by Delara Burkhardt on 4th November 2019 @delarabur The European Green Deal does not just aim at combating the climate crisis. It’s also an opportunity for social change.
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Turning faecal sludge into resource for rural sanitation
By Joep Verhagen Co-author: Pippa Scott September 16, 2019 – Safely managed sanitation is a focus of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is central to stunting reduction and early childhood survival, both identified by the World Bank’s Human Capital…
Turning ambition into action: High hopes for UN action week
By Cameron Diver New Caledonia, Sep 13 2019 (IPS) – In less than 10 days, countries from around the planet will come together in New York for the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit. I look forward to representing…
Turning agro-waste into environment-friendly plastics
by Sahana Ghosh on 30 July 2019 • Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy’s port city of Genoa is making bioplastics from agro-waste. The institute has tied up with the city’s central vegetable market for sourcing raw material. • The…
Turning mangrove trees into sustainable assets
By Stella Paul SHWE THAUNG YAN, Myanmar, Jan 7 2019 (IPS) – In 2015, Worldview International Foundation began a mangrove restoration project, planting saplings of the trees on about 121 hectares of land in Myanmar’s Ayyerwady region.