Food waste in India and Pakistan is greater than you might expect, and new organization Robin Hood Army moves edible food from restaurants to hungry people.
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The Battle For Plastic Water Bottles Among Chinese Recyclers [Video]
Cutting-edge recycling companies in China have a hard time getting materials like plastic water bottles because of rogue operations throughout the country.
Living Global Water Scarcity: the Four Liter Challenge
DIGDEEP’s Four Liter Challenge event aims to help Americans recognize the reality of water scarcity in the developing world, and in our own communities.
Poverty and Obesity: What’s the Connection? [Infographic]
We don’t do as much on issues of human health as much as some of our sister sites, but our concern with the environment certainly incorporates wellness… both individually and [ … ]
Harvesting Justice 18: Meet Up, Eat Up, Act Up – Consumers Join the Movement for Food Workers’ Rights
“We are trying to have workers become as trendy as local and organic has become in the industry,” Saru Jayaraman, co-director and co-founder of ROC, told us. “It’s going to take the three stakeholders – workers, good employers, and consumers – working together to actually change things.”
Solar Lights & Water Pumps: Simple Tech for Alleviating Poverty
Can solar power help eradicate extreme poverty in the developing world? Many social entrepreneurs think so, and are investing their time and money in a variety of technologies. Here are a few more seeking funding…
Baby Busts and Ponzi Demography: The Costs of Population Growth
Worried about the “baby bust” under discussion in some media outlets? John Seager of Population Connection argues that there’s no shortage of people in the developed world (nor will there be), and that the “Ponzi demography” represented by such thinking is unsustainable.
Cultivating a Better Food System in 2013
Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, founders of new organization The Food Tank, share their ideas for improving the global food system in 2013 and beyond.
By the Numbers – Data Highlights from Full Planet, Empty Plates
More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown’s latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. These tables and graphs help to explain the precarious situation in which humanity finds itself, as the world leaves an era of food surpluses and enters one of food scarcity. Here are some highlights from the collection.
Should We Crowdsource the Next Set of Millennium Development Goals?
How can we get more people involved in the next round of Millennium Development Goals? How about letting them participate in their development?
Urban Agriculture Success Stories (that you may have missed)
Can small scale, urban farming feed the world… or even provide a significant portion of the food needed for local residents? I don’t know… I do know you’ll find different [ … ]
Are High Global Food Prices A New Norm?
FAO (The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations) released their June estimate of global food price indices yesterday. The new numbers were mixed, but not encouraging overall. [ … ]
Find Out How Rich You Are On Global Rich List
Ever wonder how rich you are? Or more reasonably put, how your income compares to that of everyone else in the world? Just how rich is rich, and how poor [ … ]