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In protest against Turkey’s first nuclear plant, slated for construction in the southern Anatolian town of Akkuyu, local villagers from nearby Buyukeceli (see map) teamed up with Greenpeace and outfitted the local mosque with enough solar panels to meet all its energy needs. Nuclear power, however, is big business. Turkey’s first plant–to be owned and [...]

The folks over at Worldchanging, a non-profit organization dedicated to ‘bright green’ solutions to today’s problems, has just released the latest version of their popular self-titled book. Have a glance and judge for yourselves–a Transliminal.org review will follow in the coming months. via Worldchanging: Bright Green: Announcing the New Worldchanging Book! We are extremely pleased [...]

With over 1 million citizens affected, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, Mexico’s still reeling from massive flooding earlier this year. Below is transliminal.org’s exclusive translation of Mexico’s El Universal article on the crisis. From Segob: lluvias dejan más de un millón de damnificados – El Universal – Primera. La Secretaría de Gobernación [...]

With a population of over 190 million, and an abundance of natural resources, Brazil has the 8th largest economy in the world. But some economists say recent discoveries of off-shore oil threaten to siphon capital away from industry and services, leading to over-valuation and corruption. The steady rise of Big Mac prices may be just [...]

If poor people in developing countries buy Coke and Marlboro, give them an opportunity to by half-decent technical fixes to basic problems of drinking water, sanitation, etc. Sounds simple, right? Then explain all the aid funds going toward other things. Read the rest, via Wired: Want to Help Developing Countries? Sell Them Good Stuff — [...]