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Social entrepreneur brings light to the electric-less — with a soda bottle and some water

Business, Economics and Jobs

Light can make a big difference in someone’s life. But in corners of the world where electricity is still unreliable, if it exists at all, light from a light bulb can be impossible. But there’s another solution: and it’s as simple as some water and a plastic soda bottle.

For the Developing World, Innovation on the Cheap: Light in a Bottle

Environment

Nigeria turns to empty plastic bottles to build homes in remote villages

Environment
The World

Design For the Real World: Pop-Tab

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Technology time capsule

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

The end of the plastic bag?

The plastic shopping bag is a major shopping convenience, but it’s also a major environmental blight, and some countries, like Australia and China, plan to phase out the use of the bags completely

The World

Out of the box, housing

Environment

The increasing push to reuse materials has given one entrepreneur overnight success he says was 20 years in the making. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports on a company that turns steel cargo shipping containers into housing.