“We forgot that water is a costly item,” lamented K. P. Singh, regional director of the Central Groundwater Board, in his office in the city of Jaipur. “Our feeling about proper, judicious use of water vanished.”
According to this well researched NY Times article, India is depleating its groundwater so fast that scarcity could threaten [...]
Founded in 1999, Blacksmith Institute’s vision is a clean planet for our children. In November of 2003, Blacksmith Institute launched the Polluted Places Initiative to address severely polluted sites throughout the world. This is their 2006 list.
World’s Worst Polluted Places 2006
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Haina, Dominican Republic
Kabwe, Zambia
La Oroya, Peru
Linfen, China [...]
“Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty,” — Nobel Committee
Dr. Yunus, is the founder and pioneer of the concept of microcredit, the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.
Yunus is also the founder of Grameen Bank. [...]
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