by Danielle Nierenberg
Thursday April 30, 2009 at 12:49pm, EST
Last week, the New York Times published a story on “black carbon.” Black carbon is the soot created when charcoal, coal, dung, wood and other biomass fuels are burned. This soot coats villages and slums all over China, India, Thailand, and Africa. Black carbon, the article points out, is also potentially a growing cause of climate change— recent studies claim it contributes about 18 percent to the planet’s warming. Removing black soot is quite simple, according to the NYT article — install more fuel efficient stoves that eliminate soot. Problem solved.
However, solar stoves aren’t just a solution for climate change. They are also help ensure that families, especially women, are healthier and empower them to work and earn a living wage.
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by Danielle Nierenberg
Thursday April 16, 2009 at 10:51am, EST
The failure of big agribusiness to feed the world’s nearly 1 billion hungry people is getting more attention these days, as Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute, points out in his blog, Dried Up Solutions for India’s Breadbasket, yesterday. What’s needed is not chemical fertilizers and expensive irrigation systems, but environmentally sustainable methods of agriculture that both protect the environment and support local economies. 1Well is working with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to work with small and marginalized farmers in India on sustainable farming projects. Get involved and become a 1Well SVC for a sustainable farming project at www.1Well.org/available_projects.
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by Dan Morrison
Thursday April 2, 2009 at 1:07pm, EST
One of 1Well’s Four Focus Areas is Food Security. Our aim is to help small and marginalized farmers develop more self-reliant and sustainable agricultural practices that will provide more food to the local economy and generate more income for their families.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently released its study “Rising Food Prices and Small Farmers’ Access to Seed” by Melinda Smale, Marc J. Cohen, and Latha Nagarajan. It provides a good overview of the rising cost of food and the “emergency” and “resilience” solutions necessary to consider in the short and long term. Read the summary below and download the full report Rising Food Prices and Small Farmers’ Access to Seed.
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