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Pupil in Burundi.

Our view

Recurring infringements of children’s rights

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Energy

Finding new purposes for used drums

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by Farai Shawn Matiashe
Kumbirai Mapfumo’s smokeless kitchen fire means her health risks are reduced.

Energy

Why biogas is good for the environment

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by Farai Shawn Matiashe
Regenerative agriculture means fields with a wide variety of plants and trees.

Summer Special

Healthy soil, healthy climate

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Diversity has increased, and so have tuition fees: University of California, Berkeley.

Diversity

Why racist attitudes lead to neglection of common good

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by Hans Dembowski

Flooding

Lake Tanganyika rises up

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by Mireille Kanyange
Concentrated solar power can be used to produce eco-friendly hydrogen, which can then be traded internationally: Morocco’s Noor III was installed in Quarzazate with financial support from Germany’s KFW development bank.

Climate crisis

Germany’s path to net-zero emissions

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by Hans Dembowski
Salesperson with skin-lightening product in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, in 2016.

Skin-whitening products

Why lighter complexions are associated with higher status

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
E-waste piled up for disassembling on a scrap yard in Ghana in 2019.

Planetary boundaries

Consumerism is unsustainable

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
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