Solar energy boom leads to toxic trash in East Africa
New York Times May 12, 2019 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — After nightfall, when trash covers the streets of the busy Kariakoo market here, compactor trucks rumble along followed by men […]
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Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost
New York Times December 3, 2018 GBAMU GBAMU, Nigeria — Music blasts from King Royal Guesthouse, a small restaurant in the village of Gbamu Gbamu, a three-hour drive from Lagos. […]
Rwanda Eyes Biogas and Other Cooking Fuels to Help Curb Deforestation
New York Times September 22, 2018 By Amy Yee KIGALI, Rwanda — The kitchen of Ecole Secondaire Kanombe Efotec, a boarding school here, is busy from dawn to dusk while the staff […]
Wharton MBAs Find Their Calling Amid Pineapples Of Ghana
NPR December 8, 2017 Jerry Parkes stands in a vast field of spiky leaves and peers at a pineapple that is larger than usual. “Wow, look at the size of […]
In Africa’s Oldest Park, Seeking Solutions to a Destructive Charcoal Trade
Yale Environment 360 September 14, 2017 Virunga National Park, home to the world’s largest population of mountain gorillas, is plagued by deforestation linked to the production of charcoal for cooking […]
The Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country
New York Times August 30, 2017 VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — On the verdant savanna of Virunga National Park, a herd of elephants clustered near an umbrella-shaped […]
In Kenya, a Transformation in Shades of REDD
Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]
In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty
New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]
How Hybrid Seeds Could Help The Mountain Gorillas Of Congo
NPR September 27, 2016 Along one side of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a fence lines a sorghum field where a family of gorillas readies for […]
Micro-insurance offers families in poorer countries protection from destitution
The Guardian September 1, 2015 As day labourers in India’s Maharashtra state, Ayesha Begam and her husband couldn’t afford healthcare, and did not have access to doctors and hospitals. GO […]
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