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Global 3000 – DW’s globalization magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalization.
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6/17/2013 | Download File (27.49 MB) - right click to download
Solar power has so far played a minor role in Brazil. But now, with German aid, the country’s largest photovoltaic power plant is being installed in the state of Santa Catarina, with a target capacity of 1 megawatt. Until now, only 2.5 MW of Brazil’s power portfolio has been covered by solar, less than the 0.01% of the solar power share in Germany. Yet in the Earth’s largest tropical country, the potential is unlimited.
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Said Nashif and Yadin Kaufmann could easily be enemies. Instead, the Israeli and the Palestinian are business partners. They’ve founded a venture capital firm that lends Palestinian IT start-ups seed capital and, as a side effect, is helping build trust among neighbours who have long lived in enmity. These entrepreneurs believe Israel's rise as a major IT player in the region could be repeated in the Palestinian territories. They say the potential is there: qualified young people who want to see change.
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A third of all Indonesians have no access to electricity. Agricultural engineer Tri Mumpuni refused to accept this state of affairs. Her non-profit organisation IBEKA, which she founded in 1993 with her husband Iskandar Kuntoadji, installs micro-hydro power plants in Indonesian villages. They not only supply electricity but also jobs and expertise into rural areas. 54,000 Indonesians are already profiting from this green power.
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Less than one in every five Rwandan homes has electricity, so people often use diesel-powered generators. The Rwandan Ministry of the Environment hopes to change that, using money from abroad. Known as the "Clean Development Mechanism”, it transfers funds earned from the trade in emissions credits to sustainable development projects in the Third World.
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The heart of Bali is where you’ll find what’s touted as the "greenest school in the world.” Here 260 children from 40 countries get an education at a school built entirely of renewable materials. And "green courses” are on the curriculum along with the usual subjects. The vision of the school’s founders is to educate the next generation of global citizens and encourage a sense of ecological responsibility from a young age.
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