From: 5min.com on AOL on Sun, Sep 26 2010 12:52 PM

To fight the food shortage in Cuba, the government took on an ambition plan to put urban wasteland into productive use. The urban agriculture grew bigger in Cuba.

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Community and family run gardens in Argentina, provide a living to more than 10,000 people. Market gardeners took over pieces of wasteland from the government and turned it into a fertile fruit and vegetable garden.

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Slow Food in Italy is a non-profit organization that aims to protect the right to eat good food in the traditional Italian way.

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In 2003 a UN survey ranked Finland’s first, out of 122 countries. Finland has the cleanest water in the world, but what makes it so special?

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A rural area uses pico hydro turbines to generate power for the villagers. Over 120,000 units of pico hydro turbines are installed in villages in Vietnam.

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The textile industry is a booming market for Bangladesh. But the toxic chemicals used for the fabrics are pouring into the country’s water courses.

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In Valencia and all over Spain, old mobile phones are being taken apart in search of profit. There are bins for unwanted phones in which people can put their mobiles for recycling.

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In cooperation with the locals in Spain, the Earth Watch project track and monitor animals, such as turtles and dolphins, in the Mediterranean sea.

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Nigeria has to import fish to make up for the short fall in their domestic catch. But in downtown Lagos there is solution: farming lungfish or also know as catfish.

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Millions tons of seaweed is sold all around the world every year. Yet, Brazil imports 90% of the seaweed it uses, in spite of the coastal resources.

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The organization GIFT Breeding Programme in Philippines found a method to improve tilapia farming.

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The company Aquatic in Sevan, Armenia, started catching crayfish in traps using fish as bait and exporting it to European countries.

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Dr. Terry Sunderland is an international rattan expert has completed a study to see whether wild rattan can be grown from seed, to boost commercialization of this flexible asset.

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The Chitwan valley produces 75% of Nepal’s rice. Villagers who are growing rice are now looking for a variety of rice which will survive the Nepalese climate and soil.

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Nerica is a new rice variety from West-Africa, completed by research done by West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) to survive in the African climate and environment.

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Bangladesh Rice Research Institute wants to improve the efficiency of the use of furnaces in order to reduce the rice husk usage.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Tue, Sep 21 2010 8:58 PM

As most serious eaters know, the folks at Häagen-Dazs are putting their money where their spoons are this year with a dedicated marketing effort aimed at increasing awareness of Colony Collapse Disorder, the mysterious condition that has caused a dramatic increase in honeybee colony losses. Häag...

From: 5min.com on AOL on Thu, Sep 16 2010 12:49 PM

In 1984 the Sasakawa price was first rewarded. It recognizes environmental efforts by individuals for sustainable living and preserving the environment.

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If the success of gaining energy from sugarcane waste was be replicated throughout India, over 200,000 rural villages would have electricity.

From: 5min.com on AOL on Thu, Sep 16 2010 12:49 PM

For half a century global security existed in the equal and opposing force of two world’s super powers. Throughout the Cold War era, the populations of East and West learned to live under the shadow of nuclear immolation.