curitiba
Brazil cities governmentThe city of Curitiba in Brazil has a population of over 2 million people and 500,000 cars. A highly efficient, reliable and well integrated transport system however, insures that 75% of commuters, some […]
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heritage seed library
United Kingdom agriculture communityThe Heritage Seed Library (HSL) sends out 40,000 plus packets of seeds containing rare and endangered varieties to its members and others every year. In this way vegetable varieties that are not widely […]
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composting toilets
Mexico sanitation communityLocal environmentalists and concerned citizens in the Mexican town of Puerto Morelos teamed up with the ReSource Institute for Low Entropy Systems in 1993 to find a way to protect coral reefs and […]
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warning to the people of earth
Canada ecological accounting communityNo, it’s not a 1950’s scifi film starring Michael Rennie, it’s all too serious science. If you’ve heard of the ecological footprint but don’t know much about it, listen to this film from […]
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japan honours eco footprint inventors
Japan ecological accounting communityJapan’s Prince Akishino and the Asahi Glass Foundation yesterday presented the Blue Planet Prize, one of the world’s premier environmental awards, to Global Footprint President Network Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. William E. Rees, […]
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cloud forest school
Costa Rica education & learning communityIt starts and it ends here, with education. Not tests, and tests, and tests, and exams, but the window to wisdom, to understanding. Here’s just one that represents all. The vision of the […]