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56 Articles match "Africa","Energy"

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Ecological Footprints and One Planet Thinking
We'll give you your six-billionth share of the surface area, your six-billionth share of each of the major landmasses and biomes, your own six-billionth scale Africa, your own little Australia. focus on the backstory takes us to the "cradle" stage of a product's lifestyle, where the entire rest of its life is determined. Now we're talking!
The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Google Public Data and Gapminder.org
Best wishes, Jack Warner Climate and Energy Program / External Relations World Resources Institute 10 G Street, NE, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20002 USA [link] Hi all, Thank you Jack for the link! link] Best wishes, Rasmus Einarsson YES Austria 2008 & South Africa 2009. That tool might become very useful.
The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Is Population a Problem?
Therefore, to support more people, it will be necessary to move to poorer lands, dig deeper wells, and spend more energy to transport food and water to increasingly distant homes and factories. by Maywa Montenegro Will 9 billion people max out the Earth's natural resources? Or is overconsumption the real planetary threat? It does not. Earths.
The Green Changemakers - Thursday, June 10, 2010
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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 windmill
    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. DN: This is a question we’re asking as part of our Nourishing the Planet project: Why should wealthy foodies in the United States and Europe care about hunger in Africa?
    Eco Chic - Monday, March 1, 2010
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  • Once-in-a Millennium Chance to Make a Clean Powered Future
    The last one or two billion, in energy poverty; don’t yet have any electricity at all. Tags: Carbon/ GHG Reduction Solar Energy/PV Africa Christmas energy poverty NGO rural electrification SELF Solar Electric Light Fund Not all 6 billion of us use fossil fuels.
    Green Living Ideas - Friday, December 11, 2009
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  • Solar cooker wins climate change challenge
    This will allow it to conduct mass trials of the technology in 10 countries, including South Africa, India and Indonesia. Tags: Energy The Kyoto Box today won the first prize of $75,000, sponsored by technology giant HP. You can read more about it here. Read more about the competition and the winner.
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, April 17, 2009
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  • Solar power for the poor: facts and figures
    Grimshaw and Sian Lewis Improving access to solar power for the rural poor faces many hurdles Martin Wright/Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy Solar power could help alleviate rural poverty. Increasing access to energy is critical to ensuring socioeconomic development in the world's poorest countries. David J. David J. see Table 1).
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, March 26, 2010
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  • Greener Gadgets Conference Tackles the Feasibility of Green Tech
    Keynote speaker Saul Griffith who is an absolute energy-phile, should there be such a term, is the inventor and founder of multiple companies including Makani Power and SQUID Labs. As companies look for ideas to reduce both the energy they consume and the energy its products consume, the way they approach product design will be essential. 
    Green Life Smart Life - Thursday, March 12, 2009
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  • 12 steps to unite to combate Climate Change
    Most homes or businesses can reduce energy use by 10 per cent—which almost always results in a 10 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions—with a one year payback or less. plan to reduce carbon emissions will first focus on the type of energy and the way it is used; for example electricity for buildings and fuel for transport.
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, June 5, 2009
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  • Obama Administration Battles Bush Appointees at World Bank Over Third-World Lending
    billion project in South Africa. Both nations agreed at Copenhagen to provide clean energy funds to developing nations, for renewable energy, [.] [ Obama Administration Battles Bush Appointees at World Bank Over Third-World Lending from Green Living Ideas ]. The UK joined with the US in trying to block the loan.
    Green Living Ideas - Thursday, March 18, 2010
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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. This article originally appeared on EarthFirst.com. Money isn’t everything – or is it? Nestle. Image via Blood in Your Coffee. Pfizer.
    Eco Chic - Thursday, May 7, 2009
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  • ‘WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE’ HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS OF BIOFUEL
    Action Aid have documented how jatropha, a poisonous plant with oil-rich seeds, is being grown as a biofuel in India and Africa, taking land that would otherwise be used to feed people. This is happening because currently the government given the maximum subsidies to biofuels as a “green” and “sustainable means of producing energy.
    Green (Living) Review - Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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