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Category Archives: Water

This Will All Be Underwater

August 5, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Roads and Kingdoms July 30, 2014 Khulna, Bangladesh One afternoon three years ago, a tiger attacked Kamal Gazi as he was fishing on a riverbank in the mangrove forests of […]

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

A riverboat cruise into the mangrove forest of Bangladesh

February 16, 2014by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

Boston Globe February 15, 2014 KHULNA, Bangladesh — The riverboat nosed through the narrowing inlet as darkness descended. Inky masses of trees on the riverbank reached out over the water […]

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Bangladesh, Environment, Fun stuff & Cool people, Travel, Water

The Low-Lying Country Where Drowning Is the No. 1 Killer of Kids

December 30, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

TheAtlantic.com December 30, 2013 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Water is everywhere in Bangladesh. The South Asian nation squats on one of the world’s largest deltas, and rivers run through this low-lying […]

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

In Bangladesh, More Shelter From the Storms

July 24, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times, Fixes July 23, 2013 KHULNA, Bangladesh — In May 2009, Cyclone Aila swept over the southwestern coast of this country and lashed the small village where Rashida […]

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

Precarious Lives, Rising Threats

May 25, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

New York Times Weekly May 25, 2013 Khulna, Bangladesh On a recent hot spring morning, Israfil Gazi went alone into the Sunderbans, the mangrove forests in southwest Bangladesh, in search […]

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Bangladesh, Environment, Rural poverty, Water

Conservation Pays Off for Bangladeshi Factories

March 22, 2013by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune March 22, 2012 DHAKA, Bangladesh — At the factories of DBL Group, one of the largest Bangladeshi textile and garment makers, tons of fluffy imported cotton are […]

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Bangladesh, Business, Clean energy, Environment, Water

Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal

June 22, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune June 20, 2012 BAGLUNG, NEPAL — In Rangkhani, a remote mountain village in western Nepal, a 12- hour walk on steep dirt roads from Baglung, the district’s […]

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Business, Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Nepal, Rural poverty, Water

Liter By Liter, Indians Get Cleaner Water

April 4, 2012by amyyeewrites 1 Comment

International Herald Tribune March 22, 2012 In the developing world, providing safe drinking water remains a major infrastructure and public health challenge. In 1990 about 34 percent of Indians lacked […]

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Business solutions to poverty, India, Public health, Rural poverty, Water

Biogas Offers Poor Countries a Cleaner, Safer Fuel

April 3, 2012by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune October 27, 2011 NEPALGANJ, NEPAL — Here’s an unlikely starting point for clean energy: No toilets, and plenty of dung. In developing countries where domestic animals are […]

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Business solutions to poverty, Clean energy, Environment, Nepal, Public health, Rural poverty, Water

Working in the Himalayas to Prevent Disastrous Flooding

November 27, 2011by amyyeewrites Leave a comment

International Herald Tribune November 27, 2011 NEW DELHI — With its massive chalk-white face of ice and snow, Thorthormi glacier in northern Bhutan looms high against a bright blue sky, […]

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Environment, Rural poverty, Water

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