108 Articles match "Africa"

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• Harnessing the Wind with Junk: Malawian Wind Inventor William Kamkwamba
  
  Tags: Wind Energy Africa electricity generator Malawi William Kamkwamba wind power windmil A 14 year old Malawian boy with a meager education became a hero for many in his remote rural village when he crafted a working windmill out of a tractor fan blade, a broken bicycle, an old shock absorber, and some blue gum trees. His invention wasn’t the product of following one [...] [ Harnessing the Wind with Junk: Malawian Wind Inventor William Kamkwamba from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags:
  Green Living Ideas - Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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• Eco Chick’s Heroines for the Planet: Danielle Nierenberg
  
  Danielle is currently traveling through sub-saharan Africa to highlight stories of hope and success in sustainable agriculture and blogging about it at WorldWatch.org . SR: We were surprised to learn through your blog, Nourishing the Planet , that 80% of sub-Saharan farmers in Africa are women and that women make up the majority of farmers worldwide. DN: Although women produce most of the food and raise If it’s true that there are sayers and there are doers, Danielle Nierenberg falls firmly into the latter camp. A
  Eco Chic - Monday, March 1, 2010
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• Once-in-a Millennium Chance to Make a Clean Powered Future
  
  Tags: Carbon/ GHG Reduction Solar Energy/PV Africa Christmas energy poverty NGO rural electrification SELF Solar Electric Light Fun Not all 6 billion of us use fossil fuels. The last one or two billion, in energy poverty; don’t yet have any electricity at all. This starting point of zero now presents humanity with a very rare opportunity for a do-over. Most
  Green Living Ideas - Friday, December 11, 2009
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• Sustainable Style Makeover: African-Inspired Graphic Prints
  
  Tags: Uncategorized Africa eco fashion Fashion Kenya New York Fashion Week sustainabl Style story : Why does this winter feel so long…? We are ready for the fresh bright prints of spring- and in many combinations. Get ready to play with different patterns and strike a careful balance of contrast and compliment with these bold prints.
  Eco Chic - Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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• A much needed Trip
  
  Back to the warm weather and away from Icebergs can land you in Africa for a great eco friendly vacation amongst elephants, tigers and lions!  Tagged: Africa , Belize , Camp Jubalini , eco-friendly , Glovers Reef Atoll , Lindblad Expeditions , Maho Bay , St John , vacation ...Tags: Tags: Good for the Planet Green Africa Belize Camp Jubalini eco-friendly Glovers Reef Atoll Lindblad Expeditions It’s winter time here in New England so what better time to escape the cold and go on a nice relaxing vacation and why not make it an eco friendly trip. 
  Green Life Smart Life - Sunday, February 7, 2010
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• A.D. Schwarz’s African-Inspired Jewelry Debuts at Linhardt Studio in NYC
  
  Schwarz makes a great case for the revival of modern urban safari chic that has stayed with us the past few seasons (for good reason; styles and fabrics that work on the plains and in the forests of Africa also tough it out beautifully in the urban jungle). Tags: Art & Design X Arts & Culture X Celebrating X Africa Mozambique plates Summer Rayne Oakes woo Bracelets from the A.D. Schwarz collection; made from sustainably-harvested wood from Mozambique.
  Eco Chic - Monday, July 20, 2009
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• Profits Before People: 7 of the World’s Most Irresponsible Companies
  
  More than 40% of the world’s chocolate comes from Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) in Africa, where tens of thousands of children are estimated to be working in dangerous conditions on cocoa farms. Pfizer has aggressively fought efforts to make these drugs more affordable, refusing to grant generic licenses for HIV/AIDS drugs to Brazil, South Africa and other countries in need of them. This article originally appeared on EarthFirst.com . Money isn’t everything – or is it?
  Eco Chic - Thursday, May 7, 2009
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• Cultural Intelligence
  
  Dave has done training and consulting with leaders in 75 countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. What’s Your CQ and Why Should You Care? “You’ve heard about IQ and EQ. But what’s your CQ? CQ, or cultural intelligence, is more than just a kitschy catch phrase for cultural competence.
  The Green Changemakers - Thursday, September 10, 2009
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• Greening Our Schools — Transformative Education for Sustainability
  
  Here are several reasons for greening your teaching. Integration as an Ecological Teaching Tool Integration of sustainability learning into the rest of the curriculum is an ecological teaching tool that counters the dangers of reductionism. Transformative Tools for Sustainability Education A paper on transformative tools for sustainability education, presented by Julie Johnston at the World Environmental Education Congress in Durban, South Africa, July 2007 Transformative Nature Study Transformative Nature study is experiential learning about organisms and natural
  The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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• Waste for Life: Alleviating Poverty with Waste
  
  The group has been working in Lesotho, South Africa, and Argentina to transform discarded materials, chiefly non-recycled plastic waste, into both domestic products and building materials. Waste Turning trash into resources and helping to alleviate poverty at the same time is an audacious goal, but an organization called Waste for Life has taken it on. Waste for [...] [ Waste for Life: Alleviating Poverty with Waste from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags:
  Green Living Ideas - Thursday, March 4, 2010
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