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What the world needs now ...
Is a lot more solutions like this |
JMG |
09 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This is what the world needs more of: a focus on implementing soft technologies rather than a mania to design ever more complex ones. |
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| Topics: innovation, Tanzania, tech, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Appropriate technology is just so much more ... appropriate!
A story from Tanzania |
JMG |
08 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Interesting story on a Michigan State University project to help test and improve locally made solar cookers in Tanzania:MSU students' re-engineered ovens help impoverished in Tanzania When Judy Martin worked as a teacher in Tanzania in the 1960s, living conditions for many people were harsh. Impoverished women there walked long distances in search of firewood or spent precious money on inefficient charcoal for cooking. They prepared family meals over open fires. Mar ... |
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| Topics: energy, solar voltaic power, Tanzania (all these topics) |
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Monkey See, Monkey New
Scientists discover new genus of primate, and it's already in trouble |
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12 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Monkey See, Monkey New Scientists discover new genus of primate, and it's already in trouble Scientists have discovered a new monkey in Africa, the first new genus of primate found in 83 years. Called kipunji by native villagers, scientists have classified the monkey under the genus Rungwecebus, after its habitat on Mount Rungwe in Tanzania. Kipunji live in groups of 30 to 36, are omnivores, and communicate via a "honk-bark&q ... |
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| Topics: news, Tanzania, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Prize and Shine
Prizes Go to Community Programs Doing Environmental Good |
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20 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Prize and Shine Prizes Go to Community Programs Doing Environmental Good Competition for the U.N.'s Equator Prize -- rewarded for community initiatives that reduce poverty and preserve environmental health -- was so intense this year that there were seven winners instead of the normal six. The prize, awarded by the Equator Initiative, amounts to $30,000 -- plus a dose of international recognition. An ... |
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| Topics: Africa, green living, India, Tanzania, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Afri-can Do
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18 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Afri-can Do Seeking to capitalize on the potential of renewable energy sources, 10 African nations are collaborating to increase their combined geothermal power generation to 1,000 megawatts by 2020. Geothermal power yields electricity by trapping steam released by water reservoi ... |
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| Topics: Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, green living, international government agencies, Kenya, Malawi, renewable energy, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations, Zambia (all these topics) |
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The Slush of Kilimanjaro
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18 Oct 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| The Slush of Kilimanjaro The snow-capped peak of Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro is one of the most famous vistas on the African continent. Soon, though, you might not be able to see it in person: The mountain's 11,000-year-old snow cap shrank by 80 percent in the past century and could be gone within two decades if temperature trends continue, according to a report published today in the journal Science. The disappearance of the ic ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, Tanzania (all these topics) |
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The Slush of Mount Kilimanjaro
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10 Sep 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| The Slush of Mount Kilimanjaro Many favorite vacation spots around the world are threatened by global warming. For example, the snow atop Mount Kilimanjaro may be around for just 15 more years and the glaciers in Glacier National Park in Montana may last just 70 more, according to recent studies. Would you like to travel to an uncomfortably hot and smoggy Paris -- or a Martinique beset by hurricanes? "Glob ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, national parks, Tanzania (all these topics) |
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