Training is provided in ecological construction technol-ogies (for instance clay) which are applied in projects in Iisalmi and Tanzania.

UNESCO: Background

The foundation is also involved in a major project that will see the construction of an ecological school for 100 children in the Katanga province in the south of the DRC, the area where Coursaris was born and spent her early childhood.

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Critics say LEED standards are not intended to justify siting projects in ecologically-sensitive areas where ANY construction will lead to potentially irreparable harm on sensitive ecological systems.

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