Annual Report 2009

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121,000 people have improved hygiene and sanitation practices - such as using dishracks.Final Report from Zambian EU Water Facility Project

The GAIA-Movement has co-funded the project "Integrated Community Water and Sanitation in Southern Province"


Photo Report from The Green Pump Project

About 20 Women Self-Help Groups in Zimbabwe, and what the water and the vegetable garden has meant for them.


Water provided by the TAZAMO project is both used for households and irrigationStories from the Field

Three success stories from DAPP Zambia's Child Aid projects co-funded by the GAIA-Movement.


The farmers learn to make compost - also highly efficient worm compostTraining Farmers for Green Action

Achievements in this project in Northern Mozambique funded by the Toyota Environmental Grants Program


Promotion of rope pumps at an agricultural fair in MpikaPhoto report from the TAZAMO Project

Highlighting the water related activities and the promotion of the introduced systems


A farmer getting ready to plant a fence with jatropha cuttingsHarit Sankalp Final Report

The achievements of this pilot project to mobilise rural Indian community members for sustainable practices


The farmers have planted more than 200,000 jatrophas. Some in fields but most as fences.Relatório do projecto - Biofuels for Local Development

Photos describing the project and the achievements in this project among small farmers in Cabo Delgado, Northern Mozambique.
Também em Português.


Instruindo como podar as plantas para produzir o máximo.Manual sobre Jatropha

Sobre o cultivo, processamento e uso de jatropha na pequena escala
The jatropha handbook is also available in English.


Local pump menders are trained to install and maintain the rope pumps.Pumps for Life - co-funded with Waterloo Foundation

Photo report on the achievements so far in this water project in Northern Province of Zambia.


440 families are now using firewood saving stoves.The Environment Project in Kinshasa, DRC

The environmental activities are being carried out in the peri-urban areas of the DRC capital, Kinshasa.


Thousands of seedlings of nutritious moringa trees have been produced in small nurseries.Trees for Life - Achievements until now

Photo report from this project working with women in the Province of Soyo, Angola.


A youth club learning about the advantages of drip irrigation.The Eco-Service Centre, Tamil Nadu, India

Report from the first two quarters on how community members are moblised and assisted to sustainable systems.


One of the youtube films explains about this household biogas system.Youtube films from the Eco-Service Centre

Watch three small films about rope pumps, eco-sanitation and household biogas systems


Set-up for testing the use of plant oil in conventional diesels.Experiences from Engine Tests

Results so far from the testing of dual fuel systems in stationary engines - running mainly on pure plant oil


Officials, NGOs, community leaders and the Zambian Biofuel Association attended the conference.Conference on Community Generated Power

The concluding conference on this biofuel project funded by USAID Global Learning through the British NGO GVEP Internation (Global Village Energy Partnership).


Carpemters in Northern Mozambique with pumps they have produced themselves Presentation on global water issues

"Water - soon a rare commodity" made for the Development Instructor Conference in Denmark, where international volunteers preparing themselves to work at projects in Africa and India discussed the issues.


Alunos da EAO bombeando água para as hortasIrrigação de pequena escala

Leia sobre as experiências sobre irrigação com bombas de corda na Escola de Artes e Ofícios, EAO Nhamatanda


Stop Hunger

A pamphlet on the food situation in the world today and local defensive actions that can be taken.


Information about Global Warming - Também em Português

Read the pamphlet with information about Global Warming and Climate Change, as well as descriptions of what can happen in various parts of the world during this century.


24 Actions to Fight Global Warming

24 suggestions for concrete and simple actions that can be taken as an individual or in groups. The last of the four pamphlets in this series - find all under "Fight Global Warming"


40 Green World Actions

Download or read the manuals describing how to set up low-cost or no-cost systems to improve environment and livelihoods


Poster on GAIA Activities

Open or download the poster on GAIA Activities


40 Acções do Movimento GAIA

Download the second and updated Portuguese version of 40 manuals for use in rural areas of Africa.


Manual borehole drillingGAIA Exhibition

See the photos and texts of the permanent GAIA exhibition under Tvindkraft - the largest windpower plant up to the 90's


Spider Flower. The leaves are one of the many local leafy vegetablesBooklet 30 Local Leafy Vegetables

About various nutritious leafy vegetables locally found in Africa. How to grow and use them


The primed maize on the left emerges much betterBooklet 29 Priming Seeds

How soaking seeds for half a day increases survival and yields.
Also in Portuguese


Teacher trainees from Nacala learning about the local environmentPrecisamos voluntários para traduções

Volunteers needed to assist in translating manuals, applications, newsletters, etc., into Portuguese


 

Only a small part of waste clothes is recycled or reused. In the US only 15%.Each kg of clothes donated saves 4 kg of CO2!

Data in a new report from the Danish Technological University show the many environmental benefits of donating used clothes.


Permanent gardens with irrigation reduce deforestation and thereby carbon emissions.Presentation on Carbon Reducing Activities

Calculations on the carbon benefits of various activities that can be carried out in rural areas of Third World Countries.


Affordable irrigation systems, such as rope pumps, will be vital as rains become more irregular.Adaptando à Mudança Climática

A pamphlet in the GAIA Info series on the possibilities of adapting to a changing climate.
Também em Português.


Nearly half of NigerThe Regreening of Niger

How farmers in Niger were mobilised to allow the native trees to grow up in the field - changing a huge part of the country's agricultural land.
Também em Português


A green Maharashtra. After 15 years the area was made productive and green again.Restoring Water Tables in India

it is possible to reverse the falling water tables - with determination and long-term planning.


Cotton grown sustainably is healthier for all - the farmers, the soil and the living organisms.Sustainable farming of cotton in South Asia

It is possible grow cotton profitably with much fewer or no poisons.


Checking and changing some batteries before the solar lamps are sent for sale in rural areas of Mozambique.Solar Lamps to Mozambique

Efficient and affordable solar lanterns from the company D-Light are now being sold in Mozambique.


Model of how the waste clothes are transformed into usable micro fibres.Recycling of Textile Fibres

A project started in cooperation with Green World Recycling Ltd., Humana People to People in Austria and the Technical University of Vienna to find viable ways to recycle the fibres from waste second hand clothes.


The presentation was used to raise environmental awareness among staff in second hand clothes shops.Information about Global Warming in Russian

A presentation, a folder and a poster used to inform Russians about Global Warming and the environmental benefits of buying second hand clothes.


Making the video at one of the gardens of the women self/help groupsVideo from the Green Pump Project, Zimbabwe

Watch how the project funded by the McKnight Foundation helped 200 Zimbabwean women with water and productive gardens.


Community meeting discussing water issues.Small videos describing the Harit Sankalp systems

Watch parts of a film made for Humana People to People India's Green Action project in Dausa, Rajasthan.


Video from Green Post Tsunami Action

Video film made at the end of this project promoting sustainable activities in tsunami affected communities of Tamil Nadu, India. Implemented by Humana People to People India and Ekoventure.


Folheto 26p

A árvore moringa, com folhas nutritivas, e sementes para óleo e purificação de água


James Lovelock - o autor da Teoria de GaiaBrasil deve prestar contas sobre o clima

Entrevista de BBC Brasil com o cientista James Lovelock


Folheto 20p

Tephrosia - Usa-la como biopesticida e adubo verde


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