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From bamboo bikes to biomass briquettes: UNEP unveils SEED Award Winners

November 3, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi - A novel solar device that turns waste heat into electricity in rural China, a Ugandan business that manufactures stationery from agricultural waste, a bamboo bicycle project in Ghana and a female-run business in South Africa making a hand-held laundry device that saves water are among the 30 winners of the 2010 SEED...

UNEP launches '30 Ways in 30 Days' to inspire action on climate change

November 1, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi, Kenya - What do solar loans, sustainable tourism, tea plantations, forests in Panama and African financiers have in common?

The answer is quite simple: all are part of the global solution to climate change, and part of the United Nation’s Environment Programme’s “30 ways in 30 Days” initiative, launched today.

Historic New Treaty Lays Ground Rules for Sharing Benefits of World's Wealth of Genetic Resources

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Historic New Treaty Lays Out Ground Rules for Sharing Benefits of World’s Wealth of Genetic Resources

Governments Also Agree Strategic 10 Year-Plan with Targets and Timetables to Combat Loss of Planet’s Nature-Based Resources

October 29, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Nagoya - After close to 20 years of discussion and debate, governments...

How religion is helping save the dolphin in UP

October 29, 2010
By Annant Zanane
NDTV

Karnavas, UP:  In Karnavas in UP, street plays make frequent and reverent references to the dolphins in the Ganga.

“What’s known as the dolphin in English is important to our ecosystem, our culture, but we are harming it,” says one of the performers.

Religion and mythology are playing a huge role in helping to save the...

Conservation, religion join to save Ganges dolphin

October 28, 2010
By Henry Foy
Reuters

NARORA, India, Oct 28 (Reuters Life!) - As the sun sets over a serene stretch of the mighty Ganges, a pair of smooth, grey dolphins arch gracefully out of the water, bringing hope that wildlife can again call India’s great river home.

Millions of Indians along the banks of the 2,500 km (1,550 mile)-long Ganges depend on the river,...

CT Faith Leaders Honored for Energy Stewardship

October 27, 2010
Creedible

MIDDLETOWN – Connecticut Interfaith Power and Light announces the first annual Ripple Awards at First Church of Christ, 190 Court St. in Middletown Nov. 21 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Why did the U.N. proclaim World Interfaith Harmony Week?

October 22, 2010
By Tom Heneghan
Reuters

Nagoya 2010: Report puts economic value of nature on the global political radar

October 20, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Nagoya, Japan - The economic importance of the world’s natural assets is now firmly on the political radar as a result of an international assessment showcasing the enormous economic value of forests, freshwater, soils and coral reefs, as well as the social and economic costs of their loss, was the conclusion of The Economics of...

India set to be first country to publish 'natural wealth' accounts

Accounts of the nation’s ‘natural capital’ meets key demand of the UN study of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

By Juliette Jowit
The Guardian
October 20, 2010

Saving North America's sacred sites

More than two dozen sites sacred to Native Americans are at risk of being destroyed by ‘development at any cost’

By John Schertow
The Guardian
October 18, 2010

Whether it’s an ancient burial ground, a simple cave that witnessed the birth of a language not heard in centuries or the mountain home of a spirit that brings abundance to an entire ecosystem, every culture has...

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