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Urban Agriculture in Cuba Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 202 Date: September 26, 2010 To fight the food shortage in Cuba, the government took on an ambition plan to put urban wasteland into productive use. The urban agriculture grew...

Supporting Market Gardeners in Argentina Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 276 Date: September 26, 2010 Community and family run gardens in Argentina, provide a living to more than 10,000 people. Market gardeners took over pieces of wasteland from th...

Learn About Slow Food in Italy Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 322 Date: September 26, 2010 Slow Food in Italy is a non-profit organization that aims to protect the right to eat good food in the traditional Italian way.

Cleanest Water in Finland Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 182 Date: September 26, 2010 In 2003 a UN survey ranked Finland’s first, out of 122 countries. Finland has the cleanest water in the world, but what makes it so special?

Learn About the Pico Hydro Turbine Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 256 Date: September 26, 2010 A rural area uses pico hydro turbines to generate power for the villagers. Over 120,000 units of pico hydro turbines are installed in villages in V...

Pollution in Bangladesh Caused by the Textile Industry Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 0 Date: September 26, 2010 The textile industry is a booming market for Bangladesh. But the toxic chemicals used for the fabrics are pouring into the country’s water courses.

Recycling Mobile Phones in Spain Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 0 Date: September 26, 2010 In Valencia and all over Spain, old mobile phones are being taken apart in search of profit. There are bins for unwanted phones in which people ca...

Monitoring Animals in the Mediterranean Sea Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 251 Date: September 26, 2010 In cooperation with the locals in Spain, the Earth Watch project track and monitor animals, such as turtles and dolphins, in the Mediterranean sea.

Catfish Farming in Nigeria Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 0 Date: September 26, 2010 Nigeria has to import fish to make up for the short fall in their domestic catch. But in downtown Lagos there is solution: farming lungfish or also...

Growing Seaweed Ecologically in Brazil Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 237 Date: September 26, 2010 Millions tons of seaweed is sold all around the world every year. Yet, Brazil imports 90% of the seaweed it uses, in spite of the coastal resources.

Tilapia Farming in Philippines Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 245 Date: September 26, 2010 The organization GIFT Breeding Programme in Philippines found a method to improve tilapia farming.

Crayfishing in Armenia Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 174 Date: September 26, 2010 The company Aquatic in Sevan, Armenia, started catching crayfish in traps using fish as bait and exporting it to European countries.

Growing Rattan Industry in Cameroon Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 274 Date: September 26, 2010 Dr. Terry Sunderland is an international rattan expert has completed a study to see whether wild rattan can be grown from seed, to boost commercia...

Learn About the Rice Variety Judi 572 Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 225 Date: September 26, 2010 The Chitwan valley produces 75% of Nepal’s rice. Villagers who are growing rice are now looking for a variety of rice which will survive the Nepale...

Learn About the Rice Variety Nerica from Africa Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 0 Date: September 26, 2010 Nerica is a new rice variety from West-Africa, completed by research done by West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) to survive in the Af...

Improving Rice Husk Furnaces in Bangladesh Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 153 Date: September 26, 2010 Bangladesh Rice Research Institute wants to improve the efficiency of the use of furnaces in order to reduce the rice husk usage.

Importance of the Honeybees Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 396 Date: September 21, 2010 As most serious eaters know, the folks at Häagen-Dazs are putting their money where their spoons are this year with a dedicated marketing effort a...

Celebrating the Sasakawa Price Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 0 Date: September 16, 2010 In 1984 the Sasakawa price was first rewarded. It recognizes environmental efforts by individuals for sustainable living and preserving the environ...

Sustainable Energy from Sugarcane Waste Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 211 Date: September 16, 2010 If the success of gaining energy from sugarcane waste was be replicated throughout India, over 200,000 rural villages would have electricity.

Global Armed Conflicts Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 274 Date: September 16, 2010 For half a century global security existed in the equal and opposing force of two world’s super powers. Throughout the Cold War era, the populatio...

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