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TriplePundit — On Growing Up
This week, TriplePundit was acquired by 3BL Media, the leading provider of distribution services for corporate social responsibility and sustainability news and content. As we whispered a sneak preview to friends and colleagues in person at the Sustainable Brands conference in Detroit last week, it was hard to keep the news to ourselves.
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- Environment
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- North America
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Smallholder farmers in Kenya in the race against climate change
For years, the farmers’ efforts in small-scale agriculture produced little meaningful return. But this did not stop the community from having a collective vision for their prosperity: They wanted to improve their living standards, educate their children, engage in farming as a business and add value to cash crops to increase their income. What they lacked was the knowledge to make this happen.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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In 2 years, Indian government electrified 13,523 villages; only 8% were completely electrified
As of May 25, 2017, 13,523 villages have been electrified, but 100% household connectivity has been achieved in only 1,089 villages, according to data in the power ministry’s Grameen Vidyutikaran (GARV) dashboard.
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- Energy, Environment
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- South Asia
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Satellites find “hidden forests” helping fight against global warming
They found that trees like baobab and acacia shade 467 million more hectares of land than previously thought - an area roughly equal to half the size of the United States - increasing estimates of global forest cover by at least nine percent.
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- Environment
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From Trash to Resource: How Technology Can Help Informal Waste Pickers Solve India’s Recycling Problem
Due to its dependence on informal waste pickers, urban waste management in India is at once a complex problem to solve, and an excellent business opportunity. Kabadiwalla Connect, a tech-based social enterprise, is using smartphones and innovative logistics to help this informal ecosystem of urban recyclers make a better living and keep untold tons of garbage out of landfills.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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New Job Board Feature – FREE Access to NextBillion’s 100,000 Twitter Audience
NextBillion's job board is one of the most active career resources in the social business and global development space – and it's one of the most popular features on the site. We're making it better by tweeting out all new job posts to our fast-growing Twitter audience of approximately 100,000 – for free. To post a job ad, or find a career with impact, visit the job board today.
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Solar lamp social enterprise mulls manufacturing plant in Kenya
The firm produces solar products that charge phone devices and provide power to homes, using off-grid systems. Nathaniel Peat the firms’ Co – Founder, says Kenya has become an important market for them having already invested Sh26.4 million in the market.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- renewable energy, solar
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New Guide Helps Investors ‘Make a Clean Break’ from Fossil Fuels
Make a Clean Break: Your Guide to Fossil Fuel Free Investing — an update to previous versions released in 2014 and 2013 — provides improved insights and analysis about the potential financial advantages of eliminating fossil fuel corporations from investment portfolios and reinvesting in clean, sustainable and solutions-oriented investments that are advancing the transition toward a zero-carbon economy.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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