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This text book on the green economy model is a systematic framework that speaks to policy advisers and business executives, and graduate students who will step into those positions in the coming years. This textbook attempts to offer that systematic framework for the green economy model. It builds o

Education , Environment , Food , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 04/30/2019

Millions of dollars’ worth of food ends up in school trash cans every day. What can we do?

Lela Nargi When kids waste food, they not only waste resources but also set patterns of behavior for life. K–12 schools across US are taking steps to change that. In 2015, food policy researcher Melissa Terry was analyzing the role of nutritional education on food choices at an elementary school i

Biodiversity , Education , Environment , Forests , Governance , Opinions , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/17/2019

A message to Indian urban voters from forests, rivers and indigenous communities

It is high that the rural knowledge system on ecology reaches our urbanites for their own good. We have just made a small beginning in this regard. This is election season in India. There have been many surveys by various agencies to gauge the voters’ mood. In case of urban areas

Cities , Education , Environment , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Transport / 04/12/2019

First-Ever Ross Prize for Urban Transformation Awarded to Tanzanian Initiative

Urban transformation award goes to SARSAI for creating safer journeys to school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and across Africa The inaugural WRI Ross Prize for Cities, a $250,000 award celebrating and spotlighting urban transformation, was awarded to SARSAI, which stands for School Area Road Safet

Data & Reports , Education , Multimedia , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 01/31/2019

A village goes mobile’: mobile phones and social change

With limited understanding of the English alphabet, people are not interested in text-based material on the internet. Instead, they use mobile phones “for leisure activities, such as listening to music, taking and storing photos, and watching movies”. Without skills for browsing the internet, th

Aid , Education , Human Rights , Labour , Migration , Refugees , Sustainable Development / 12/01/2018

Remittances and migration: the case of Nepal

To reach their place of work, Nepalese international workers must often pay fees for airfares, recruitment agencies, medical exams and orientation training. There are also often long and costly waiting times for passports and visas.

Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sanitation , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/19/2018

620 million children’s education and health compromised by lack of decent school toilets

The health, education and safety of millions of children around the world is threatened because they don’t have a decent toilet at school or at home, according to WaterAid’s State of the World’s Toilets 2018 report. The Crisis in the Classroom, WaterAid’s fourth-annual analysis of the world�

Data & Reports , Education , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 07/24/2018

Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns in US

JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with pain, Dee Hill pleaded with the 911 dispatcher for help. “My husband accidentally shot me,” Hill, 75, of T

Biodiversity , Education , Environment , Multimedia , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Videos / 07/18/2018

Watch: Fix And Release-A Turtle Trauma Centre

Scott Dobson Fix and Release explores a small turtle trauma centre in Peterborough Ontario Canada as it fights to even the odds for survival that freshwater turtles face in a modern world. This visually beautiful film shows turtles in a way that few have seen before. Find out how you can help: onta

Education , Gender , Health , Opinions , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/15/2018

Breaking menstruation taboo: Nepal

Cecial Adhikari Menstruation Hygiene Day 2018 was celebrated with tag line #nomorelimits. This illustrated no limitations or restrictions during menstruation including everyone, everywhere. Nepal marked the day with a slogan – ‘Enough is enough, let’s break the limit of menstruation’. We are

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