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September 26, 2010
To fight the food shortage in Cuba, the government took on an ambition plan to put urban wasteland into productive use. The urban agriculture grew bigger in Cuba.
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September 26, 2010
Community and family run gardens in Argentina, provide a living to more than 10,000 people. Market gardeners took over pieces of wasteland from the government and turned it into a fertile fruit ...
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September 26, 2010
Slow Food in Italy is a non-profit organization that aims to protect the right to eat good food in the traditional Italian way.
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September 26, 2010
In 2003 a UN survey ranked Finland’s first, out of 122 countries. Finland has the cleanest water in the world, but what makes it so special?
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September 26, 2010
A rural area uses pico hydro turbines to generate power for the villagers. Over 120,000 units of pico hydro turbines are installed in villages in Vietnam.
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September 26, 2010
The textile industry is a booming market for Bangladesh. But the toxic chemicals used for the fabrics are pouring into the country’s water courses.
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September 26, 2010
In Valencia and all over Spain, old mobile phones are being taken apart in search of profit. There are bins for unwanted phones in which people can put their mobiles for recycling.
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September 26, 2010
In cooperation with the locals in Spain, the Earth Watch project track and monitor animals, such as turtles and dolphins, in the Mediterranean sea.
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September 26, 2010
Nigeria has to import fish to make up for the short fall in their domestic catch. But in downtown Lagos there is solution: farming lungfish or also know as catfish.
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September 26, 2010
Millions tons of seaweed is sold all around the world every year. Yet, Brazil imports 90% of the seaweed it uses, in spite of the coastal resources.
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September 26, 2010
The organization GIFT Breeding Programme in Philippines found a method to improve tilapia farming.
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September 26, 2010
The company Aquatic in Sevan, Armenia, started catching crayfish in traps using fish as bait and exporting it to European countries.
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September 26, 2010
Dr. Terry Sunderland is an international rattan expert has completed a study to see whether wild rattan can be grown from seed, to boost commercialization of this flexible asset.
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September 26, 2010
The Chitwan valley produces 75% of Nepal’s rice. Villagers who are growing rice are now looking for a variety of rice which will survive the Nepalese climate and soil.
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September 26, 2010
Nerica is a new rice variety from West-Africa, completed by research done by West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) to survive in the African climate and environment.
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September 26, 2010
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute wants to improve the efficiency of the use of furnaces in order to reduce the rice husk usage.
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September 21, 2010
As most serious eaters know, the folks at Häagen-Dazs are putting their money where their spoons are this year with a dedicated marketing effort aimed at increasing awareness of Colony Collapse ...
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September 16, 2010
In 1984 the Sasakawa price was first rewarded. It recognizes environmental efforts by individuals for sustainable living and preserving the environment.
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September 16, 2010
If the success of gaining energy from sugarcane waste was be replicated throughout India, over 200,000 rural villages would have electricity.
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September 16, 2010
For half a century global security existed in the equal and opposing force of two world’s super powers. Throughout the Cold War era, the populations of East and West learned to live under the ...
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