Group items tagged
Solar-powered lamp-post provides ray of light for Mali | Tamasin Ford | Global developm... - 2 views
-
Solar
GM crops won't help African farmers | Million Belay and Ruth Nyambura | Global developm... - 12 views
-
"The UK's environment minister says GM crops will help combat hunger in developing countries. But Owen Paterson is wrong"
Great Green Wall to Stop Sahel Desertification | Julio Godoy | Global development | gua... - 7 views
Balloons could bring internet to Brazilian rainforest | Global development | theguardia... - 2 views
-
"Space institute to float internet-transmitting balloons over remote Amazon regions to help rural communities get online"
UK government's enthusiasm for GM not matched in developing nations | John Vidal | Glob... - 2 views
India's rice revolution | Global development | The Observer - 3 views
-
In a village in India's poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice - with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages? * India's rice revolution - audio slideshow
Malawi warms to sustainable stoves - in pictures | Global development | guardian.co.uk - 5 views
India's rice revolution - audio slideshow | Global development | Observer Food Monthly - 5 views
-
"Farmers in parts of India are breaking growing records, using less seed, less water, and compost as fertiliser. This ground-breaking method of cultivation, developed in Madagascar, is boosting yields and changing lives for the farmers. Norman Uphoff, professor at Cornell University, explains how it is done For more on this subject, see John Vidal's report in the Observer Food Monthly on Sunday"
New grass could help tackle flooding, say scientists | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 3 views
-
"A new grass that cuts the water running off from fields by half could help stem the rising floods that global warming is bringing to the UK. The roots of the grass, a natural hybrid of rye and fescue grasses, produce more pores in the soil than traditional types, meaning more water can be stored."
Solar-powered internet school set to benefit children in rural Africa | Global developm... - 3 views
Technology Justice | Schools | Practical Action - 1 views
-
"The resources below provide teachers with Power Point presentations and activities for pupils aged 9-18 years. The materials enables pupils to consider their needs and wants for technology and to learn about Practical Action's view of Technology Justice... a global right to access sustainable technologies now and in the future."
Reflecting sunlight into space has terrifying consequences, say scientists | Environmen... - 3 views
-
"Fighting global warming by reflecting sunlight back into space risks "terrifying" consequences including droughts and conflicts, according to three major new analyses of the promise and perils of geoengineering. But research into deliberately interfering with the climate system must continue in search of technology to use as a last resort in combating climate change, scientists have concluded."
Geoengineering could bring severe drought to the tropics, research shows | Environment ... - 10 views
-
"Study models impact on global rainfall when artificial volcanic eruptions are created in a bid to reverse climate change"
GM crops: African opposition is a farce, says group led by Kofi Annan | Global developm... - 5 views
-
"Group chaired by former UN secretary general urges farmers to shake fear of the unknown and adopt new technologies" Excellent argument arguing for the development of GM crops in Africa. Will be useful for your homewrok next 1/2 term.
Google Reader (33) - 3 views
-
interesting article on climate change
UK water use 'worsening global crisis' - 3 views
-
concerns over water could eventually lead to goods carrying a label denoting their embedded water content, in the same way as electrical goods now sport information about their energy consumption. (More for water conflicts than Technological Fix)