Heifer International
Ending Poverty and Caring for the Earth
This is a place for Heifer volunteers to get together share ideas, experiences, materials, etc. We are Heifer Volunteers who are working together to end hunger and save the Earth.
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Created: May 02, 2008
Updated: Jun 20, 2009
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Updated: 6 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: 24 days ago
From the DLC Website, "The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. This site contains an author-...
Areas: Conservation and the Commons, Global Governance, Global Pollution, Property Rights, Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building, Agroforestry, Philanthropy, Groundwater, Land Stewardship ...
Type: Other - Author: Indiana University
Type: Other - Author: Indiana University
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
Oct 2nd 2009 : launched, new additional website : http://solarvillage.tamera.org/
Invest in a Peace Project !
We are living in a time of global decline in the conventional ways of living and the...
Areas: Sustainable Communities, Responsible Business Practices, Sustainability and Technology, Youth Participation, Training for Nonprofits, Community Training, Community Resources, Environmental Education, Renewable Energy, Local Food Systems ...
Type: Website - Author: Rainer Ehrenpreis
Type: Website - Author: Rainer Ehrenpreis
Updated: 3 months ago
A unique search engine related a huge variety of articles I've posted, bookmarked, tagged, linked, etc.
Updated: 3 months ago
An internet column primarily focusing on kayaking/paddling in South Eastern Michigan .
Areas: Community Resources, Coastal Ecology, Ecotourism, Wildlife Habitat Conservation, Groundwater, Dams, Water Rights, Urban Ecology, Water Pollution, Men's Health ...
Type: Article - Author: Willi Gutmann
Type: Article - Author: Willi Gutmann
Updated: 3 months ago
A new study takes aim at the mysterious relationship between
clouds and climate, and it finds that a warmer planet could mean fewer clouds,
which would mean an even more sultry future for the plane...
Areas: Tropical Moist Forests, Water Supply and Conservation, Climate Change, Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Groundwater, Energy Flow in Ecosystems, Greenhouse Gases
Type: Article - Author: Katherine Harmon
Type: Article - Author: Katherine Harmon
Updated: 3 months ago
Water is life! - a Model for Renaturation of Dry Regions
In southern Portugal, a pilot model shows how the desertification of the Mediterranean and other threatened places in the world can be stop...
Areas: Permaculture, Organic Farming, Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Biocultural Diversity, Seed Conservation, Youth Participation, Communication Training, Community Resources, Community Training, Land Restoration ...
Type: Website - Author: Leila Dregger
Type: Website - Author: Leila Dregger
Updated: 3 months ago
Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 1 is the core of the complete three-volume guide on how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water...
Areas: Permaculture, Appropriate Technology, Water Supply and Conservation, Water Quality and Health, Watershed Management, Sustainable Livelihoods, Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Sustainable Building, Groundwater, Water and Energy ...
Type: Book - Author: Brad Lancaster
Type: Book - Author: Brad Lancaster
Updated: 3 months ago
By Jason GaleAug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Orbiting satellites measuring the gravitational pull of water below the earth’s surface confirm what authorities in India suspected for more than 20 years: groun...
Areas: Water Supply and Conservation, Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle, Water and Energy, Groundwater, Rivers and Creeks, Water and Sustainable Development, Soil Conservation and Management, Natural Resource Management, Soil Ecology ...
Type: Article - Author: Jason Gale
Type: Article - Author: Jason Gale