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Academies: We must address energy imbalance

October 23, 2007 – 5:30 am

The world’s poor must have better access to energy, says the report
Jia Hepeng
22 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] An energy report released today (22 October) by the world’s science academies has highlighted the need for sustainable energy projects to prioritise the basic energy needs of poor people.
The InterAcademy Council (IAC) [...]

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Partnerships key to protecting environment

July 27, 2007 – 12:07 pm

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Drought in southern Africa

20 June 2007
Source: Business Daily Africa
While Africa struggles against the effects of climate change — a problem for which it is largely not responsible — it must also face its own environmental policy and practice failings, argues Rwandan president Paul Kagame in this Business Daily Africa article.
Africa, he says, should confront environmental [...]

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Field ’schools’ help farmers become sustainable

July 24, 2007 – 3:28 am

The schools helped farmers control pests like mosquitoes
Sahar Majid
16 July 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Empowering farmers to reduce mosquito populations and to use less pesticide will reduce malaria and other vector-borne diseases, according to a research paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) this month (July).
Vector-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, are [...]

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Daydreaming Student’s Discovering Sustainable Community Design

July 5, 2007 – 5:36 am

From: TreeHugger
We’re not sure what led them to do it, but for kids from Robin Hood Primary and Nursery School in Mansfield Woodhouse, England, staring out the window finally paid off. It all started as they were fascinated by a new development of affordable homes being built next to their school, and now they’re [...]

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Global Population & the Environment

June 13, 2007 – 7:23 pm

Source: Sierra Club

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