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  • From Sustainability to Abundance

    December 21, 2015 |

    Stanford Social Innovation Review |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Denmark, Samsø

    Sustainability’s vagueness and scarcity orientation may be preventing the future it seeks to create. The time has come to adopt a new mindset: That of the Abundance Cycle.

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  • Africa's Future is Clean Energy

    December 04, 2015 |

    African Business Magazine |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Oromia

    At the mention of “clean energy” in Africa, six countries stand out as beacons of the change to new, clean future energy sources on the continent, boosted by foreign investment.

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  • The Solar Company Making a Profit on Poor Africans

    December 02, 2015 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Since its commercial launch in 2012, M-Kopa has grown to exceed expectations for its revenue--now making more than $12 million a year. The company does this all while expanding access to affordable technology to the poorest rural population in Kenya, as well as providing them with credit and promoting green practices.

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  • With a solar oven, Kenyan women bake their way to a better life

    November 19, 2015 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Msumarini

    In the rural Kenyan village of Msumarini, women are empowered to become business leaders. Imani Women Group runs a thriving bakery using the simple resources available in the village.

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  • The Future of Housing Is Now. What Sustainable Homes Look Like

    November 02, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Urbana, Illinois

    Passive houses can generate more energy than they consume but are expensive to build. Non-profits across the nation are getting low income families into these types of renewable homes with state subsidies and volunteer work.

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  • To everyone's surprise, forests are returning to Malawi. Here's why.

    May 26, 2015 |

    Ensia |

    Photojournalism |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    The people of Malawi count on wood for cooking, cleaning, and sanitation, which contributes to the country’s ranking as fifth highest in the world for deforestation. Once thought unsolvable, the people of the country are planting trees, benefiting from water filters, and using efficient cookstoves.

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  • In South Korea, An Innovative Push to Cut Back on Food Waste

    May 20, 2015 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    According to the United Nations, approximately 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year, which is costly to the environment and the economy. In Seoul, technological waste bins calculate the weight of the garbage against a set limit, and if the disposal is too heavy there is a fee. To reduce landfill deposits, Seoul has also composted food waste by turning it into animal feed, fertilizer, and electricity generation.

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  • The Power of a Calm Sea

    May 18, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

    As the global demand for energy continually increases, the strain on natural resources and the detrimental effects of fossil fuels become more problematic. But new developments in renewable energy technologies may provide new solutions. Minesto, a company based out of Northern Ireland, has a new device - structured something like an underwater kite - that allows for the constant harvesting of tidal power, regardless of current weather or wave conditions.

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  • Sustainability Pioneers: Becoming Energy Independent

    May 12, 2015 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

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    Response Location: Germany, Saerbeck

    Saerbeck, Germany is setting the standard for sustainable energy use and the reduction of their carbon footprint through a series of projects. Through these projects, private and public buildings as well as farms have installed community owned solar power and transparency around the central heating plant has increased to help inform the community of ways to make less environmentally harmful decisions.

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  • Tiny Blue Bubbles Designed to Help Save the Planet

    March 16, 2015 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Livermore, California

    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a new technology that captures carbon dioxide at power plants before it goes into the air. This new method, which is much more efficient and affordable than other carbon dioxide capturing methods, uses microcapsules filled with a fluid that absorbs carbon dioxide. While it’s not going to solve climate change entirely, this new technology has shown promising results for at least slowing it down.

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