Sustainable Business
Climate change and the boatman
Teresa Rehman Traditional boatmen and boat builders on the Brahmaputra are essential in Assam, but they are facing new challenges as climate change leads […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Health
Nanotech bandage heals wounds in days
Hazem Badr Egyptian researchers have developed a bandage embedded with nanoparticles for the treatment of wounds using the anti-epilepsy drug Phenytoin, known for its […]
Data & Reports
Most people breathe in polluted air: WHO
A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits “The […]
Education
A citizen science revolution?
FreshWater Watch At World Water Week, our lead research scientist Professor Steven Loiselle, spoke at numerous seminars to share the achievements of you, our […]
Sustainable Business
Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living
Susan Lee Masdar City was designed to be zero-carbon and zero-waste, home to a population of 40,000 people Ten years ago in the […]
Sustainable Business
Can upscale chocolate turn the tide on Haiti’s devastating deforestation?
Meg Wilcox With 98 percent of their trees gone, Haitians eye cocoa-based agroforestry as a way to combat poverty and renew the land When […]
Data & Reports
UNHCR reports crisis in refugee education
The UN Refugee Agency says more than half of the 6 million school-age children under its mandate have no school to go to Some […]
Environment
Paraguay Government defies order to protect un-contacted tribe
The Paraguayan government has failed to act to protect a group of uncontacted tribal people, despite having been ordered to do so in February […]
Food
NGO focus: Work of ASODECOM, Burundi
Contra Nocdendi International/NGO partner ASODECOM is a civil society organisation in Burundi that engages in human rights and development issues through programs, advice and advocacy. A significant […]
Disasters
Drought management: Successes in Solapur, India
Vijay Krishna The Solapur model under a Maharashtra government programme stands as a real example that could be successfully emulated On being urged to by […]
Climate
Earth Temperature Timeline
A comic take on climate change since the glacial age This comic was originally published in xkcd.com and is shared here under creative commons attribute.
Soil
Reinstating the traditional rainwater harvesting systems in water deficient district of Alwar, India
Shachi Chaturvedi A 2016 interim report done by Sehgal Foundation on the project points out that water harvesting structures under Jaldhaara have conserved 714,431 […]
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