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Zimbabwe: Public Sector Has a Role in Environmental Sustainability

All Africa
April 9th, 2012

Over the past years, practical environmental sustainability response has been driven by the private sector. Active participation of both the private and the public sectors is crucial for national economic performance and welfare of the society.

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Shan Cretin Reports from Zimbabwe

AFSC Yobo Member
August 31st, 2011

For the past three years, AFSC has been part of a partnership between residents of Hatcliffe Extension and the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Silviera House, and the Zimbabwe Women’s Bureau.

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Righting Wrongs the Maori Way

Yes! Magazine Yobo Member
August 9th, 2011

Instead of prison, New Zealand chooses restorative justice and community problem-solving.

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Floating Gardens

IRIN News
May 18th, 2011

In Bangladesh, the ancient practice of floating gardens – beds of straw and water hyacinths on which crops are grown – is making a comeback in the face of increased floods.

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Energy Department Launches SunShot Initiative for Solar Power

Sustainable Business News
February 8th, 2011

The U.S. Department of Energy announced an initiative that aims to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75% over the next decade.

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GHANA: Efforts to reduce child labour on cocoa plantations beginning to pay off

IRIN News
September 29th, 2011

Tens of thousands of children work on Ghana’s cocoa plantations – often doing hazardous tasks when they should be at school – but change is coming.

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SIERRA LEONE: Women moving forward in politics

IRIN News
August 22nd, 2011

When Marie Jalloh first ran for office in 2007, resistance to women in politics in Sierra Leone was so strong she faced harassment and intimidation from local authorities. Now, not only is she a member of parliament; she and other women, along with local NGOs, have brought the country closer to a legal quota for women in decision-making posts.

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Iceland Crowdsources Its Next Constitution

Guardian
June 10th, 2011

Country recovering from collapse of its banks and government is using social media to get citizens to share their ideas.

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Amnesty South Africa – Record-Breaker!

Amnesty International
March 2nd, 2011

The concert experience in Johannesburg was simply breathtaking on so many levels. U2 hadn’t played South Africa since 1998, so the audience anticipation and media coverage leading up to the event was huge.

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The Right To Housing For Internally Displaced Haitians

Other Worlds Are Possible Yobo Member
February 7th, 2011

While the eyes of the world are on Haiti’s illegitimate elections and the return of the deposed dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, about 1.5 million displaced earthquake survivors continue to live in sub-human conditions. In the absence of large-scale or systemic responses by the government, international community, or aid organizations, progressive civil society organizations are evolving strategies to win the right to housing.

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