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Green Brewing: Part Two, Madeleine E. Pullman
Green Brewing: Part Two, Madeleine E. Pullman
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In part one of our Green Brewing series, we started our journey down the rabbit-hole of beer production and the environment with a discussion about energy use and gas recovery. We took a glimpse into specific breweries in the region and studied how they address their energy demand and how they control their carbon dioxide and nitrogen release, depending on size, location, and other factors. Continuing in part two, we follow the theme of sustainability by examining the “greenness†of commonly used brewing ingredients, containers, and ancillary packaging in the beer supply chain. We look at how brewing companies at …
Altis: A Microfinance Startup In Nepal, Jacen Greene, Scott Marshall
Altis: A Microfinance Startup In Nepal, Jacen Greene, Scott Marshall
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In Sanjay Karki’s role as Deputy Director for the Nepal office of Mercy Corps, he had worked on a number of poverty reduction programs. But his current initiative presents the most daunting challenges he has yet faced. One of the most promising innovations in poverty alleviation was the concept of microfinance, the provision of small-scale loans and other financial services to poor entrepreneurs. And although the government of Nepal strongly supported microfinance models, a decade-long civil war ending in 2006 had severely disrupted government services and worsened poverty. In the terai, or plains, of Nepal, government and non-profit microfinance institutions …