Inspired by British director Jeremy Gilley, the Peace One Day film project was launched in 1999, with the support of countless individuals and organisations. The film documented and inspired the establishment of the […]
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Re-Posted from 2degrees | written by Sarah Daly, mygreeneye on behalf of Best Foot Forward. Ecological fast moving consumer goods manufacturer Ecover has announced a major innovation in its aim to reduce its impacts.From 2014 […]
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Re-Posted from The Dirt via Grist, author Jared Green. Last month, standing at the Old Capitol Pump House, a restored building along the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray announced the launch […]
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Judy Wicks opened The White Dog Café in Philadelphia as a muffin shop in 1983, and since then has been involved with social activism and community work. The café’s mission was to serve […]
The World Solar Challenge is a solar-powered car race which covers 3021 km (1,877 miles) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin to Adelaide. The 2013 race is from 6th to 13th October. The race attracts teams from around the world, […]
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“The current obsession with human behaviour change is a strategy which has very limited scope for long-term success: instead, we should try to encourage thinking.” A while ago, a colleague and I visited […]
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The real heroes of today are people like Kaliraj Karupppasamy, an agricultural teacher at schools in Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu, in the south of India. These are the people who will make sure the new […]
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The 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 […]
The 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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Local 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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