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North Dakota promises flush toilets at historic sites

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Basketball   来源:Features  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:At the end of June, 29,585 people were in hotels. By March, there were 32,345 - though the number has dropped compared with December.

At the end of June, 29,585 people were in hotels. By March, there were 32,345 - though the number has dropped compared with December.

At 15 lempiras (£0.45) per bar of soap, the project makes a monthly revenue of over 106,000 Lempiras (£3,194.70), which excludes fixed costs like salaries, commission and distribution.Mr Pineda emphasises that "the money doesn't stay with us". "We just help with the implementation of the project and as soon as it's up and running we seek new opportunities," he says.

North Dakota promises flush toilets at historic sites

The recycling of cooking oil is just one several projects running simultaneously at Sustenta.The organisation is comprised of young people, all under 30 and averaging 23 years of age, and their youthful enthusiasm and impatience with established ways of doing things has been key to their approach."We started as a young group that was sick of the regular ways large institutions handle issues with climate change and the environment," Mr Pineda says.

North Dakota promises flush toilets at historic sites

"We want to create actual solutions and not sit around only talking about what could be done."Their strategy also differs from that of other young environmental organisations in the region, who often focus on a confrontational approach, trying to halt large mining or energy projects and holding politicians accountable for corruption.

North Dakota promises flush toilets at historic sites

But Sustenta's project coordinator, Paola Acevedo, says the two approached are not at odds, but rather complement each other: "This type of [classical] environmentalism is very important and there is no doubt that we need it."

"We try to focus on solutions, while the others fight on the front lines," she adds.We have included the latest data on new house building completions by local authority for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but the 1.5 million homes target applies only in England.

India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.

One video, which had more than 400,000 views on X at the time of writing, claiming to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon.An expert told BBC Verify that in moments of heightened tension or dramatic events, misinformation is more likely to spread and fuel distrust and hostility.

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