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An affordable housing development in Spain that's energy efficient.

Catalonia’s housing revolution: Where affordability meets sustainability

An alternative housing system is emerging across the region and it could create a global blueprint.

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How Finland won the war on homelessness (mostly)

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Western Australia’s new solar redistribution policy

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An electric tricycle for waste pickups

E-tricycles are powering a recycling revolution in Fortaleza, Brazil

'Catadores' now collect recyclables along specific routes through the city's neighbourhoods, stopping by homes and apartments where residents have requested recycling pick-ups.
A pair of old jeans being repurposed.

South Africa’s Woolworths incentivises customers to donate denim towards upcycling project

Customers who participate will get discounts on purchases of new jeans.
A photo of a pink oyster mushroom, which is good at cleaning up polluted water.

South African study shows how mushrooms can help clean up polluted rivers

Mycofiltration can remove up to 94% of iron (III) and 31% of imidacloprid.
A photo of old solar panels, which will be reused.

European energy group reuses solar panels for social projects in Italy and Africa

The group recently upgraded two of its solar farms in Puglia, and is seeking to give new life to the panels it replaced.
A man installing solar panels on a rooftop in El Paso

El Paso solar cooperative helps homeowners save thousands on rooftop solar

The programme lowered the cost of an average solar system from nearly $16,000 to about $13,800. 
A household in Western Australia redistributing its excess rooftop solar

One year on: The dual benefits of Western Australia’s solar redistribution scheme

Grid operators are looking for ways to cope with the glut of day-time energy production as solar advances.
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