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Danny OCallaghan

What can Madagascar teach us about rice and water? | Guardian Sustainable Business | Gu... - 0 views

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

UK water use 'worsening global crisis' - 3 views

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    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)
Danny OCallaghan

Slum-dwellers in South Africa are given a taste of mod cons with the introduction of th... - 4 views

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    Meet the iShack, a modern take on an age-old design that is bringing new hope - and light - to the slums of South Africa. Millions of people are unable to afford to move out of slums and shanty towns in sub-Saharan Africa but the development of the iShack is intended to lift their living standards. People living in rickety and makeshift shacks in slum areas can wait for years before they can get connected to the electricity or water grids, and the United Nations estimates that 62 per cent of the urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums. Meet the iShack, a modern take on an age-old design that is bringing new hope - and light - to the slums of South Africa. Millions of people are unable to afford to move out of slums and shanty towns in sub-Saharan Africa but the development of the iShack is intended to lift their living standards. People living in rickety and makeshift shacks in slum areas can wait for years before they can get connected to the electricity or water grids, and the United Nations estimates that 62 per cent of the urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2259075/Slum-dwellers-South-Africa-given-taste-mod-cons-introduction-environmentally-friendly-iShack.html#ixzz2HTI9EfYr  Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Danny OCallaghan

New grass could help tackle flooding, say scientists | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 3 views

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    "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."
Danny OCallaghan

Shade balls fill reservoir to conserve water in drought-hit LA - in pictures | US news ... - 2 views

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    "A total of 96m black polythene balls now cover water at reservoir in Sylmar, California, to protect against evaporation"
Danny OCallaghan

BBC News - Fukushima leaks: Japan pledges $470m for 'ice wall' - 3 views

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    "Japan is to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into building a frozen wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant to stop leaks of radioactive water."
Danny OCallaghan

UTEC - Potable Water Generator - YouTube - 4 views

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    very clever us eof technology
Danny OCallaghan

GM food: we can no longer afford to ignore its advantages | Environment | The Observer - 2 views

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    "Given the crises facing the planet, with the population set to reach the 9 billion mark by 2050 and increasing strains being placed on water, energy and food supplies, it would be wrong to hope there could be a single solution to the storms that lie ahead. As the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, once put it in an Observer interview: "There will be no silver bullet.""
Danny OCallaghan

India's rice revolution - audio slideshow | Global development | Observer Food Monthly - 5 views

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    "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"
Fergus Dillon

Copenhagen unveils first climate-change adapted neighborhood | Al Jazeera America - 3 views

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    Come hell or high water, the residents of St. Kjeld, a Copenhagen neighborhood, will be ready. Actually, skip the hell part. But when the next megastorm hits the Danish capital, St. Kjeld's residents should be safe and dry. That's because as of December, they live in the world's first climate-change-adapted neighborhood.
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