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Desert 'fog catchers' make water out of thin air

Fog harvesting was devised in South America in the 1980s and there are active projects in various countries including Chile, Peru, Ghana, Eritrea, South Africa and Californ...

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Sustainable Development

Stella McCartney On Innovating The Fashion Industry From Within

As a fashion designer, Stella McCartney has always challenged the way in which things are made, actively turning to innovation in order to operate a global business built o...

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Bollywood

Shahrukh Khan & Farhan Akhtar Thank GCFI For Highlighting Social Issues

Shah Rukh Khan and actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar recently expressed their gratitude to the conveners and CEO of Global Citizen Festival Hugh Evans, for laying emphasis on i...

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Environment

Climate Change In Pictures: Photographs From Around The World Show Droughts, Floods And Melting Ice

An exhibition of photographs showing the effects of climate change around the world is currently on display at the United Nations climate summit in Morocco.
The images...

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How A Bunch Of Students Are Convincing Villages Around Noida To Use Water Filters

This is the story of two different communities in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi. The villagers of Sadhopur village in Greater Noida were facing many health pro...

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Environment

Hydroelectric Dams Emit A Billion Tonnes Of Greenhouse Gases A Year, Study Finds

Hydroelectric dams contribute more to global warming than previously estimated, according to a study published in BioScience.
It appears that the current and planned b...

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Environment

Shoppers Must Use Their Purchasing Power To Lead Green Products Revolution

Whenever the battle against toxic chemicals makes headlines, it’s usually linked to huge, sprawling disasters like Flint’s poisoned water or BPA-laden plastics ...

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Sustainable Development

The Art Of Water Recycling

Imagine that you run a company that sells bottled water. You spend lots of money, and use lots of energy, pumping the water out of the ground, purifying it and transporting...

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Environment

The Hydropower Paradox: Is This Energy As Clean As It Seems?

In July, UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon highlighted the role of hydropower in boosting the use of renewable energy globally, when he visited a nonprofit institute in China that h...

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Gender

Three Women Leaders Are Leading The Sanitation Revolution In Kanpur. Find Out How

Kanpur, the largest city in Uttar Pradesh, is the hub of industry and a thriving urban centre. The civic amenities here, however, have not been able to keep up with the sca...

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