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The limits are imagination: when design looks to bamboo and the nopal cactus

Bamboo and nopal cactus fiber have become sustainable alternatives for researchers and entrepreneurs in fields such as industrial design and fashion. By: Guillermo Ayala Alanis. Mexico...

A bakery that challenges labor exploitation and promotes environmental protection in every dessert.

Drawing on her experience of exploitation in restaurants, Patricia Figueroa has built a project that is committed to decent working conditions and environmental friendliness By:...

AI Governance: Human Rights in the Balance As Tech Giants and Authoritarians Converge

By Samuel King BRUSSELS, Belgium (IPS) - Algorithms decide who lives and dies in Gaza. AI-powered surveillance tracks journalists in Serbia. Autonomous weapons are paraded through Beijing’s streets in displays of technological...

Universities Drive Mexico City’s Recycling Culture

Residents of Mexico City generate just over 12,000 tons of waste per day, 10% of which consists of plastic materials. In addition to their...

Girls in Kenya Are Repurposing the Invasive Mathenge Tree Into Furniture

By Farai Shawn Matiashe KAKUMA, Keny (IPS) - Char Tito is hammering nails into wood at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Turkana County, northern Kenya. The...

The ‘Plastic Man’: Turning Trash into Treasure

DAKAR, Senegal (IPS) – In a quiet corner of Medina Gounass, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, one man has taken it upon himself to...

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