Enterprise Brief: Generating local economy through regenerating local resources
Published: 24 août 2009
In 2008, the initiative introduced an energy efficient technology in rice mills that will generate carbon credits. In addition, it protects the environment and generates income by producing cement from recycled rice husk ash (RHA), and it turns saved rice husks into household fuel. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Carbon bank and village development project
Published: 24 août 2009
Since 2005 the Carbon Bank and Village Development Project (VDP) has encouraged, supported and enhanced community-based indigenous forestry through carbon offsets. The initiative enables successful climate change adaptation, local socio-economic development, and biodiversity conservation in rural Thailand. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: The Clean Energy Initiative
Published: 24 août 2009
Since 2009 the project has provided electricity for rural areas using energy generated from micro wind turbines. This also generates employment and income, and promotes entrepreneurial skills at the local level by providing capacity building trainings. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Almodo
Published: 24 août 2009
ALMODO, established in 2005, is a sustainable solid waste management system suitable for lower income urban areas. It collects, centralises and ecologically recovers waste and transforms it into products useful for the local community. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Sunny Money
Published: 24 août 2009
Sunny Money, in partnership with microfinance institutions and community-based organisations, has manufactured solar products in local facilities since 2008. The products are sold by micro-franchisees in their communities. There are currently 35 manufacturers and 200 microfranchisees in Kenya and Malawi. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Oro Verde
Published: 24 août 2009
Since 2000, Oro Verde has reversed environmental degradation caused by uncontrolled mining in the Chocó Bioregion, by developing certified responsible mining practices. The partnership, consisting of two national NGOs and two grassroots organisations, also reduces social exclusion by strengthening local miners and facilitating market access for them. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Planting Empowerment
Published: 24 août 2009
Planting Empowerment (PE) has worked with rainforest communities since 2007 to create investment opportunities in sustainable forestry. This increases tropical forest conservation and promotes sustainable local governance of natural resources while contributing to climate change mitigation. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Nafore and Afrisolar Energy Kiosks
Published: 24 août 2009
MicroSow and Afrisolar aim to fill the energy gap faced by citizens in rural areas in Burkina Faso. With many people excluded from the official power grid the initiative, through their mobile solarpowered charging stations (Nafore), offers access to sustainable electricity for mobile phones. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Lighting Sri Lanka’s Future
Published: 24 août 2009
In the next 5 years, the partnership aims to convert 20,000 kerosene lanterns into solar-powered LED lighting systems. These can be used by children to study at night and aid night fishermen. The initiative employs between 5 – 10 staff. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Pintadas Solar
Published: 23 août 2008
Pintadas Solar has won one of five 2008 SEED Awards for its work to help small farmers communities to adapt to climate change, improve local food security, mitigate their own carbon emissions, and reduce poverty by increasing income and creating local employment opportunities. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Himalayan Oregano Oil and Sustainable Livelihoods against MRSA
Published: 23 août 2008
Himalayan Oregano Oil against MRSA has won one of five 2008 SEED Awards for its potential to improve health and its work to provide a sustainable source of income for herb collectors and reduce villagers’ dependency on the collection of endangered herbs, thereby contributing towards conservation of those herbs in their natural habitat. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: From Relief to Self-Reliance
Published: 23 août 2008
From Relief to Self Reliance has won one of five 2008 SEED Awards for its work to expand employment opportunities, strengthen local economic and cultural activity and promote sustainable resource management through community based tourism. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Lighting Up Hope and Communities
Published: 23 août 2008
Lighting up Hope and Communities has won one of five 2008 SEED Awards for its work to become a model for the creation of a
financially self-sustaining business selling renewable energy products. En savoir plus
financially self-sustaining business selling renewable energy products. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Guiding Hope - Upscaling Fair Trade Honey and Wax Marketing
Published: 23 août 2008
Guiding Hope has won one of five 2008 SEED Awards for its work to establish an environmentally and socially responsible, fair-yet-profitable trade in apiculture products. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Water for All
Published: 23 août 2005
The municipal water company, a private consortium, the local community and a non-profit foundation form an entrepreneurial partnership to greatly extend access to affordable water in peri-urban areas of Cochabamba, Bolivia. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Madagascar's first community-run marine protected area
Published: 22 août 2005
A partnership between the local community, international NGOs and research institutions aims to demonstrate the economic, conservation and fisheries benefits of Madagascar’s first community-run Marine Protected Area (MPA). En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Cows to Kilowatts
Published: 22 août 2005
A local NGO and a community-based organization join with technology innovators from Thailand and the Sustainable Ibadan Project to install a biogas plant running on abattoir effluents to create a source of domestic energy, abate pollution and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: A Global Marketing Partnership for SRI Indigenous Rice
Published: 22 août 2005
Farming communities, a research institute, NGOs, and businesses collaborate to market indigenous varieties of rice grown with SRI (System of Rice Intensification) methods, thereby improving incomes, conserving biodiversity, and benefiting health and the environment. En savoir plus
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Enterprise Brief: Harvesting Seabuckthorn at the top of the world
Published: 22 août 2005
A sustainable programme to harvest seabuckthorn and create products for local and international markets, thereby improving livelihoods and safeguarding traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and the biodiversity of Nepal. En savoir plus
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