Taking Steps toward Better Health Care Like cosmetics, they’re sold door-to-door. Unlike cosmetics, they can save people’s lives. more here: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/the-avon-ladies-of-africa/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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Tagged with: Chuck Slaughter, Living Goods
Posted in entrepreneurship, medical, personal care, public health, Uganda
Posted in entrepreneurship, medical, personal care, public health, Uganda
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Fresher Fish with a Small Catch When you bought it from the one who caught it, it’s better for eveyone. more here: http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/04/dock-dish-community-supported-fishery/
Tagged with: CSA, Dock to Dish, member-supported
Posted in entrepreneurship, Montauk, natural resources, New York, waste management
Posted in entrepreneurship, Montauk, natural resources, New York, waste management
Your Daily Egg 240
Banking for Smarties Two examples of how interdependence leads to independence for women in African Countries. more here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18288019 and here: http://thevillagenet.org/programs/
Tagged with: Grameen Bank, International Rescue Commitee, Merry-go-round lending, Mohammed Yunis, USAID
Posted in Amasaman, entrepreneurship, Mwaani, Ofankor, Pokuase, sharing, South Kivu, Suswa
Posted in Amasaman, entrepreneurship, Mwaani, Ofankor, Pokuase, sharing, South Kivu, Suswa
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Off the Beaten Grid Through their smart microgrid system, Gram Power is lighting up the lives of thousands of rural Indians. more here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/10/india-hamlet-where-power-stayed-on
Tagged with: decentralized distributed generation, Jacob Dickinson, Khareda Lakshmipura, Yashraj Khaitan
Posted in biomass, entrepreneurship, public health, Rajasthan, solar power, wind power
Posted in biomass, entrepreneurship, public health, Rajasthan, solar power, wind power
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Loan…Lambs…? Kiva facilitates microlending to hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs around the globe through its crowdsourcing platform. more here: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kiva
Tagged with: Kiva, Matthew Flannery, microfinance, microlending, Premal Shah
Posted in entrepreneurship
Posted in entrepreneurship
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Green-Saving Greenhouses Students at Penn State’s Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship program aim to move African subsistence farmers to sustainability through the production of low-cost greenhouses. more here: http://news.psu.edu/story/286095/2013/09/03/impact/penn-state-students-affordable-greenhouse-effort-helping-african
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How’s This for a Bright Idea? Operating In some of the poorest countries in Africa, Solar Sister aims to eradicate energy poverty while creating economic opportunities for women. more here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/17/world/africa/solar-sister-africa-light/index.html
Tagged with: Africa, economic opportunity, home-based business, networking, Rwanda, solar lighting, solar lights, solar power, Solar Sister, South Sudan, technology, Uganda, women
Posted in D.R.C., entrepreneurship, Nigeria, public health, Rwanda, solar power, Tanzania, training, Uganda
Posted in D.R.C., entrepreneurship, Nigeria, public health, Rwanda, solar power, Tanzania, training, Uganda
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Liter of Light How millions of plastic bottles become millions of watts of light. more here: http://currystonedesignprize.com/winners/2012/liter_of_light
Tagged with: design, plastic bottles, prisms, recycling, refraction, solar light
Posted in entrepreneurship
Posted in entrepreneurship
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Protecting Titís Is in the Bag Proyecto Tití is an organization dedicated to protecting the cotton-top tamarin, native to parts of Colombia. In an effort to reduce the number of plastic bags which litter tití habitats, Proyecto Tití helped to…
Tagged with: artisans, bags, bolsas, cooperatives, design, garbage, litter, mochilas, plastic bags, recycling, trash
Posted in entrepreneurship, waste management
Posted in entrepreneurship, waste management
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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep Them Hippos Rolling Using your head is good idea most of the time. Using it to carry water isn’t. more here: http://www.hipporoller.org/?Task=system&CategoryID=4876&HeadingText=What+is+a+Hippo+Water+Roller+%3F
Tagged with: design, hippo, plastic drum, transport, water
Posted in entrepreneurship, nutrition, public health
Posted in entrepreneurship, nutrition, public health
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Boat Schooling It’s simple. If the children can’t make it to school, then school must come to them. more here: http://www.shidhulai.org/
Tagged with: Bangladesh, boats, floods, pumps, Solar energy, systems, technology
Posted in adult/continuing education, agriculture, Bangladesh, entrepreneurship, public education
Posted in adult/continuing education, agriculture, Bangladesh, entrepreneurship, public education
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