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22. September 2019

Abu Dhabi Turns Artists’ Sculptures into Energy in the Desert

The United Arab Emirates can get too warm for people to spend days outdoors, but Abu Dhabi is looking to challenge the norm by using art to provide adequate shade and sustainably generate power supply.

Environment

21. September 2019

Ninth Graders Predict Weather for Village, Help Farmers with Data

School children in the water-scarce village of Kothapally, India, help create weather forecasts for farmers using a data station brought in by scientists, to make growing crops more productive and sustainable.

Environment

19. September 2019

E-Rickshaws and Bikes Make Air Fresher in Pakistan

Pakistan is launching newly developed electric motorcycles and rickshaws, conforming to its ‘Green Pakistan’ campaign, to protect the environment against pollution and reduce carbon emissions.

Environment

18. September 2019

Filipino Village Uses Plastic Waste as Currency

Bayanan is offering its villagers one kilogram of rice for every two kilograms of plastic, in a bid to educate people how to better dispose of their trash.

Environment

17. September 2019

Life is Back in Thames River with Fish, Seals, and Dolphins

London’s River Thames is teaming with life and has recovered from its biologically dead state since the 1950s. Improved waste systems, stricter environmental regulations, and 393 habitat enhancement projects since 2005 revived the river.

Environment

17. September 2019

6 Billion Dollars Help Poor Countries Fight Climate Crisis

The Green Climate Fund has received around $6 billion worth of new pledges from five nations to support the needs of developing countries vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Environment

16. September 2019

Green Cities and Smart Tech for 70 Million Chinese

The Chinese government plans to create a green zone of several mega cities to apply evolving Artificial Intelligence and advanced technology, aiming for a cleaner and smarter earth.

Society

15. September 2019

Water Women Make Community Happier With Two Hours a Day

A group of around 600 women from over 200 villages in central India have gathered together as the “Jal Sahelis” – water women friends – to restore the water infrastructure in the conservative region of Bundelkhand.

Environment

15. September 2019

Going Electric Helps Asia’s City Dwellers Breathe Again

More and more Asian cities are turning to electric vehicles in hopes of reducing greenhouse gas emissions while also developing their transportation system.

Environment

14. September 2019

Trash Mountain to Provide Power in Addis Ababa

A huge heap of trash is the newest power plant in Ethiopia: Samuel Alemayehu, a Stanford engineer from Ethiopia, turned the big problem of waste management in booming Africa to an even bigger benefit with Africa’s first “waste-to-energy” plant.