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Marks and Spencer Signs Biggest Renewable Energy Deal by UK Retailer
The UK's largest retailer Marks & Spencer has signed the biggest renewable energy contract in that country's retail sector history. The contract with npower...
US and EU Should Be High on Afghan Opium
US President Barack Obama has called for new ideas on the world's seeming intractable problems. Well here's one that could undermine the Taliban in...
Jewish-Arab Website, Lend for Peace, Lets You Aid Palestinian Women Businesses
Two Jews and two Palestinians in the U.S. launched a website on Thursday that allows you to make a small loan directly to...
Cows with Names Produce More Milk
In a study involving 516 dairy farmers in the UK, researchers found that treating the animals as individuals increased production. The...
Bamboo Bikes, Ghana’s Green Transport (w/ Video)
A new kind of bicycle, lightweight and sturdy, made from the abundant bamboo in the forests of Ghana is making life easier for farmers...
Benazir Bhutto Honored During 60th Anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights
Marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights December 10, the United Nations honored individuals for outstanding work...
48,000 Gardens and Green Spaces Created in 2008
Keep America Beautiful announced a record 48,000-plus gardens, green spaces and xeriscapes created in 2008 in its annual Great American Cleanup campaign that cleans-up...
UN Puts Together $10M Relief Package for Haiti
Two United Nations food agencies are putting together a $10.2 million package to help Haitian farmers devastated by recent hurricanes. The U.N. Food...
Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan Drops by a Fifth
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has gone down by a fifth as compared to last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported...
New Way of Growing Rice Could Help Solve World Food Crisis
Cornell University professor Norman T. Uphoff is advocating a new way of growing rice in hopes of helping to solve the global food crisis....
Honey Bees Stage Major Comeback
Over 85 percent of Ohio honeybees survived the past winter, a huge relief for farmers who rely on the marvelous insects to pollinate more...
Peace is Delicious for Traditional Foes Who Now Grow Coffee Together
In Uganda, one man went to his neighbors and his friends and brought together three groups of people - Christian, Muslim and Jewish -...
Drew Barrymore Donates $1 Million To UN Anti-Hunger Plans
American actress Drew Barrymore announced that she would donate $1 million to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to help the agency feed...
Finding Love Getting Easier in Rural Areas
Catering to rural Americans, a unique online matchmaking service, FarmersOnly, launched in 2005 has brought together some 85,000 lovers (of tractors) seeking companionship. The...
If You Expect the Worst From Strangers this Story is for You
My faith in human nature has never been so inflated as it was last weekend after our family get-together in Vail. Here's the story...
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Music Video by Black Eyed Peas Frontman Inspired by Obama Speech
A group of friends in the entertainment industry inspired by Sen. Barack Obama's speech following the New Hampshire primary have produced a powerful music...
Wind Power Lifts Dying Texas Farm Town
Roscoe, a small farm town in Texas transforms into Wind City U.S.A. — collectively one of the biggest wind farms in the nation and...
Working Together to Avoid Another Darfur
"On the southern fringe of the Sahara Desert herders and farmers with a bitter history of fighting over dwindling resources are now working together...
$3 Million Fund to Aid Renewables in Canada
A new $3M fund being touted as the first of its kind in Canada will be launched tomorrow to support the development of small...
Poop-Powered Fuel Cell Could Power the World
Benson Lee has developed a kilowatt-size fuel cell that can run on gases emitted from decomposing animal droppings, human waste and food waste. The...