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Is anyone involved with making bioenergy pellets out of bamboo waste? we have done charcoal out of bamboo waste, which further get utilised as a key resource in making incense sticks. Some info/case study will be helpful.
Susanta, You can check Tripura Bamboo & Cane development Centre (TRIBAC) which employs an optimum mix of new technologies & indigenous tech in bamboo applications, to provide direct livelihoods to around 2500 tribals (mostly women), and indirect emp…
Promote investments creating a better world. If you are concerned about ethics, the environment, or your personal/spiritual development, you must incorporate your values in investing decisions.
Hi All,
Apart from INBAR's main website, you can also find focussed resources at http://ntfp.inbar.int/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (Its a knowledge repository on Global NTFP Partnership Programme).
I too write have a blog with market & products writi…
Uganda Rural Fund is a 501c3 nonprofit charity aimed at creating educational and sustainable development opportunities for orphans, underprivilleged youth and women in rural communities of Uganda. URF also runs the Hope Integrated Academy in Masaka
What would you most like to get out of this network?
Networking, Share Best Practices, Potential Partners, Career Opportunities, Potential Investors
What knowledge, skills and experience do you have that you would be happy for people to contact you over?
I have been working for past ten years in International Development, in several thematic areas like Slums R & R, Social Planning, Environment & Economic Development, etc. For past 2 years, I have been mentoring SEs, and they have been rated among top start-ups in the country. This year I co-founded 4 entities on Cleantech, Impact Investing, Youth Banking, Eco-friendly products, and Social media.
Feel free to discuss Social Enterprises, Market development strategies, and Non profit management.
Hi Greg. Thanks for sharing the link to you site. It looks very interesting. One of the issues in India where most of the poor have limited land is that when they grow cash crops (including bio fuels) they compromise their own food security. I am ta…
Hello Surya, Thank you for your response.
I am afraid, I am not the Ipsita Basu from Surat.
I appreciate your optimism, but the point is to mainstream good ideas into sustainable livelihood outcomes at the macro level. Somehow we seem to be obsessed…
Innovation Flash, Issue 7 - August 2010
Should we keep on calling insurance at the bottom of the pyramid
"microinsurance?" That is the question Peter Wrede from AKAM proposes to discuss
in the editorial. The Newsletter highlights the Facility's new…