Bangladesh community action

Initiatives by topic

Biodiversity

WildTeam

Climate action

Communities online

Infoladies

Community energy

Environment quality

'Let's Clean Bangladesh' – a regular program of The Dhaka Project - Wikipedia: Floods in Bangladesh, Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh, Water management in Dhaka

Food activism

Small-scale fish farming in Bangladesh - Solar cooking resources in Bangladesh

Social inclusion

The Dhaka Project

Towards sustainable economies

Grameen Bank

News and comment

2016

'Swarm Electrification' in Bangladesh Lets Neighbours Swap Solar Electricity, Nov 29 ^[1]

In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty, Oct 4 ^[2]

Saving Bangladesh’s last rainforest, Sep 21 ^[3]

Rajshahi: the city that took on air pollution – and won, Jun 17 ^[4]

How Bangladeshi inventors are making eco-friendly air conditioners from plastic bottles, Jun 2 ^[5]

2015

Bangladesh fires up large-scale solar to boost power generation, November 20 ^[6]

Solar-Powered Pumps Reduce Irrigation Costs in Bangladesh, September 8 ^[7]

2014

The Solar Energy Revolution Everyone’s Ignoring… Is In Bangladesh, October 25 ^[8]

Bangladesh going solar in a big way, May 12 ^[9]

Climate disasters threaten Bangladesh’s social gains, January 22 ^[10]

2010

Bangladesh sets new world record – five million high quality Compact fluorescent lamp Ws distributed to Bangladeshi homes, ^[11] July 26

Island's disappearance attributed to global warming, ^[12] March 25

"It is predicted that 18 percent of our coastal area will be submerged and 20 million people will be displaced. Are our political parties aware of these issues?" ^[13] March 25

Bangladesh, India: The Relationship Between Water Crisis And Migration, ^[14] by Rezwan, February 19. Sowmya Suryanarayanan at Strategic Foresight opines that the lack of freshwater resources in Bangladesh “is a massive threat and will remain a primary reason for cross border migration in the future.”

2009

An ordinary citizen highlights the crusade of some local media to save the rivers of Dhaka from pollution, ^[15] September 21

2009 SEED Award Winners, ^[16] May 12

"Solar conversion of traditional kerosene hurricane lamps". A national NGO in partnership with a local NGO and a cooperative have developed an innovative device called "SuryaHurricane", a low-cost solar lantern made from recycled parts of the conventional and much used kerosene lantern.

"Generating local economy through regenerating local resources". A cooperation between a national NGO, a research institution and a small-sized business aims to avoid bio-diversity losses and degradation of the agricultural lands, by recycling waste from rice-growing for the production of cement that will be used in the production of low cost housing materials.

Resources

Maps

Wikimedia Atlas of Bangladesh

Research

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies

Video

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Bangladesh

External links

• greenmagz.info, online Environmental Magazine

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