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Cuban creators use sunlight to create model sustainable spaces – Global issues
Félix Morffi, an 84-year-old retiree, shows a homemade solar heater and solar panels installed on his roof in the municipality…
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A world of a billion empty disks – Global issues
According to a new report from Oxfam, 10 of the world’s worst climate hotspots have experienced a 123% increase in…
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Pacific Community Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award – Global Issues
The Gene Bank of the Pacific Plants and Plants Center of the Pacific Community preserves more than 2,000 varieties of…
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Re-imagining urban agriculture with vertical farming – Global issues
Vertical farm in Finland. Credit: Creative Commons. Idea by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, September 16, 2022 Associated Press…
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The remedy in sight to subdue the invading poisoned enemy in the Kenyas Drylands – Global Issues
Hannah Sakamo’s dead goat surrounded by the tree Prosopis juliflora. Invasive species are a threat to rural livelihoods. Photo: Joyce…
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Africa needs more action, fewer words to secure food and nutrition – Global issues
Ritta Achevih? could barely afford to feed his family, but now the Kenyan farmer has changed his destiny by adopting…
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In the Face of Scarcity, Cubans Dream of Once Again Drinking Their Daily Cup of Coffee — Global Issues
A waiter serves coffee in a glass to a customer outside a coffee shop in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. Drinking coffee…
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Malawi farmers reap more profits from sunflowers, chili peppers – Global issues
A factory worker presses sunflower oil. Credit: Esmie Komwa Eneya / IPS by Esmie Komwa Eneya (blantyre) Monday, September 5,…
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Africa should exchange its carbon credits to finance renewable energy
Africa needs to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to enhance energy security. Pictured is a coal factory in…
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Chinese Fleet Threatens Latin America’s Fish Stocks — Global Issues
Only artisanal fishing is allowed in the waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where it is possible to catch large, valuable…
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