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Sustainable Consumption

Nuclear Power Plant
June 19th, 2017
South African court stands up against nuclear deal
topic:Transparency and Corruption
by:Shasha Seakamela
The challenge of making nuclear power safe doesn't end at power generation. Nuclear fuel remains dangerously radioactive for thousands of years after usage.
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Electricty Africa
June 12th, 2017
Power for All - India and Africa united for decentralised renewables?
topic:Innovation
by:Israel Bionyi
Power for All is an international advocacy group campaigning to achieve universal and cost-effective sustainable energy access in 10 years.
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BARIKAMÀ
May 20th, 2017
Barikamà: a journey from exploitation to entrepreneurship
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Federica Tedeschi
Barikamà (resilience in Bambara) is an African migrants’ cooperative which produces organic & African-style yogurt in Rome (Italy).
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Fishing Sierra Leone
May 08th, 2017
Catch them young!
topic:Sustainable Consumption
by:Kolawole Talabi
The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, concluded its surveillance mission in Sierra Leone to document threats from the reckless exploitation of fishing grounds.
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March 22nd, 2017
Hopes for mobile wastes in Cameroon
topic:Conservation
by:Israel Bionyi
A partnership between Orange Cameroon, Fondation Camerounaise de la Terre Vivante and Emmaus International aims to recycle mobile waste from Cameroon.
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March 01st, 2017
Low cost soap against Malaria
topic:Health and Sanitation
by:Bob Koigi
Around half of the world’s population is at risk of Malaria, as the disease is straining the poorest countries according to the World Health Organisation.
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February 24th, 2017
Occupy your street
topic:Sustainable Consumption
by:Pablo Pérez Álvarez
A citizen organization from Lima led by architects and sociologists tries to recover the street for the people, using urban micro-interventions.
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water_sowing_2 Kopie
February 08th, 2017
An Inca’s trick against the impact of climate change
topic:Innovation
by:Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Inhabitants are dealing with a water shortage in the Andes. To solve this problem, some Peruvian villages used an ancient technique: the ‘water sowing."
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January 20th, 2017
The blossoming donkey trade in China
topic:Food Security
by:Bob Koigi
Developing countries in Africa relied on donkeys to carry out key economic activities but this animal population is threatened and it has to do with China.
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Al-Fawaz Feld mit Bio-Karotten
January 11th, 2017
Sustainable agriculture in the desert
topic:Sustainable Agriculture
by:Frank Odenthal
Organic farming has arrived in Saudi Arabia but can it stop the dramatic decline in water reserves on the Arabian peninsula?
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December 16th, 2016
Ghana: Bamboo bicycles on the road for empowerment
topic:Innovation
by:Bob Koigi
Winifred Selby came up with the idea of making bamboo bicycles since she wanted to provide affordable and convenient transport as well as job opportunities.
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November 18th, 2016
Wheels of fortune
topic:Innovation
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Cardboard Technologies is the company behind the cardboard bicycle. Fairplanet spoke to its founder and Co-CEO Nimrod Elmish.
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September 28th, 2016
Water and sanitation for rural Zimbabwe
topic:Health and Sanitation
by:Rosemary Musvipwa
The worldwide goal of water and sanitation has been set, and in Zimbabwe, efforts are being made to get closer to that target, especially in rural areas.
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DPRK Team on the Attack
August 10th, 2016
Nigerian football pitch relies on players’ movements to generate electricity
topic:Innovation
by:Bob Koigi
As Africa looks to diversify its energy mix for both household and industrial use, groundbreaking innovations are keeping the dream alive.
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July 06th, 2016
Sudan turns trash to treasure in maiden recycling festival
topic:Innovation
by:Bob Koigi
Here is Sudan’s first recycling festival, an initiative born in the capital Khartoum to address the endemic garbage eyesore, lauded by the rest of Africa.
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April 18th, 2016
Is biomass really ‘zero carbon’?
topic:Energy
by:Robin Whitlock
The Drax power station in North Yorkshire has recently tried hard to move away from coal altogether by converting its coal-burning units to biomass.
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