somalia Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:26:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How Much Would You Travel for a Bottle of Water? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/much-travel-bottle-water-20170905/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/much-travel-bottle-water-20170905/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:25:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64112 Children in Somalia and other countries in Africa and Asia are travelling tens of kilometers to get a bottle of water – more or less drinkable. On the other side of the world, companies like Nestle tried to make water a good of their own, making it accessible by the privilege of paying. This guy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/much-travel-bottle-water-20170905/feed/ 0 64112 Mogadishu a Safer Place Thanks to Solar Powered Street Lights https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mogadishu-somalia-solar-street-lights-20130518/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mogadishu-somalia-solar-street-lights-20130518/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 07:53:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37397 Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is now a safer place to live thanks to solar-powered streetlights installed by the British and Norwegian government. The lights, spreading over a length of 15 kilometers, cost $400,000. After 20 years of conflict, the people of Mogadishu have started to rebuild their lives and the local economy to prosper. If only […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mogadishu-somalia-solar-street-lights-20130518/feed/ 1 37397 Somalia Rapidly Becoming a Desert Due to Deforestation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/somalia-rapidly-becoming-a-desert-due-to-deforestation-20121120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/somalia-rapidly-becoming-a-desert-due-to-deforestation-20121120/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:16:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28351 Somalia is in trouble. Already an impoverished and war-torn country, Somalia is experiencing massive country-wide deforestation at an alarming rate. Population explosion and urbanization are the primary threats to the country’s environmental health. However, rampant deforestation is quickly exacerbating these environmental issues. Electricity is not an option for many Somalis since it is prohibitively expensive, […]

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