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Africa: Google sponsors Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge

Posted by Ndesanjo Macha on 18/11/2009

Google is pushing for more content on Kiswahili Wikipedia through Kiswahili Wikipedia Challenge: We invite you to take part in this challenge to create Wikipedia articles in Kiswahili. We hope to make the online experience richer and more relevant for 100 million African users who speak Kiswahili.

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VOTE in the Education Challenge

Posted by Suzanne LeGette on 18/11/2009

Intel and the Wall Street Journal have sponsored a contest called the Education Challenge, where people have provided their perspectives on what can be done to improve students’ engagement with science and math curriculum in the U.S. Five finalists have been selected from hundreds ...

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Oceans May Trap more Carbon than Forests

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2009

Marine ecosystems including seagrass meadows, mangroves and salt marshes have a much greater capacity to trap carbon than land carbon sinks such as forests, according to a report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The organization believes ocean ecosystems are essenti ...

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Extraordinary designs displayed at Green Life competition

Posted by AditiJ on 17/11/2009

A competition to encourage green design and lifestyle was conducted by designboom in partnership with Incheon metropolitan city, Korea recently. Dubbed as the Green Life competition, the contest saw nearly 3709 participants from 96 countries. Among...

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Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Supermarkets are taking different roads to efficiency like Star Market in Massachusetts, aimed at reducing emissions, and Brookshire Grocery in Texas, which is addressing fleet efficiency.Star Market Newton, Mass., is the first grocery store in the U.S. to receive the Environmental Protection Age ...

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