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Example Initiative - Fownhope CRAG

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Fownhope CRAG is a small, voluntary, grassroots carbon rationing action group set up in 2007 in the village of Fownhope in Southwest England, UK, with the primary goal of reducing the annual carbon footprint of its members.

Context: The Perceived Problem

Example Initiative - Fownhope CRAG

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Fownhope CRAG is a small, voluntary, grassroots carbon rationing action group set up in 2007 in the village of Fownhope in Southwest England, UK, with the primary goal of reducing the annual carbon footprint of its members.

Context: The Perceived Problem

Example Initiative - The Converging World

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The Converging World (TCW) is a UK based charity set up in 2007 by John Pontin & Ian Roderick which seeks donations from communities and individuals in the developed world to invest in verified renewable energy projects in developing countries. Profits made from these investments are channelled into initiatives that fund clean, sustainable and low carbon economic development.

Example Initiative - The Grameen Bank

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The Bangladeshi-based Grameen Bank (www.grameen.com) is a microfinance and community development organisation (formally established as a bank in 1983) set up to target the rural poor – it was founded with the primary goal of poverty alleviation through socio-economic improvements deriving from provision of small loans to individuals excluded from using traditional banking services.

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