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By Sarah Butler-Sloss, Ashden Founder Director
While the rising urban middle classes in India’s big cities increasingly take their mod cons for granted, some 400 million Indians have never used electric light bulbs in their homes – let alone had the power to charge their mobile phones, listen to the radio or watch TV.
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By Julia Hawkins, Ashden Digital and PR Manager
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By Joanna Walton, Ashden Head of Communications
What a year it has been at Ashden.
Share this storyBy Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
It may come as some surprise to you, but the Ashden Awards are about more than a fancy ceremony, a few rousing speeches and canape-fuelled networking.
They're about recognising and rewarding the few amazing people out there who don't just shrug their shoulders at increasingly disturbing climate change predictions, or rising fuel prices, or poverty statistics, but who are determined to make a positive difference to this planet and all of us who live on it.
Share this storyBy Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
At the beginning of this month Caribbean ministers at the UN General Assembly called on its member states to pay attention to threat that climate change poses for small island states.
Share this storyBy Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
Ok I can’t deny it any longer: it’s Autumn. This can surely only mean one thing for all you sustainable energy pioneers out there: it’s time to start thinking about whether you could apply for a 2013 Ashden Award. And just in case you needed any persuading, here are 10 reasons why you should seriously consider it:
1. Prize money
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By David Fulford, Ashden Assessor
The Biogas Sector Partnership (BSP) in Nepal won an Ashden Award in 2006 for its innovative biogas programme. BSP works in rural areas to build biogas plants that use cattle dung to generate biogas for domestic purposes, especially for cooking.
Share this storyBy Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
Call me superficial, but I can’t help noticing that when you merge the sustainable energy and finance worlds you end up with a lot of MAMS (AKA Middle-Aged Men in Suits).
Niki Armacost is one joyful exception: glamorous, charming, and passionate about how social investment – or ‘impact investment’ as it’s known across the the pond – can help the poor meet their energy needs.
Share this storyThe oficial Rio+20 website describes it as "an historic opportunity to define pathways to a safer, more equitable, cleaner, greener and more prosperous world for all." Ban Ki-moon said on Friday it's "too big to fail." Ashden Patron HRH The Prince of Wales today appealed to policymakers in Rio to "act betfore&nbs
Share this storyBy Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
It's tonight!
After months of preparation, furrowed brows, last-minute panics and mounting excitement, the Ashden Awards 2012 are about to start in just under an hour's time. From a solar pioneer that's brightening up lives in Africa to a car-sharing website that makes traveling cheap, friendly and green, this year's finalists are an inspiration to anyone who had given up hope that we can make progress on climate change.
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