MDG 7 SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
Discussions pertaining to MDG 7 and specific countries, organizations, groups or individuals that work towards this goal will take place here. As delineated by the United Nations, the seventh Millennium Development Goal is: To Ensure Environmental Sustainability by 1) Integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reversing the loss of environmental resources, 2) Reducing biodiversity loss, and achieving a significant reduction in the rate of loss, 3) Halving, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, and 4) Achieving by 2020 significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.
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Teaching sustainable development education in Africa
Researchers at the Unviersity of Illinoise hae come up with a way to teach sustainable development education to those in Africa, despite literacy or language barriers!
Using two minute animated clips that can be sent and downloaded via cell phone, these videos depict animated characters demonstrating how to do various agricultural tasks. The videos cover a range of topics, from teaching viewers in Haiti (in light of recent cholera spikes) how to make water safe for drinking and cooking to how a farmer in Nigeria can protect his crops from insects.
As University of Illinois professor and development member Barry Pittendrigh says, "This is a very different…
Morocco is preparing for the construction one of the largest solar power plants embarked by any country, insuring better air quality control for it's country.
In a step to reduce the air quality and look for better ways to produce energy, Morocco is engaging with the Clean Technology Fund to start construction on a solar power plant. Morocco plans to reduce its dependency on coal only fuel (97%) and hopefully sustain and lower the current cost of electricity for all its citizens. Overall, Morocco is taking a positive step in obtaining sustainable energy sources.
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A mathemathical-based software made by Israeli company TaKaDu takes preventative measures towards preserving valuable water resources in countries with infrastructure to transport water.
One of Israel's major environmental issues is their lack of sufficient potable water sources in the region. All countries in the world should be able to have access to water on their own lands rather than having to depend on neighboring regions for such a vital resource. It is for this reason that many companies in Israel have been working on solutions to their water problems over the past few decades. Although the element of urgency has prompted ideas and inventions in Israel, these works are…
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- The Current State of…I did not have time to review the comments before posting the most recent article, but I think you will pleasantly surprised that I shifted focus to rural energy development. I saved Latin America and the Caribbean for last amongst the developing regions because I think they offer some of the best solutions to increasing access to energy (and I…
- The Current State of…Tai - great article. I think the contrast between Asia and Africa is important in how we view development, and underscores the need for place-based approaches rather than the traditional "one size fits all' development model. I'll be interested to see your article on Latin America as yet another contrast.
Megan - I think you hit the nail on the… - The Current State of…Tai - I found this same disparity when looking at success rates of use of GM crops to resolve increased rates for local farmers in developing nations; there just is not the supporting infrastructure needed to keep up the supply lines. However, I do think that as proper technology becomes more prevalent and cheaper to manufacture, (solar and wind),…
- The Current State of…This is really interesting!!!!!Afghanistan electrification rate of 16%, India 75% eventhough they are billions. This shows how huge the gap in devellopment is even when nations share the same borders, it is sad....Alot to talk about
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