Africa
Raising Awareness for the work of WiserEarth Communites in Africa
This is a group dedicated to spreading the word about organizations and groups in Africa as well as their work on WiserEarth.
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Oct 04, 2007
Updated: Nov 16, 2009
Membership: Open
Semi-Private
Resources
Results 1 to 10 of 93 resources
Updated: 7 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
To promote the understanding and conservation of reptiles and amphibians
of the Midwestern United States and beyond through research, education
and outreach.
The Herp Center is i...
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: about 1 month ago
Social Media and People Power saving our rivers.
Please watch our first Let it Flow Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHf_XbKQwCI(are ...
Areas: Arts Activism, Environmental Justice, River-Lake Ecology and Biodiversity, Rivers and Creeks, Wetlands, Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Media and Communication, Video, Water and Sustainable Development, Water Rights ...
Type: Other - Author: Susan Rooney-Harding
Type: Other - Author: Susan Rooney-Harding
Updated: about 1 month ago
Check out this new Homeowner's Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff. Here's an intro from Brock Dolman:
Hi All,
I think that many of you interested in community stormwater education may
find the...
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: 4 months ago
About our Programs
The Center for Water and Land Use's mission is to increase awareness
and understanding of the rel...
Updated: 4 months ago
Water Matters is an excellent half hour show produced by NBC Bay Area (KNTV) that describes the severity of our Water ...
Updated: 4 months ago
Our good friends at the USEPA have been working hard to evaluate and promote incorporation of Low Impact Design elements into infrastructure designs (primarily stormwater).
The Green Infrastructu...
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