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  • What is microfinance?
    Microfinance is basically when money is lent on a smaller scale to people by organisations called microfinance institutions. If a budding entrepreneur in Africa contacted the local bank for a loan of $100 then this loan is likely not be given as the loan amount is too small and there is no profit in this for the bank. There is also no lending history if it is a first time loan.
    Posted: 2010-06-19
    Category: Finance
  • What is Ethical Fashion Shopping?
    Increasingly we find ourselves beset by problems that seem beyond our control; global warming, GM Foods, animal testing, the spread of factory farming, the arms trade and human rights abuses, to list but a few. Shoppers are often left feeling helpless, the typical response being ‘there’s nothing I can do’.
    Posted: 2006-08-13
    Category: Fashion
  • Vegan Eating Choices
    A vegan is a person who avoids as far as possible the use of any animal products for nourishment or for any other purpose.
    Posted: 2006-08-13
    Category: Food & Beverage
  • Nuclear Power – It’s Back?
    According to the Guardian (Monday March 27, 2006) the overwhelming majority of leaders at last week's European Union summit, including Tony Blair, strongly backed a revival of nuclear power as the answer to Europe's growing dependence on overseas supplies and to combat climate change.
    Posted: 2006-04-03
    Category: Polution
  • Is Organic the Way Forward?
    There is a growing public perception that companies are ignoring health and environmental concerns in their quest to maximise profit and in doing so they ignore other equally important issues such as environmental concerns and local communities.
    Posted: 2006-04-03
    Category: Nutrition
  • Fairtrade, Organic or Locally Produced Food?
    Again, I find myself torn apart with choices when deciding which is the most ethical, eco friendly and/or healthy option when it comes to shopping for food and non-food products.
    Posted: 2006-04-03
    Category: Food & Beverage
  • Bio-Diesel – Run your car on it!
    Did you ever wonder what you would do if petrol went up to over £1 a litre or $3 a gallon?
    Posted: 2006-04-03
    Category: Cars
  • Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal
    Between 1989 and 1993 more than 95,000 Lhotshampas (Bhutanese Nepali-speaking Hindus of Nepali origin who live(d) in the southern plains of Bhutan), nearly a sixth of the kingdom's total population of approximately 600,000 have been forced to leave or forcibly evicted from the country by the Bhutanese Government
    Posted: 2006-04-03
    Category: Current Events