orignially posted […]
Category: Resources
Data & Reports
The plight of Vaigai river, India
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth A study, a conference, and a field visit along the stretch of the Vaigai river including to the temple town of […]
Biodiversity
Indigenous people assert their rights over Sundarban Forest, India
More than 200 people from the region assembled at a Public Hearing in Sundarban islands and asserted their rights to the island’s mangrove forests […]
Biodiversity
Wetlands for Sustainable Livelihoods, Harare’s story
Ken Irvine Today is World Wetlands Day; the 2016 theme is ‘Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods’. This theme is selected to demonstrate the […]
Biodiversity
Global deforestation is decreasing. Or is it?
Jeremy Leon Hance A new look at the complex picture of land use change suggests that when it comes to forests, we’re far from […]
Biodiversity
Five trends that will define the world’s forests in 2016
Bill Laurance The past year has been a momentous time for the world’s forests, with both good and bad news. Fasten your seat […]
Sustainable Business
Children paid in moonshine and glue for cleaning toilets in central Africa
Children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work Market traders in the Republic […]
Biodiversity
Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate
A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest […]
Disasters
What Kenya’s biggest slum can teach us about saving cities from floods
Katie G. Nelson An innovative design firm is using data and community outreach to protect Nairobi’s poorest residents from devastating storms. Orignially posted at […]
Biodiversity
Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)
Marianne Peso There’s no denying it: we’re in a long-term relationship… with bees. Recent evidence published in the journal Nature shows that humans have […]
Environment
Rainwater harvesting brings hope to farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab
Aamir Saeed Punjab’s Small Dams Organisation constructed 20 mini dams during the year 2000 and 2010 to help farmers irrigate more acres of land […]
Sustainable Business
Abu Dhabi device harvests untapped solar power
Rehab Abd Almohsen Researchers in Abu Dhabi have created a low-cost device that can make solar cells panels more efficient by splitting sunlight into […]
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