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A Liter of Light: Cheap, Sustainable "Bulbs" for Informal Dwellings

In the Philippines, "eco-entrepreneur" Ilac Diaz is spreading an idea from MIT using 2-liter soda bottles and bleach to bring a 60 watt light bulb's worth of light into the building below.

July 21, 2011 - Reuters UK

Unbuilt Skyscrapers Mean Sky-High Unemployment

No work has been done on the Chicago Spire, the city's latest planned skyscraper, since the credit market froze up in January. A brief look at the blow to the building industry, in which joblessness is at a rate of 21.4%.

March 25, 2009 - Reuters UK

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