Environmental Progress

Assessing Factors for Increasing Plastic Collection in Kabale

Assessing Factors for Increasing Plastic Collection in Kabale

This research study was undertaken as a capstone project for the Global Livingston Institute. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that are associated with plastic recycling in Kabale, Uganda, to enable the client to make changes to increase collection rates.

Three Year Sustainability Plan

Three Year Sustainability Plan

In this sustainability plan, I first detail pertinent macroeconomic trends, as it mostly relates to agriculture and the implications of COVID-19. Then, I highlight development challenges and solutions in Uganda in two industries that largely impact Uganda's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate: agriculture and energy.

Africa Recycling Feasibility

Africa Recycling Feasibility

The focus of this paper is on replicating a successful Bottle-to-Bottle recycling plant that currently exists in South Africa. We believe the best solution is to build the same plant in a central location in East Africa to serve as a regional solution to the processing of plastics collected across multiple East African countries including those collected in Uganda.

Sustainable Energy for Rural Uganda

Sustainable Energy for Rural Uganda

The project goal is to provide a sustainable energy solution for smallholder farmers surrounding Lake Bunyonyi in rural Uganda. The project focused on a sustainable, environmentally friendly, and reliable solution to provide villagers with access to electricity for phone charging and lighting.

Water and Sanitation Practices Surrounding Lake Bunyonyi Uganda

Water and Sanitation Practices Surrounding Lake Bunyonyi Uganda

In 2013 Global Livingston Institute completed work on Entusi, a resort that would serve as a community hub for community development, leadership, research, and the formation of new partnerships. The authors of this paper worked closely with Global Livingston Institute to complete the research described in this paper.

Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm

Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm

When interviews facilitated by past Capstone teams illuminated former child soldiers’ need and want for a capacity-building initiative centered on enhancing their agricultural proficiency, GLI launched the Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm initiative in Spring 2018 with a cohort of 60 villagers.

Impact Investing in Africa: A Case Study on East Africa

Impact Investing in Africa: A Case Study on East Africa

Philanthropy and the private sector are looking to social impact investing as a new approach to international development. Private equity is experimenting with innovative models that engage the nonprofit and public sectors with market investments that make a profit and support a public good.

Needs Assessment - Musanze District, Rwanda prepared for The Global Livingston Institute

Needs Assessment - Musanze District, Rwanda prepared for The Global Livingston Institute

As recent graduates of Environmental Studies programs at the University of Colorado and Portland State University our interest in pursuing this work-study opportunity through the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) lay primarily 1n the areas of land conservation, wildlife preservation and innovative management strategies.