Collectives for Integrated Livelihoods Initiatives (CInI)
Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives
Mahila Housing Trust
Bharatiya Vikas Trust
Solar Cold Rooms Help Struggling Strawberry Farmers Through India’s Lockdown
2021 has been a traumatic year for India’s farmers – coronavirus has slashed their incomes, and they face the impact of controversial new agriculture policies. Growers in the country’s strawberry capital are among those badly hit by the pandemic. But cutting-edge green technology has been a lifeline, protecting the small-scale farmers most at risk. Mahabaleshwar, […]
As Construction Booms, India Must Tackle Its AC Addiction
Construction in India is booming. Planners predict that 70 per cent of the buildings that will exist by 2030 are yet to be made. This construction frenzy has huge consequences for us all, not least because it will unleash a huge growth in the number of air conditioning (AC) units. Conventional AC units are a […]
Rural refrigeration is about more than delivering vaccines
In our overheating world, 2.2 billion people go without clean and efficient cooling. This puts their health at risk – but also their ability to earn a living. Those in danger include many millions of smallholder farmers in the world’s least wealthy countries. When they see their precious crops wither in the heat, or their […]
Best served chilled: green tech keeps the cool on India’s dairy farms
As global temperatures climb, a lack of refrigeration makes a big impact on people trying to make a living from farming. Especially dairy farms. This is an edited version of a photo series, first published by The Guardian, focusing on the work of Promethean Power Systems. Promethean is a member of the Ashden Fair Cooling […]
S4S Technologies
Natural Resources Defence Council
