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Category Archives: Water

The Future of Wine: Very, Very Dry

September 23, 2019by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times September 23, 2019 MITZPE RAMON, Israel — In the Negev Desert, the sun beats down on a parched landscape of brown, undulating hills. But on a parcel […]

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Agriculture, Business, Environment, Water

Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets

October 16, 2018by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times October 15, 2018 WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast. GO TO ARTICLE The fisherman […]

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Africa, Animals, Environment, Fun stuff & Cool people, Kenya, Rural poverty, Water

Bangladesh Tanneries Fined, Ordered to Move

June 21, 2016by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Voice of America June 21, 2016 DHAKA— Amid rows of low buildings in this corner of Dhaka, the stench of flesh hangs in the air. On the street, a man pushes […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Environment, Public health, Water

Climate Change-Ready Rice Keeps Farmers’ Fields Fertile

June 4, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

NPR (National Public Radio) June 4, 2015 In southern Bangladesh, bright green rice paddies stretch into the distance. But in the village of Gholgholia, rice in one paddy grows unevenly. […]

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Bangladesh, Business solutions to poverty, Environment, Rural poverty, Water

Catching Waves and Turning Them Into Electricity

April 22, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times April 22, 2015 MELBOURNE, Australia — Off the coast of Western Australia, three big buoys floating beneath the ocean’s surface look like giant jellyfish tethered to the […]

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Business, Clean energy, Environment, Water

In Australia, New Tibetan Migrants Learn to Swim

April 10, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Voice of America April 10, 2015 SYDNEY—Australia’s largest community of Tibetan refugees is based in a beach town in Sydney. In their new home far from the Himalayas, hundreds of […]

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Culture, Fun stuff & Cool people, Public health, Tibet, Travel, Water

Looks swell: A new project off the coast of Australia may make wave power a reality

March 14, 2015by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Economist March 14, 2015 | MELBOURNE | From the print edition NO LAND stands between Antarctica and Australia’s west coast—just a vast ocean, rippled and rocked by the Roaring […]

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Clean energy, Environment, Water

Bangladesh’s Trained Fishing Otters Fade as Catches Dwindle

December 2, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Voice of America KHULNA, BANGLADESH— In southwest Bangladesh, fishermen get help from unusual partners: river otters. For generations, fishermen have trained river otters to catch fish. But the rare tradition […]

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Animals, Bangladesh, Environment, Fun stuff & Cool people, Rural poverty, Travel, Water

Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change

November 18, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh New York Times November 18, 2014 Photo Villagers in northwest Bangladesh tending a floating farm. Credit Amy Yee CHARBHANGURA, Bangladesh — Each year the brown […]

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Animals, Bangladesh, Business solutions to poverty, Environment, Fun stuff & Cool people, Rural poverty, Water, Women & Children

Watery Bangladesh Works to Prevent Child Drowning Deaths

September 24, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Amy Yee Voice of America DHAKA— In Bangladesh, the largest cause of death of children above age one is not malnutrition or disease — it’s drowning. To combat this threat, […]

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Bangladesh, Public health, Rural poverty, Water, Women & Children

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