Reforestation and community living at Sadhana Forest India
Sadhana Forest India is a reforestation project and a model for sustainable community living.
The Nubian vault is transforming low-cost housing in West Africa
The Nubian Vault Association is improving housing conditions, fighting climate change and creating employment in West Africa by facilitating a market in earth brick vaults.
Senegalese villages fight desertification and poverty by becoming ecovillages
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.
Sadhana Forest and improving food security through reforestation in Haiti
Sadhana Forest is fighting malnutrition and deforestation in Haiti by planting food-bearing trees with the help of local community members.
Reforestation, conservation and research at Cloudbridge Nature Reserve
Cloudbridge Nature Reserve in Costa Rica is bringing back natural habitats and biodiversity through reforestation and conservation of native forests.
Rise and fall of ancient Maya water management
Elegant water management strategies made the rise of the ancient Maya possible, but did it also make them vulnerable to climate change and collapse?
Reforestation and ecotourism at Las Terrazas
Las Terrazas in Cuba shows how reforestation can simultaneously protect the environment, boost responsible tourism and improve the lives of rural people.
Turf houses, the traditional green buildings of Iceland
Icelanders have been building turf houses for as long as the country has been inhabited, and the buildings are well-adapted to the local environment.