Chi-Em is a small microfinance project serving ethnic minorities living in the mountains surrounding Dien Bien Phu, the remote valley in the northwest corner of Vietnam where, in 1954, the Vietnamese defeated the French colonial government. It was founded by Nathalie Miller, daughter of the founders of Green Cities Fund. The Chi-Em web site is: http://www.entrepreneursdumonde.org/~vietnam/wordpress/

The floating OMEGA system produces green energy, clean water, and healthy food while preparing coastal cities for sea-level rise—OGI makes it happen. The Vision:  With guidance from OGI, coastal cities expand production of energy, water, and food beyond the limits of their shores using OMEGA systems that combine water-cooled solar for electricity and heat, processed…