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Nourishing the Planet TV: The Barefoot College
Share This week’s episode features the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan in India. Media intern Mara Schechter explains how the college, founded by Bunker Roy in 1972, recruits women from around...
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Innovation of the week: Teaching Sustainable Practices to Sustain Livelihoods
Share By Supriya Kumar In Zambia, poor rural families rely on agriculture to sustain themselves, but many farmers are unable to produce enough food to feed their own families, let alone to sell at...
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Innovation of the Week: Harnessing the Sun’s Power to Make the Water Flow
Share By Janeen Madan Nearly 2 billion people around the world live off the electricity grid. Lack of access to energy can take a huge toll, especially on food security. Without energy for irrigation,...
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Innovation of the Week: Calling for a More Secure Livelihood
Share By Janeen Madan In the Tominian district of eastern Mali, farmers have to rely on the short, three-month rainy season to grow the crops they need for the rest of the year. The region’s dry season...
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Renewable Energy on Capitol Hill
Share On Tuesday, November 15th, at 1 PM, the Worldwatch Institute will be hosting an event on the Hill to discuss the Renewables 2011 Global Status Report, which provides an integrated perspective on...
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Innovation of the Week: Connecting Components of Renewable Energy
Share By Philip Newell In rural Africa, over 90 percent of people do not have access to electricity. To address this problem, Solar Nexus International (SNI) has designed a contained system of solar...
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Nourishing the Planet TV: Teaching Sustainable Practices to Sustain Livelihoods
Share In this week’s episode, Nourishing the Planet discusses how the Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre (KATC) is working to teach farmers in Zambia low-cost and sustainable agricultural practices....
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Five Renewable Sources of Energy for Farmers in Developing Countries
Share By Isaac Hopkins and Jenny Beth Dyess According to the United Nations, access to reliable and sufficient sources of energy will be critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of...
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