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Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
Communities, Vernacular architecture June 16, 2024

Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca

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The Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca in Peru are home to an indigenous community living on floating reed islands.

Contrasts and challenges of Lagos, Africa’s largest city
Cities, Communities, Social sustainability September 17, 2022

Contrasts and challenges of Lagos, Africa’s largest city

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Lagos, Africa’s largest and soon the world’s largest city, is a city of inequality that faces a multitude of challenges.

Reforestation and community living at Sadhana Forest India
Communities, Environment, Volunteering October 11, 2020

Reforestation and community living at Sadhana Forest India

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Sadhana Forest India is a reforestation project and a model for sustainable community living.

Utopian ideas meet sustainable living at Auroville
Cities, Communities May 31, 2020

Utopian ideas meet sustainable living at Auroville

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Auroville is an experimental universal township where all people can live in peace and harmony, regardless of politics or nationality.

Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop: Social architecture in practice at Kantora Arts Village
Architecture, Communities, Social sustainability, Volunteering November 3, 2019

Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop: Social architecture in practice at Kantora Arts Village

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Build with Gambia Earth Architecture Workshop was a project at Kantora Arts Village aiming to create a positive social impact through architecture.

Ganvie, Africa’s largest lake village
Communities, Environment, Vernacular architecture September 2, 2019

Ganvie, Africa’s largest lake village

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Ganvie village is a 400-year-old settlement that is built in the middle of a lake in Benin.

Life inside the volcanic crater of Pico do Fogo
Communities, Environment March 29, 2019

Life inside the volcanic crater of Pico do Fogo

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The residents of Chã das Caldeiras on the Cape Verdean island of Fogo choose to live inside the crater of an active volcano despite the constant threat of eruption.

Tunbung Art Village, a haven for creativity in The Gambia
Architecture, Communities, Design September 11, 2018

Tunbung Art Village, a haven for creativity in The Gambia

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Tunbung Art Village is an outdoor studio in The Gambia where art, earth architecture and environmental protection meet in a creative way.

Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages
Agriculture, Communities, Environment, Social sustainability, Volunteering August 19, 2018

Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages

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Rural communities in Senegal are turning to permaculture and the global ecovillage movement in an effort to fight desertification while improving food security and quality of life.

Improving indigenous lives with coffee and culture
Communities, Social sustainability, Volunteering September 18, 2017

Improving indigenous lives with coffee and culture

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Preservation of culture and a women’s coffee cooperative are two grassroots projects by the members of La Laguna indigenous community in Nicaragua.

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