From a rooftop garden on a shopping to mall to murals painted with produce, Brazilians have found creative means for recycling food waste.
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Election Day Upcycling: How Brazilians Repurpose Campaign Signs
A project in Brazil encourages citizens to upcycle sandwich board-style campaign signs into designer furniture… complete with instructions!
Coffee Processing Wastewater: a Great Source of Energy
Cleaning up wastewater from coffee processing not only prevents water pollution, but also creates biogas that would otherwise be emitted as methane.
Harvesting Justice 23: Inherit the Earth – Land Reform in Brazil
In recent years, the voice and visibility of movements opposing land grabs and displacement, and demanding land reform, are increasing. Though relatively little land has been redistributed, organized movements of small farmers, indigenous peoples, and landless people are developing in size, strength, and organization. They are uniting across borders to break the nexus between land, agriculture, power, and profit.
Hydropower Continues Steady Growth
World hydroelectric power generation has risen steadily by an average 3 percent annually over the past four decades. In 2011, at 3,500 billion kilowatt-hours, hydroelectricity accounted for roughly 16 percent of global electricity generation, almost all produced by the world’s 45,000-plus large dams. Today hydropower is generated in over 160 countries.
The Population-Poverty Connection
By Lester R. Brown The 21st century began on an inspiring note: the United Nations set a goal of reducing the share of the world’s population living in extreme poverty [ … ]
The Ethics of Selling Crop Seed: Part 2 – GMO Seed
[social_buttons] This is a followup post that will attempt to address some additional, wide-spread myths about the commercial sale of seed. In this case the topic with be “GMO” seed [ … ]
They Killed Sister Dorothy
Next Wednesday night, March 25th, tune into HBO2’s premiere of the documentary They Killed Sister Dorothy at 8 pm if you want to begin to understand the violence and injustice that [ … ]
Monoculture Tree Plantations Negatively Impact Women’s Lives
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women, the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) and Friends of the [ … ]
Film Review- A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
When discussing the world most progressive “eco” cities one might toss out San Francisco for it various green initiatives (such as banning plastic bags), New York City for its effective [ … ]