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The Green Briefing

Useful on a Tuesday. Not just on Earth Day.

Short notes on energy, farms, buildings, health and the policy weather around them.

Energy

Solar is no longer backup in Zimbabwe

Net metering has crossed 118 MW. That is not a pilot. It is a market turning.

Agriculture

Why solar pumps beat rain-fed luck

Water on demand is the cheapest climate adaptation most farms will ever buy.

Communities

What a green village actually looks like

Mini-grids, biogas kitchens and gardens — the model moving from Hakwata into the rest of the map.

Construction

Hemp bricks, solar roofs and tanks on the gutter

The greenest watt is the one the building never had to buy.

Healthcare

A clinic is only as strong as its socket

Vaccines, oxygen concentrators and night births all assume the lights stay on.

Youth

Green jobs are not a slogan if someone gets paid

Youth unemployment is the other climate crisis. Installation is a career ladder.

Strategy

Nine SDGs, one warehouse of kit

How a distributor in Harare touches poverty, hunger, health, gender, energy, industry, cities, climate and partnership.

Energy

Net metering without the jargon

Export watts by day. Draw credit by night. Here is the part vendors skip.

Agriculture

Dry it in the sun, sell it in the week

Post-harvest loss is a climate story hiding in a basket.

Energy

When to buy batteries — and when not to

Storage is expensive chemistry. Treat it with suspicion and respect.

Land

Nature-based solutions are infrastructure

Wetlands, corridors and trees are not decoration around the solar farm. They are the other half of resilience.

Homes

The kitchen is a climate file

Firewood is energy policy, gender policy and lung policy in one pot.