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Travelers Against Plastic

Plastic bottles and plastic paper bags are a threat to our environment. A couple of years back, the government of Kenya abolished plastic paper bags and advocated for bio-degradable carry bags or cloth reusable bags. The privat...

by Fridah Mlemwa

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COP20: Lima, the heat is on

With the world’s eyes on next year’s climate change conference in Paris, many are looking to Lima for action. Earlier this week the 20th round of the annual UN climate change conference (COP20) has begun in Lima, Perú and...

by Andrew J

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The fall of oil and the environment 

The Fall of Oil and the Environment Bane or Blessing? The recent rapid decline of the price of oil, from around $115 per barrel in mid-2014 to below $50 per barrel by August 2015 (Brent Crude), has prompted widespread concerns ...

by Mathias Einberger

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COP18: Where COP18 talks are at

Week one of negotiations at the United Nations climate change conference (COP18) in Doha, Qatar have drawn to a close with disappointingly little to show for it. Ministers will arrive tomorrow to continue negotiations with th...

by Sophie Trevitt

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World Water Day – Palestine’s West Bank Running Dry

Another year has passed and 1 billion people in the world still don’t have access to clean water. The struggle for manhood’s most basic resource has earned a day in its honour. In the Middle East, specifically the Levant, w...

by Yara Al Wazir

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How Pacific islanders are fighting climate change with canoes

Climate change is hitting the Pacific Islands hard. Sea levels are rising, temperatures are increasing, worsening storm surges and flooding have contaminated fresh water supplies and ruined crops. Already, residents of one isla...

by Fenton Lutunatabua

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Can we export this Canary Island energy self-sufficiency plan?

Since last summer, El Hierro, in the Canary Islands, is the first island in the world with a project working to make it energy self-sufficient. A hybrid hydro-wind generation system is currently working to provide the island ...

by Inma López

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COP18: Stop blaming civil society

With just hours to go until the resolution of the UN climate change negotiations, everyone is playing the blame game. While is is looking unlikely that some of the key issues around the transition towards the highly anticipated...

by Sophie Trevitt

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Still Unsustainable; Nairobi

Changing weather patterns! Ozone layer depletion! Melting ice caps! This has been the alarming news across the globe last few years. When climate change became a public concern a few years back, the media presented Kenya with t...

by Fridah Mlemwa

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Travelers Against Plastic

COP20: Lima, the heat is on

The fall of oil and the environment

COP18: Where COP18 talks are at

World Water Day – Palestine’s West Bank Running Dry

How Pacific islanders are fighting climate change with canoes

Can we export this Canary Island energy self-sufficiency plan?

COP18: Stop blaming civil society

Still Unsustainable; Nairobi

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