WiserEarth Area of Focus Suggestions
Improving WiserEarth Areas of Focus
List suggestions for new areas of focus or for changes to the current areas of focus
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Created: Apr 21, 2008
Updated: Nov 20, 2009
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Updated: 5 days ago
Women Need Water Rights, Not Just Technologies
In poor communities, technologies are often touted as panaceas for
poverty. For wom...
Areas: Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Water and Energy, Water and Sustainable Development, Water Law and Policy, Water Quality and Health, Water Rights, Water Supply and Conservation, Watershed Management, Sustainable Urban Environmental Services, Sanitation ...
Type: Website - Author: Masum Momaya
Type: Website - Author: Masum Momaya
Updated: about 1 month ago
Mekong's dams wreak havoc on rural poor
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
CHIANG RAI, Thailand - In a rush to emulate Thailand's model of
building dams in the name of development, countries that share the
...
Areas: Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Acid Rain, Ecosystem Services, Coastal Ecology, Marine Ecology and Conservation, Land Restoration, Land Stewardship, Natural Resource Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Electric Power ...
Type: Article - Author: Marwaan Macan-Markar
Type: Article - Author: Marwaan Macan-Markar
Updated: 2 months ago
Video: Making Your Own Closed-Top Rain Barrel System
Published: 06/26/2009
| Updated: 08/21/2009
Published By: Areas: Watershed Management, Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Riparian Ecology and Conservation, Urban Ecology, Green Roofs, Environmental Education, Water Quality and Health, Water Supply and Conservation, Water Law and Policy, Water and Sustainable Development ...
Type: Video
Type: Video
Updated: 3 months ago
The project may help to cut down on the need to clear forestsBy James PainterAug. 18, 2009BBC News, Trinidad, BoliviaPoor farmers in the heart of Bolivia's Amazon are being encouraged to embrace th...
Areas: Riparian Ecology and Conservation, Rivers and Creeks, Wetlands, Soil Conservation and Management, Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services
Type: Website - Author: James Painter
Type: Website - Author: James Painter
Updated: 3 months ago
Sierra Permaculture Design
Permaculture design, consulting & project management for homes, farms, ranches, retreats and public facilities.
Permaculture provides positive, sustainable solutions ...
Areas: Permaculture, Agroecology, Organic Farming, Rural Farming Communities, Ecosystem Services, Land Restoration, Culture and Sustainability, Sustainability Education, Energy Flow in Ecosystems, Energy Efficiency and Conservation ...
Type: Website - Author: Paul Racko
Type: Website - Author: Paul Racko
Updated: 4 months ago
Analysis of World Bank financed water privatization in Senegal
by Hawa Ba
reprinted from Pambazuka
2006-07, Issue 262
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/35714
In 1995, in accordance with th...
Areas: Soil Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation and Recreation, Fish, Human Rights Education, Social Development, Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Acid Rain, Ecosystem Services, Coastal Ecology ...
Type: Other - Author: Hawa Ba
Type: Other - Author: Hawa Ba
Updated: 4 months ago
MMWD hosted
a Conservation Summit, "Conserving Together," in July 2009. The Summit
focused on the importance of water conservation as a cornerstone of the
district's long-term water management stra...
Updated: 4 months ago
ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service is managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and is funded under a grant from the United States Department of Agr...
Updated: 5 months ago
Check out this excellent new documentary from PBS Frontline!
Poisoned Waters http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisone...
Updated: 5 months ago
Check out the extensive Resource Page developed by Rain Harvest Systems at http://www.rainharvest.com/more/.