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A Smoky San Francisco

By Renee Blodgett on August 15, 2010 in California, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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The fire trucks were flying and the sirens were going off in San Francisco yesterday as they were heading to a fire that hit somewhere in the city. A view of the smoke as we...

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Cote d’Ivoire’s Aissatou Seck on Agricultural Funding

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 15, 2010 in Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Featured, Photos, Videos, West Africa

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Nourishing the Planet features a video each week to give you an inside peek at the different projects we see on the ground that are working to alleviate hunger and poverty. We showcase past favorites...

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Tech4Africa: Building Global Technology Companies from Africa

By Renee Blodgett on August 15, 2010 in Africa, East Africa, Events, Featured, Johannesburg, North Africa, North America, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa, USA, West Africa

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If only Johannesburg were closer. Too many buds and too many interesting discussions were happening at the Tech4Africa Conference. Below is a recap taken from MemeBurn, which focuses on web and innovation technologies for the...

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Dark and Moving Photos from Alexander Binder

By Rosa Abbott on August 15, 2010 in British Isles, Dublin, Europe, Formats (Special), Ireland, Photos

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This guy takes amazing pictures. Dark, borderline disturbed, but undeniably beautiful....

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Homelessness in America: Worse Than You’d Think

By Haegwan Kim on August 15, 2010 in California, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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Slept outside last night - woke up at half 6. Some of homeless people were already awake. They begged me for cents. It seemed to them that I was the richest in the crowd. I said...

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GoingGreen Silicon Valley

By Renee Blodgett on August 15, 2010 in California, Events, Featured, North America, Photos, San Francisco/Bay Area, USA

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The fourth annual GoingGreen Silicon Valley, is being held on September 13-15, 2010 in San Francisco. The two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new...

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Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? Part 6

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 15, 2010 in Africa, All Countries, Photos

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1. Calestous Juma, Harvard University, USA “Expanding the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in food processing, storage, and transportation.” 2. Ray Anderson, Interface Global, USA “Aquaculture” 3. Rob Munro, USAID, Zambia “There is a need for funding to go...

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Where Would You Like to See More Agricultural Funding Directed? Part 7

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 15, 2010 in Africa, All Countries, Photos

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Teaching the next generation how to farm is the first step to solving the food crisis in Africa. (Photo credit: Bernard Pollack) 1. Tom Philpott, Maverick Farms and Grist, USA “I’d like to see more funding for...

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