Category Archives: Community Initiatives

Regrowing the Rainforests?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

Willie Smits has found a way of regrowing rainforests that have been cleared. He tells us about it in the excellent, informative and inspiring video above.  The audience begins to applaud when he announces that he has over 1000 rescued … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Brazil, Business, Community Initiatives, Community Projects, Development, Education, Food & Agriculture, Forests, General, Nature & Conservation, People, Sustainablity, Thinking outside the box, Wildlife | 8 Comments

Update: Design for Manufacture – the £60,000 home.

Posted on January 11, 2009 by

In 2006 the UK government launched a competition for developers to come forward with a realistic plan to built cheap eco-homes. A percentage would have to be affordable to first time buyers and some would be available for social housing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Business, Community Initiatives, Design, Economics, Housing, Planning, Politics & Policy initiatives, Poverty, UK | Tagged | 2 Comments

Oxfam Publication:Pastoralism & Climate Change

Posted on August 19, 2008 by

Photograph: Safariskenya.com It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone but Oxfam has said that the African Maasai tribe can help fight climate change by spreading their survival and adaptability skills across Africa. Oxfam has issued a report … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Climate change, Community Initiatives, Community Projects, Education, Forests, General, Nature & Conservation, People, Politics & Policy initiatives, Rural communities, Sustainablity | 11 Comments

Are the CPRE destroying village life?

Posted on July 21, 2008 by

Article. Young couples are being forced to move away from the country to buy houses, turning villages into virtual ghettos of the very rich and the elderly without the families needed to keep schools and shops alive, according to the … Continue reading →

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The Dam Builders versus the Warriors

Posted on May 26, 2008 by

Picture: AP Amazon Indians have been squaring up to the mighty corporations and the state in a bid to prevent the construction of a series of hydroelectric dams that are planned for the Xingu River.  The officials are claiming that the construction … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Brazil, Business, Campaigns, Climate change, Community Initiatives, Community Projects, Food & Agriculture, Forests, General, Media, Nature & Conservation, People, Planning, Politics & Policy initiatives, Protest, Sustainablity, Uncategorized, Water, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Ghana: food or biofuels

Posted on May 15, 2008 by

The world is in the grip of a food crisis with prices of various staples sky-rocketing. In Ghana, prices have more than doubled since the crisis. But in the midst of the challenges posed by the rise in world food … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Biofuels, Business, Community Initiatives, Desertification, Economics, Energy, EU, Food & Agriculture, Politics, Rural communities, Sustainablity | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Climate Change and Health

Posted on April 6, 2008 by

I remember few years ago, the only problem in developing countries was the scarcity of safe drinking water . There was abundance of water, but the question is its safety and potability for people. Just like the rural villages I … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Climate change, Community Initiatives, Disease, General, People, Rural communities, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Gold Medal for Most Greenwashed Games?

Posted on March 10, 2008 by

Picture: smartplanet.com I almost missed this little report.  As most people know, when the 2012 London Olympic bid was won, it was declared that the games will be the greenest ever.  The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) said at the time that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Campaigns, Carbon footprint, Community Initiatives, Community Projects, General, People, Planning, Politics, Politics & Policy initiatives, Sport, Sustainablity, Tourism, Transport, UK | 7 Comments

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa: Soil Health Program funding boost

Posted on January 26, 2008 by

image: Mrs. Bernadette Mwikali Kioko, farmer, Ukambani, Kenya The BBC reports a $180m (£90m) five-year project to revive sub-Saharan Africa’s depleted soils has been launched in Nairobi. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s (AGRA) Soil Health Program will work … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 23, 2007 by

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