Carbon Offsets: A Primer
Over the past two decades, the practice of carbon offsetting has been met with both examples of success and failure. Academic literature and media coverage gives a plethora of examples of cautionary tales on these projects…
A Way Forward for Global Livingston Institute's Sustainability
Strategies to Measure Carbon Footprints for Carbon Offsetting.
Team PlastiX Recommendations
Educate and sensitize the waste generators about the impacts of their waste on the environment and its livability as well as what they can do or change to achieve the sustainable development goal of their community.
Three Year Sustainability Plan
In this sustainability plan, I first detail pertinent macroeconomic trends, as it mostly relates to agriculture and the implications of COVID-19. Then, I highlight development challenges and solutions in Uganda in two industries that largely impact Uganda's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate: agriculture and energy.
Off-Grid Solar Pilot Program for Lighting the Villages Around Lake Bunyonyi in Southwestern Uganda
Off-grid solar systems will provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy to rural households, help residents reduce or cease the hazardous practice of indoor kerosene/paraffin/candle use, and promote social and economic development.
Sustainable Energy for Rural Uganda
The project goal is to provide a sustainable energy solution for smallholder farmers surrounding Lake Bunyonyi in rural Uganda. The project focused on a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and reliable solution to provide villagers with access to electricity for phone charging and lighting.
Lake Bunyonyi Solar Report
Develop a renewable energy platform that allows Entusi Resort & Retreat Center to be 100% operational on solar power, and to use this platform to electrify the communities around Lake Bunyonyi.
Impact Investing in Africa: A Case Study on East Africa
Philanthropy and the private sector are looking to social impact investing as a new approach to international development. Private equity is experimenting with innovative models that engage the nonprofit and public sectors with market investments that make a profit and support a public good.