News
Solar for SEED
This week, Rebecca takes a look at solar energy, renewables, and how moving to solar power could make a huge difference to SEED's impact, efficiency and carbon footprint!
The SEED blog
Talking about sustainable environment, education and development in southeast Madagascar. New articles every week from our team!
Environment
The sky's the limit: Using drones to assess the health of mahampy wetlands in southeast Madagascar
With a little help from drones, SEED are gaining a fresh and novel perspective on the status of mahampy wetlands around Sainte Luce. In this blog we discuss how using a bird's-eye view can support monitoring of landscape-scale changes in the region.
Sustainable Livelihoods
A period of progress
With Project Mahampy activities on hold due to the pandemic, SEED have been working with the Weavers’ Cooperative on a new menstrual hygiene project. With today being International Women’s Day, we could think of no better time to take a look back at the women’s achievements over the past three months!
Sustainable Livelihoods
Bacon bugs: why SEED is so excited about edible insects in Sainte Luce
In 2021, SEED began a tasty new project, trialling farming "bacon-flavoured" bugs to mitigate food insecurity, help vulnerable people, and protect limited natural resources.
News
What is Cryptocurrency, and why are SEED interested?
SEED Madagascar is one of the first charities to accept Bitcoin, and several other cryptocurrencies, as a donation method. But what is cryptocurrency, and how can it help in Madagascar?
Sustainable Livelihoods
Project Mahampy: adjusting to the new normal
After a tumultuous year for Project Mahampy and the wider world, we reflect on what was achieved in spite of the pandemic in 2020, and what the new normal means for the project.
Madagascar
A Community Led Approach to Disaster Mitigation in Southeast Madagascar
You might be aware of the recent fire in the Ambinanikely commune and the work that SEED has done to help the community in it's recovery process. In this week's blog we reflect on the response to this disaster, why community empowerment is so important for recovery and how our organisational code of conduct plays an essential role even in times of emergency.
Sustainable Livelihoods
What part do fish play in Project Mahampy?
What could freshwater fish possibly have to do with weaving? Emma takes a look at the connections between sustainable livelihoods and the environments which support them.
Environment
Ruling the roost-site: bat conservation in Sainte Luce
Taking a look at the fragile nature of habitat conservation, when illegal logging disturbed the roost site of Madagascar Flying Foxes in Sainte Luce earlier this year.
WASH
Nudging people in the right direction – using psychology to increase handwashing in schools
This week on the blog, we take a look at how SEED is experimenting with using psychology to increase handwashing in schools, via a new technique called "nudges".