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  • Researchers Analyze the Recharged Solar Tax Credit

    December 21, 2015 |

    Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Solar power companies have had a hard time maintaining funding to operate. 'Recharging' tax credits for these companies can help up-and-coming solar companies to grow.

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  • From Sustainability to Abundance

    December 21, 2015 |

    Stanford Social Innovation Review |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Samsø

    Sustainability’s vagueness and scarcity orientation may be preventing the future it seeks to create. The time has come to adopt a new mindset: That of the Abundance Cycle.

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  • Another Giant Leap

    December 04, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: India, Sukhrali, Haryana

    The rapid development of emerging economies across Asia and Africa is lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty - but there is much debate as to how to best structure this growth. If these economies evolve in the same way as in the West - with unchecked, excessive resource consumption and heavy pollution - the planet may be on the fast track to disaster. Earthrise explores how these nations can grow sustainably using improved, eco-conscious technologies like renewable energy and eco-friendly farming practices.

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  • Africa's Future is Clean Energy

    December 04, 2015 |

    African Business Magazine |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Oromia

    At the mention of “clean energy” in Africa, six countries stand out as beacons of the change to new, clean future energy sources on the continent, boosted by foreign investment.

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  • The Solar Company Making a Profit on Poor Africans

    December 02, 2015 |

    Bloomberg |

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    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

    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

    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

    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)?

    October 29, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    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.

    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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