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The Urban Farmers Battling Bangalore's Concrete Jungle

In Ramagondanahalli village, Muniraju Hanumanthappa bends over his clay-coloured soil surrounded by bright green spinach leaves. He quickly prunes the plants, dwarfed by th...

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Environment

Plants Can See, Hear And Smell - & Respond

Plants, according to Jack C Schultz, "are just very slow animals". This is not a misunderstanding of basic biology. Schultz is a professor in the Division of Plant Sciences...

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Sustainable Development

Could Agave, Hemp And Saltbush Be The Fuels Of The Future?

Oilier plants, new processing technologies and multipurpose crops could put the biofuel industry back in the race for greener transport fuels Biofuels have long been touted...

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Environment

Rare Flowers Destroyed In Australia After Paperwork Error

Australian biosecurity officers have destroyed historic plant specimens on loan from France after a paperwork mix-up. A box of rare daisies from the 1850s had been sent to ...

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Gender

The 'Cinderella Of Tech' On Fashion, Feminism And Why The New Netflix Series Based On Her Life Isn't All Fact?

Sophia Amoruso wants to get something straight about the term “Girlboss”. “It’s about choosing for ourselves what success looks like,” she exp...

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Luis Miranda: Perhaps The Oil Industry Saved More Whales Than Environmental NGO's Did

There’s a lot of talk on impact investing these days and I’ve been involved in my fair share of these discussions. Impact investing has excited a lot of people....

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Environment

'Fake Females' To Aid Rare Moth Work In Cairngorms

In the UK, the Kentish glory is only found in north east Scotland. Their fast flight makes the species hard to identify so conservationists are to lure males to the "fake f...

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Sustainable Development

14 Spectacular Green Roofs Around The World

Watermill Residence, Water Mill, New York, Autofamily House, Poland, Biesbosch Museum, National Park De Biesbosch, Netherlands, Daniel F., Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Sc...

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Gender

Ladies Want To Be The CEO, Join The Weed Industry

The nail polish looks normal enough: clear, shiny, and sticky as a girl delicately coats the tip of each of my fingers. Then I notice the little green flecks of OG Kush&mda...

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Sustainable Development

Germany Strikes Offshore Wind Deals, Subsidy Not Included

European governments have spent large sums of money in recent years subsidizing giant offshore wind projects in hopes of creating a clean source of energy that could eventu...

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