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 […]
Category: Sustainable Development
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 […]
Sustainable Business
The Next 10 Years of Tech & The Implications: A graphic record
The Berlin Meetup for Innovative Technology and Business hosted two technology experts, Cliff Kuehn is an intellectual property lawyer and Mark Turrell is a strategist, author, and entrepreneur. […]
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 […]
Education
In Sri Lanka, Science and Technology are Becoming Girl’s Subjects
Sri Lanka’s strong national commitment to education has shown dividends, says the ADB. Universal primary education and literacy rates are over 95% in the […]
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 […]
Sustainable Business
Are energy-saving settings bad for the environment?
Peter Fairley “Eco modes” ostensibly reduce environmental impact — but only if people use them. Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. […]
Aid
From Zorro to Zombie: the rise and fall of the microcredit movement
Milford Bateman, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia The global microcredit industry has achieved nothing more for the mass of clients than to plunge […]
Environment
Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia
Bunyod Holmatov & Jonathan Lautze Despite high-level tensions between countries, water cooperation is thriving on the tributaries of the Syr Darya Water has been a major […]
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