Category: Climate Change
02/16/10
04:01:32 am, by Zweig 
, 125 words 
Categories: Climate Change, Green Design, Appropriate Technology (General)
Smog-Eating Cement
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"Take ordinary cement. Mix in an agent called a photo-catalyzer (titanium dioxide, if you really want to know), which speeds up the natural process that breaks down smog into its component parts. Now start paving things… more »
02/03/10
Climate change in Ayaviri
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An interview with a local in the Peruvian high Andes in Ayaviri. The lack of water from glacier melt is visible and making the poor even poorer. more »
10/30/07
Climate Change
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Part of an ABC special about climate change more »
10/23/07
Global Warming in Greenland
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09/14/07
09:02:02 am, by jennyg , 359 words
Categories: Climate Change, Construction Practices, Development, Rainwater Harvesting, Sustainability, Water and Sanitation (WATSAN)
‘Sand Damming’ & Walking on Water: Excellent Development
In rural Kenya basic needs are a daily struggle. Water, soil and trees are the three things that must be conserved to make a difference. Community members used a technique called ‘sand damming’ to conserve water with dams that create springs, rather th… more »
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