Things Are Good

Bangladesh has decided to change their dress code to reflect their local climate and save energy. By dressing for the weather it is expected that the country will consume less energy by using air conditioners. Wouldn’t it be grand if people dressed for the weather?
Read all about at the BBC.
Bangladesh’s official dress code has been [...]

Singapore has announced their ambitious plan to make the republic green. It seems like their ultimate goal is to have a sustainable lifestyle and economy in order to have an edge over other places – good for them!
If successful, it will make energy usage here more efficient, reduce pollution and expand the nation’s green spaces [...]

Today is Blog Action Day 2008 and this year the topic is poverty. Over 10,000 sites are participating to discuss poverty, and yes this site is one of them.
here’s some good news on poverty from Asia:
Asean countries have made strong progress in reducing extreme poverty and hunger in the region, said Minister of State [...]

Cell phones are handy devices and can be used for seemingly endless purposes. Indian farmers are using SMS to help them earn more money from their crops.
Standing in a grove of lush green banana trees I find Kapil Jachak.
He’s busy checking his mobile phone for text messages containing practical information for farmers.
It’s a new service [...]

Good things happen every day a zillion times a day, sometimes people get to experience those good things before others. Today I found out about two such things:
1. Women’s rights in Sierra Leone have improved thanks to new laws that protect women. Other countries already have such laws in place and it’s great to see [...]

China uses a lot of energy and its economy has been growing very quickly, which means that their carbon output has also been increasing. China has already taken some steps towards greening their economy and now they will continue that trend. China’s climate change strategy looks like a good step.
The country stressed that economic development [...]