A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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Fair Trade As We Do It: the Story of Jumbo Nuts
Fair Trade Alliance Kerala, the small-farmer collective I work for, is recapturing the homestead farming traditions of Kerala. Our goal is to grow to about 10,000 farming families stewarding about 40,000 acres of farmland, creating conditions that are akin to a tropical rainforest in crop diversity and biodiversity.
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Trump Commerce Secretary: Let them eat soup
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appeared on CNBC Friday to argue that Trump’s steel tariffs are “no big deal,” and he brought props with him to prove it, including a can of Cambell’s soup, a can of Coke, and a can of beer.
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Interdependence Makes Businesses More Resilient: The Roshan Story
Roshan, a large telecom company, has used its business to develop safer, more connected communities and empower women throughout Afghanistan.
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Saudis in market to buy nuclear power plants….and make nuclear weapons?
The Saudi shopping spree includes talks with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is in London hoping to sell the Saudis AP1000 commercial nuclear reactors made by the bankrupt US company Westinghouse.
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See all 5 bright planets in March
You can’t see them simultaneously. But, especially from the Northern Hemisphere, March 2018 is a great month for catching all 5 bright planets either after sunset, or before dawn.
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Danish students take to the seas in floating shipping container apartments
By utilizing modular shipping container homes in Copenhagen’s urban harbors, Urban Rigger and architecture firm Bjarke Ingels have reinvented student dorms.
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The Nest is a modern tiny house that visitors can rent
Nestled in a backyard in sunny Arizona, this contemporary tiny house on wheels offers big comforts in a tiny footprint.
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Venture Fund Launched to Fight Human Rights Violations in Global Supply Chains
Humanity United announced that it has raised $23 million to be used to invest in startup technology companies fighting human trafficking, forced labor and other human rights violations occurring in supply chains worldwide.
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Thriving communities and thriving ecosystems through the bee
Wanjiku Mwangi pours out the golden liquid onto her finger checking the flow and the colour. She puts some on her tongue, tastes and smacks her lips. “Yes, this is good honey,” she says.
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4 Happy Thoughts about the Trump Solar Tariffs
