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People Powering Microcredit: Matthew O'Hayer Augments Support of Whole Planet Foundation with $50,000 Donation

3BL Media

What Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank have managed to achieve is incredible, and the work of the Whole Planet Foundation continues to inspire me.”. As an individual and entrepreneur, Matt is inspired by the impact of Whole Planet Foundation and the regenerative nature of microcredit as a financially sustainable vehicle to alleviate poverty. .

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Hard truths from a decade of investing in regional food systems

GreenBiz

RSF Social Finance has been reflecting on that question as we wind down our Food System Transformation Fund, a pooled loan fund launched in 2010 to help rebuild regional processing, manufacturing and distribution infrastructure that was lost as the food system industrialized. What will it take to achieve such massive shifts? Pull Quote.

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Biodiversity benefits of rewilding to be “irrefutably demonstrated” by ag-tech AI partnership

Envirotec Magazine

Make it Wild founders Christopher and Helen Neave bought their first piece of land to rewild as a family project in 2010, with results seemingly so dramatic it inspired them to set up the company.  Pollinator activity has increased by 38% since rewilding started at the site. ” Notes [1] [link]

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The Cisco Foundation: Investing in Africa’s Clean Energy Transition

3BL Media

Solar mini grids have been at the forefront of this sustainable transformation, with, according to the World Bank, an increase from about 500 installations in 2010 to more than 3,000 in sub-Saharan Africa today, and with plans for a further 9,000. per day, as defined by the World Bank.

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Climate Emergency Risks Stranding Women

Chris Hall

Without action to bolster gender diversity, climate change could delay gender equality by 20 years, with progress in 2030 retreating back to 2010 levels, according to a 2021 report by consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Women also risk losing out in the climate transition, the report added.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

That changed in 2010, when the IPCC began a more concerted appraisal of how societies and economies could be helped to adapt to a world with a less stable climate. The essay explores the benefits and possibilities for advancing local food economies, and concepts like regenerative agriculture. Recent history of an idea.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

That changed in 2010, when the IPCC began a more concerted appraisal of how societies and economies could be helped to adapt to a world with a less stable climate. The essay explores the benefits and possibilities for advancing local food economies, and concepts like regenerative agriculture. Recent history of an idea.