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Solar micro-grids launched in three remote villages

2016-03-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Himalayan Times: Three remote villages in countrys Okhaldhunga and Khotang districts have just been switched on to round-the-clock power from nearby solar micro-grids that will save money, avoid carbon emissions, and provide the communities with fresh economic opportunities. The three solar micro-grids, with combined capacity of 35 kilowatts, were installed in the communities of Harkapur in Okhaldhunga district, and Kaduwa and Chyasmitar in Khotang District, as per a statement issued today. They will provide...

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India: Siddarth Goenka helps villages fight global warming with biogas plants

2016-03-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Economic Times: Villages on the city's periphery fall short of even basic facilities to cook a meal. Bengaluru-based restaurateur Siddarth Goenka, an alum of Bishop Cotton Boys' School, hopes to correct just that. The 30-year-old who studied in Birmingham and worked with JM Morgan Stanley believes non-renewable energy such as LPG is neither viable nor sustainable. Having seen the hinterlands while extending his family's dairy business in Rajasthan in 2010, Goenka started the Pragathishali Rural Development Charitable...

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United Kingdom: Floods of biblical proportions leave cities, towns and villages under water

2015-12-26 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: It was the day the floodwaters inexorably advanced across the Pennines, leaving much of the north of England sodden and beleaguered. From Greater Manchester in the north-west to parts of North Yorkshire some 50 miles to the east, Boxing Day 2015 will be remembered as the day the rains came. In Todmorden, in West Yorkshires Calder Valley, Rebecca Marshall was last night facing the grim prospect of having to abandon her home as the floodwaters slowly rose around her house. The incessant rains had...

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Retirement villages: Is there a catch?

2015-11-13 22:39:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Beware the potentially big bill when you die

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Bangladesh garment villages seen elevating exports to $50bn

2015-08-21 12:18:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Bangladesh intends to establish special economic zones called 'garment villages' as a key part of its plans to ramp up garment manufacturing to reach a target of US$50bn in exports by 2021, the country's commerce minister Tofail Ahmed has told just-style.

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