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The aesthetics of wind energy

...I see when I see your big windmill on the mountain.” In a light of this opposition, Saito has argued for a “societal effort to improve our ecological literacy and associated aesthetic sensibility.” In...

12 Feb 2018

The aesthetics of wind energy

News / Food & Agriculture

In Kenya, struggling potato growers ink a new deal

...ium, which was set up in 2016 by the National Potato Council, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the Grow Africa partnership, aims to increase private investment in agriculture by linki...

9 Jan 2018

In Kenya, struggling potato growers ink a new deal

News / Food & Agriculture

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

...ical and financial barriers such as low productivity, land insecurity and a lack of access to information and finance. Their livelihoods are also impaired by unethical and unsustainable practices by...

3 Apr 2019

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

Videos / Transport

A social venture on the road to improve lives, reduce emissions with electric rickshaws

...ignificant reduction in oil imports and emissions. But the electrification of India’s transport sector is in a bumpy ride. Considering e-rickshaws, Krishna feels that the price and taxes on lithium-io...

14 Aug 2019

A social venture on the road to improve lives, reduce emissions with electric rickshaws

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change: six positive news stories you probably missed in 2018

...in France show that environmental and social issues need to go hand-in-hand. And this is critical in a situation when populist movements are spreading. Degrowth is the solution. As Ghandi once said, w...

7 Jan 2019

Climate change: six positive news stories you probably missed in 2018

News / Carbon & Climate

China’s global infrastructure initiative could bring environmental catastrophe

...issions being produced by their activities in other nations — even if it will be their hand on the axe and cement mixer. What will it mean for biodiversity? The World Wildlife Fund, in an extremely co...

30 May 2018

China’s global infrastructure initiative could bring environmental catastrophe

metro station with solar panels installed in New Delhi, India

News / Energy

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

...icies scenario” (CPS), which usually “provides a baseline…by outlining a future in which no new policies are added to those already in place”. This is because “[i]t is difficult to imagine this ‘busin...

19 Oct 2020

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

Opinion / Policy & Finance

What boosts gender equality in developing countries?

...ir social and professional lives. But while women in the developed world are waging big battles over gender bias, women and girls in developing countries remain focused on smaller victories. On this I...

7 Mar 2018

What boosts gender equality in developing countries?

The view from Crane Tower in Wuhan, China

News / Cities

Can China’s 'sponge cities' work in other countries?

...ificial ponds, grass swales and rain gardens to retain rainwater. Since 2015, China has designated 30 cities as “sponge cities” with an eye to beefing up their ability to soak up rainwater and mitigat...

28 Mar 2019

Can China’s 'sponge cities' work in other countries?

News / Policy & Finance

Corruption and coal dug up in Indonesia

...it may implicate many more investors, including Chinese companies and financial institutions.Pius Ginting, founder of the Indonesian NGO Aksi Ekologi dan Emansipasi Rakyat(Ecological Action and People...

15 Jul 2019

Corruption and coal dug up in Indonesia

A blue recycling bin in the district of Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The city-state's recycling rate has been stagnant since 2012. Image: Eco-Business

News / Waste

Singapore’s zero-waste plan aims to raise domestic recycling rate from 22 to 30 per cent by 2030

...its nascent plastic recycling industry. Singapore also plans to beef up its circular economy capabilities by investing S$45 million on research into circular solutions, and S$25 million on research in...

30 Aug 2019

Singapore’s zero-waste plan aims to raise domestic recycling rate from 22 to 30 per cent by 2030

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

A vegan meat revolution is coming to global fast food chains—and it could help save the planet

...In so doing, it could kickstart a rapid decline in meat’s contribution to the climate crisis—driven not just by a global minority of vegans and vegetarians, but by millions of meat-eaters too. Joining...

17 Jun 2019

A vegan meat revolution is coming to global fast food chains—and it could help save the planet

News / Food & Agriculture

Mothers, children, lacking basic nutrition in North Korea says UN food aid chief

...ic of Korea (DPRK). WFP aims to assist 650,000 women and children in DPRK every month, providing highly nutritious, fortified cereals and biscuits that can address crucial gaps in their diets. Funding...

14 May 2018

Mothers, children, lacking basic nutrition in North Korea says UN food aid chief

News / Water

Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply

...ith contamination by arsenic, nitrates, fluoride and salt, he added. Priorities for the Indian government are to improve water quality and expand a pilot project to provide piped water in villages fro...

20 Mar 2019

Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply

News / Carbon & Climate

Youth group says no to coal-fired power plants in Philippines island province

...ighbouring Cebu and Iloilo. Protesting organisations thought of forming a coalition with other youth-led groups to voice their opposition to coal. However, organising a massive campaign did not come ...

19 Mar 2019

Youth group says no to coal-fired power plants in Philippines island province

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Think local, develop better

...ion initiative in Pakistan, the STRIDE initiative, provides a further illustration of how local communities can play a positive role in development. The initiative—initially supported by the United Ki...

19 Mar 2019

Think local, develop better

News / Food & Agriculture

At '5 minutes to midnight', rights group calls time on climate change

...in his community.The Philippines' Commission on Human Rights, similarly, this year began holding public hearings on whether fossil fuel companies have violated the rights of Filipinos, hard-hit by fie...

6 Sep 2018

At '5 minutes to midnight', rights group calls time on climate change

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

'I am not buying things': why some people see 'dumpster diving' as the ethical way to eat

...in my life. I think the reason that I started [dumpster diving] and one of the main reasons that I continue it is because I think it's environmentally a good thing to do [...] I am not buying things. ...

28 Nov 2017

'I am not buying things': why some people see 'dumpster diving' as the ethical way to eat

News / Food & Agriculture

Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa's food security?

...ing young Africans in farming, a senior United Nations official said, as large-scale urban migration threatens food production on the continent. Africa already spends $35 billion a year on importing f...

13 Jul 2018

Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa's food security?

An Australian wheat field, by James Edwards/Wheat Initiative, CC BY-SA 2.0

News / Food & Agriculture

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

...in. James Perrin, sustainability manager at Stone and Wood, has led his organisation in improving on-site sustainability practices in energy, water and waste. Initiatives like recycling spent grain in...

10 May 2019

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

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