http://www.unimondo.org/article/archive/2086 it_IT http://www.unimondo.org/article/view/159494/1/2086 Sono diversi i Italia i progetti di eco-abitazioni. Inizia oggi fino al 31 agosto sul Monte Amiata (SI) la mostra, promossa da Banca Etica e da PAEA, della 'Casa EcoLogica', la più grande mostra itinerante a livello europeo su energie rinnovabili, risparmio energetico e idrico, bioedilizia, consumi domestici consapevoli e ambiente. L'intera struttura della mostra, che ricrea una abitazione, è dotata di sistemi energetici e idrici funzionanti, alimentati da energie rinnovabili. Va ricordata inol http://www.unimondo.org/article/view/159440/1/2086 Ogni giorno, più di 2,5 miliardi di persone soffrono della mancanza di servizi igienici adeguati e quasi 1,2 miliardi devono usare spazi aperti, la pratica più rischiosa dal punto di vista igienico-sanitario, secondo il rapporto presentato ieri dall'Unicef e l'Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità (Oms) nel quadro del programma congiunto di monitoraggio su forniture idriche e servizi igienici. Il rapporto viene presentato a metà 2008 nell'Anno internazionale per le condizioni igienico-sanitarie. http://www.unimondo.org/article/view/159410/1/2086 Al via oggi e domani la VI° edizione di "Non scherzate col fuoco" la campagna nazionale di monitoraggio, prevenzione e informazione sugli incendi boschivi promossa da Legambiente e Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, col patrocinio del Corpo Forestale dello Stato in collaborazione con numerose associazioni. Iniziative in oltre 500 comuni italiani dove volontari e cittadini si rimboccheranno le maniche per eseguire vere e proprie opere di manutenzione dei boschi per prevenire i focolai scopre http://www.unimondo.org/article/view/159267/1/2086 Civitas nel 2008 inaugura il suo passaggio da Evento a Progetto Culturale permanente, attraverso la diffusione sul territorio di attività culturali e di proposte che varcheranno le porte dello spazio fieristico di Padova e si estenderanno al di fuori della consolidata tre giorni di maggio. Il calendario di eventi culturali, incontri e convegni, articolato intorno alle tematiche di questa XIII edizione, si sposterà lungo l’intera penisola e per tutto l’anno. Il 2008 vedrà arricchirsi il modello http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83090 North American environmental leaders recently issued a report calling for a greater commitment to green buildings in the region, where commercial and residential structures currently consume an average of 30 percent of total energy needs. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83071 In Burundi, where a fragile peace now holds, Maggy Barankitse's orphanage and peace villages have changed the lives of as many as 10,000 children who lost their parents to the conflict. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158799/1/2086 The Borderless World Foundation, a Pune-based NGO, has a mission to provide shelter for young girls orphaned by violence in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In these baseras or homes, they find much-needed affection and care, which they have been bereft of. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158049/1/2086 Even after three months of Cyclone Sidr hitting Bangladesh, some 1.3 million affected people are living under plastic sheeting, tarpaulins and other basic shelters exposing them to the approaching monsoon rains. Oxfam says that it is vital that the government and the international community urgently devise a better plan. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157452/1/2086 With global urban population expecting to rise to over five billion by 2025, there is a need to evolve sustainable urbanisation processes, says architect Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmed. In his vivid description of the city of Dhaka, he speaks of using architecture beyond the purely commercial to create better living environments. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157302/1/2086 Street names and buildings in India once linked people to their local culture, geography and livelihoods. To deal with this loss of identity and regain the richness of its architectural landscape, India needs to research and document traditional houses in villages and old towns, writes architectural consultant Kiran Keswani. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156796/1/2086 The Harry Chapin Media Awards were created in 1982 to encourage the media to tell stories of hunger and poverty. These global awards recognise work on causes of economic poverty and forces leading to self-reliance of poor. The current deadline for submitting entries is February 1, 2008. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156710/1/2086 While the Bangladesh cyclone claimed thousands of lives and left millions homeless, there remain large parts of the population who have gone missing. Bangladesh Red Crescent is now working on a database of those missing, mostly women and children, to help link them up with their loved ones. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156353/1/2086 Three years after Sri Lanka was hit by tsunami, people are disappointed at the pace of reconstruction work. An aid worker admits that there has been a disconnect between intended efforts and what has actually materialised. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156255/1/2086 Indian capital New Delhi is busy transforming itself into a modern city before the Commonwealth Games to be held in 2010. In the process, Delhi’s poor are being uprooted and left alone to fend for themselves. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156123/1/2086 The poor of Karachi in the Sindh province of Pakistan face evictions from the main city. They are being thrown out on the outskirts to make way for global capital and emerging middle class.