Edible edifice: Building the offices of tomorrow

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20965207

Published on January 14, 2013 9:40 am.
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Green growth in Myanmar: an emerging democracy’s vision for future development

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http://blog.cifor.org/13398/green-growth-in-myanmar-an-emerging-democracys-vision-for-future-development/#.UPYmSmfVqKL

Published on January 10, 2013 9:37 am.
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Mauritania bans plastic bag use

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20891539

Published on January 3, 2013 4:25 pm.
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Green thinking takes root in midst of desert in Doha climate talks

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/dec/06/green-desert-doha-climate-talks

Published on December 7, 2012 10:36 am.
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Africa’s largest solar power plant to be built in Ghana

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/04/africa-largest-solar-power-plant-ghana

Published on December 4, 2012 10:21 am.
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Straw poll finds in favour of western Kenya’s water and carbon solution

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/nov/29/straw-western-kenya-water-carbon

Published on December 1, 2012 9:44 am.
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Eco San Toilet to prevent open defecation

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http://www.lokalex.com/blog/visit-musiri-eco-san-toilet

Published on November 26, 2012 8:24 am.
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From flying toilets to fertiliser, slum sanitation in Nairobi is changing

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/nov/19/flying-toilets-fertiliser-slum-sanitation-nairobi

Published on November 20, 2012 9:56 pm.
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A Global Treaty on Rivers: Key to True Water Security

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http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_global_treaty_on_rivers_key_to_true_water_security/2594/

Published on November 19, 2012 5:40 am.
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In Nairobi, Kenya, biogas from human waste wins over few cooks

 

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kenya-biogas-toilets-20121116,0,3020438.story

Published on November 16, 2012 5:52 am.
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Tokelau islands shift to solar energy

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20233754

Published on November 8, 2012 9:49 am.
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Turning Wood Chips into Gasoline

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http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/turning-wood-chips-into-gasoline/

Published on November 7, 2012 6:37 am.
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South African Settlement Welcomes the iShack

 

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green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/south-african-settlement-welcomes-the-ishack/

Published on November 6, 2012 9:55 am.
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Up in Smoke part 1: the beginning of the end for slash-and-burn farming? – video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2012/nov/05/up-in-smoke-slash-burn-farming-video

Published on November 5, 2012 9:12 am.
Filed under: Ecology, Social

Iskandar Malaysia – the green mega-city rising above Singapore

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/02/iskandar-malaysia-green-megacity

Published on November 2, 2012 11:37 pm.
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Experts turn to grass roots solutions for big scale water problems

Can grass roots solutions and decentralisation using small scale water solutions solve bigger water problems? Experts says yes.

 

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http://e360.yale.edu/feature/beyond_big_dams_turning_to_grass_roots_solutions_on_water/2571/

Published on September 18, 2012 6:39 pm.
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World’s leading economy ran its routinue without nuclear energy!

Although it is a regular Monday around the World, it was still not a regular Monday in Japan. This is the first time in four decades that Japan ran the country without relying on nuclear energy.

 

 

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/world/asia/japan-nuclear-energy-ends/index.html

Published on May 7, 2012 10:44 am.
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The story of how cow dung earns sweets for children in rural villages of East Java

The story of how fermented cow dung powered Bio Gas can saves a lot money on LPG and how it earns sweets for children in rural villages of East Java and makes them a happy sustainable living.

 

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/01/making-nature-work.html

 

Published on May 3, 2012 12:55 am.
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An important discovery of our times might happen in Africa!!!

Recent times are a big changeover times for the continent of Africa in many good ways and the researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London (UCL) believe the best thing for Africa is still waiting hidden under the surface in aquifers, WATER!!!!!

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17775211

Published on April 20, 2012 9:59 pm.
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Urban Gardening is now called Cyber-Gardening!!

HORTUS  an enterprising exhibition at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London is set to educate the public about an urban algae farming method that relies on humans and technology.

 

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http://www.good.is/post/is-cyber-gardening-the-new-urban-gardening?utm_campaign=daily_good2&utm_medium=email_daily_good2&utm_source=headline_link&utm_content=Is%20Cyber-Gardening%20the%20New%20Urban%20Gardening%3F:

Published on February 2, 2012 2:24 pm.
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