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The Solar Company Making a Profit on Poor Africans

Stephan Faris

December 02, 2015 |

Bloomberg |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Since its commercial launch in 2012, M-Kopa has grown to exceed expectations for its revenue--now making more than $12 million a year. The company does this all while expanding access to affordable technology to the poorest rural population in Kenya, as well as providing them with credit and promoting green practices.

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With a solar oven, Kenyan women bake their way to a better life

Leopold Obi

November 19, 2015 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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Response Location: Kenya, Msumarini

In the rural Kenyan village of Msumarini, women are empowered to become business leaders. Imani Women Group runs a thriving bakery using the simple resources available in the village.

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First Report on Multifamily Solar with Storage Shows Positive ROI

Kat Friedrich

November 06, 2015 |

Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As climate change and burgeoning development contribute to more frequent and bigger natural disasters, often senior, disabled, and low-income residents are stranded in their homes after a big storm without power to run elevators or regulate temperatures for medicines. Research is showing that multifamily, renewable energy storage systems provide a viable and reliable source of clean, emergency backup power for these populations in event of an emergency.

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The Future of Housing Is Now. What Sustainable Homes Look Like

Chris Peak

November 02, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Urbana, Illinois

Passive houses can generate more energy than they consume but are expensive to build. Non-profits across the nation are getting low income families into these types of renewable homes with state subsidies and volunteer work.

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If Everybody Hates Wasting Food, Why Do We Do It (And How Can We Stop)?

Mary Hoff

October 29, 2015 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Denmark

Most people are unaware of how much food they waste. Food waste campaigns across the world are using creative marketing to raise awareness and encourage behavior change.

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4 Startups Revolutionizing How Food Is Produced in the U.S.

Chris Peak

September 24, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Salina, Kansas

University research in Kansas and California is providing technical solutions for small farmers to help them compete against large scale farms.

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'Pay as You Go' Solar Power Rewriting the Book

Adrian Ely

September 14, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Oromia

In so-called 'developing countries,' the focus is often simply on industrializing areas without electricity. In an effort to think beyond this to create sustainable and forward-looking infrastructure, socially- and environmentally-motivated private-sector initiatives have been pioneering off-grid "pay as you go'' solar-home systems. These have brought clean light and basic electricity services to hundreds of thousands of households across Africa.

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Could These Two Environmental Challenges Be the Answer to Each Other?

Gabriella Mulligan

September 14, 2015 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: Kenya, Naivasha, Nakuru County

Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant challenges in two areas that previously may have been considered in separate spheres: lack of access to sanitary waste disposal, and a growing need for clean, affordable energy. Now, several companies are scaling solutions for how each of these issues actually solve the other. In Kenya, they are finding ways to turn human waste into fuel and fertilizer, effectively addressing both issues simultaneously.

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Green Energy for the Poor

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

September 09, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Niger

Creative, bottom-up solutions in renewable energy and land use are helping combat poverty in many parts of rural Africa. An innovative business model combining solar power and cellphones allows rural areas to access clean electricity. Agroforestry techniques also restore degraded land, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and increase agricultural productivity.

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Climate change crusade goes local

Doug Struck

August 09, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

Around the globe, countries have taken actions that have helped reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable energy. Although the state of Florida feels the effects of climate change, its state representatives have not produced policy addressing it. Local policy makers and organizers have made the biggest difference in the state.

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