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  "Blueprint Brigade" Engineers Better Lives

  By John Casey | Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:47 PM ET

  EWB projects are all funded by the engineers who take them on, so the projects have to be low-cost and easy for the community to keep working. The Ecuador project was lead by the nearby University of Pittsburgh chapter of EWB. "We've only just begun," Hall said. "Our involvement in EWB-sponsore Read More

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  Lonesome George a Father?

  By Jimmy Langman | Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:00 PM ET

  extinct until  the discovery of Lonesome George. Hopefully he can keep the good family name going. (Photo courtesy of Galapago Read More

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  Beware of Pandas: The Bamboo Bike Studio

  By Johnie Gall | Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:56 PM ET

  Cities Initiative for Development, Bamboo Bike Studio is helping to improve access to transportation and create jobs in regions like Kenya and Ecuador.Humans can only walk 2 miles per hour, while they can ride a bike at 10. With this improved transportation, people in such regions can reac Read More

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  Finding New Life on Planet Earth

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:39 PM ET

  that explores planet Earth in search of as-yet-unknown life. In April 2009, CI traveled with a team of international scientists to southwestern Ecuador to conduct a survey. Among their findings:Two new plant species.Four new amphibian species and one new lizard.Seven new species o Read More

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• An Uprising Grows in Peru

  By Jimmy Langman | Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:04 AM ET

  over the past decade. Since 2000, movements to safeguard ancestral lands and native rights have been instrumental in toppling four presidents in Ecuador and Bolivia. In Bolivia, indigenous protests have especially transformed the balance of the power, taking a big step toward reversin Read More

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