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"GM food is incredibly controversial but to decide whether or not it has a place in sustainable agriculture, is a dose of perspective needed?"

"A young British designer has won a prestigious international award for creating a "humane" net to make fishing more sustainable by preventing small fish from being trapped."

"To meet the food needs of growing population, managing water resources used in rice farming has become a central focus"

"Smartphones are owned by one in five people and have changed how many of the world's most important industries work - from journalism to farming. But their production carries a cost; using more than 40 elements that are mined with untold environmental and social effects on every inhabited continent on earth. "

"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."

"A run-down of green technology's most cutting-edge innovations, including transparent solar cells and microgeneration boilers"

"Across the world, efforts are underway to improve the way we store and distribute energy, as we move towards more sustainable but intermittent forms of energy generation, such as wind and solar power."