Feature from Mary Mazzoni
Last month at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre world meeting of food communities, Slow Food USA and Slow Food International joined foodies, farmers and culinary artisans from around the globe to discuss issues affecting the future of sustainable food production. The takeaways for our own local waste issues were many.
Feature from Raquel Fagan
Even today, the HIV/AIDS crisis continues in Zambia – a landlocked Southern African nation bordering Zimbabwe. Despite years of fighting the virus, an estimated 15 percent of Zambian adults are infected, leaving behind scores of low-income widows and an estimated ...
Feature from Megan Dobransky
In 2009, textiles accounted for 5.2 percent of the municipal waste stream and only 13.8 percent were recycled. That means about 10.8 million tons of clothing and textiles ended up in the landfill. The thing is, much of the clothing ...
News from Megan Dobransky
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that it awarded a grant to the United Nations University to further responsible electronics stewardship. The five-year, $2.5 million grant to the UNU’s Institute for Sustainability and Peace will help to track where ...
News from Lori Brown
Kenya has set forth plans to become the first East African country to regulate the management of electronic waste, following a national conference held at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) this month in Nairobi. The meeting featured delegates from ...
News from Lori Brown
For the people of Uganda, living on $2 a day is a reality. Purchasing a new computer probably doesn’t fit in to that reality. In fact, there are a mere 10 installed computers per 1,000 people in Uganda. Knowing that, ...
News from Katherine J. Chen
“Inside Out,” a regional television series broadcast on BBC One, recently revealed the price developing countries have to pay for electronic waste, better known as e-waste. E-waste gained exposure in the United States when Dell announced last year that the ...
News from Lori Brown
Last year, we reported on a great community project underway in Uganda in which women make colorful beads and jewelry out of recycled paper as a way of earning much-needed income. With help from Barbara Moller and the newly created ...
News from Lori Brown
Six African countries were recently announced as the recipients of $1.1 billion in new grants and financing for climate action initiatives. Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Niger will share the additional resources to strengthen their investments in clean ...