The Five-Step Innovation Process: UNLEASHs Design Workshop, ...
Attempts to solve problems in underserved communities live and die by an innovation process and how well it is...
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Reading list: Exploring the Connection Between Engineering a...
I’ve been fortunate enough in my career to find time to explore a complex topic that’s one of my passions: the connection between engineering and social justice, and recognizing...
A Lesson from Warisata
The values of a Bolivian school for the indigenous in the 1930s reflect the potential of global development engineering today. Florencio walks into my office in Oruro, Bolivia every...
Less Data, More Action
“A little less conversation, a little more action, please” – Satisfy Me, Elvis Presley In recent years there has been a greatly increased focus by governments and development partners...
How to Build an Earthquake-Resistant Home: An Earthbag Const...
The folks at Good Earth Global kindly prepared this guide for Engineering for Change’s members and readers. Please see more about their work around the world at www.goodearthglobal.org. Earthbag...
ICT in the DRC: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunity
Poor Internet access and a lack of electricity cripple startups and other commerce in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the same time, however, the challenges present interesting opportunities...
Service Learning or Voluntourism?
One of the biggest threats we face as engineers working in global development is not lack of funding, and not too many problems in which we don’t know where...
Empowering the powerless: Let’s end energy poverty
“Power to the people,” the activists chanted in the 1960s. The revolutionaries of yesteryear never dreamed of the scientific...
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Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2018
Prototype, noun: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed –...
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Where to Donate to Survivors of Hurricanes and Earthquakes in Latin America and the Caribbean
The year has been marred by extraordinary natural disasters. Flooding in south Asia has killed more than 1000 people...
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Changing the behavior of the development sector
When the development community speaks of behavior change, it usually refers to individuals doing something differently. Whether that is...
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Welcome to E4C’s Research Fellows of 2017
Our newest cohort has surprises in store for this second year of the Research Fellowship Program. This year, we...
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Principles of Humanitarian Engineering: A Ten-Part Series of Mini Lessons in Design for Global Development
Welcome to the first in a series on the principles of humanitarian engineering. These digestible essays highlight points from the...
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How 3D printing helps solve big problems in design for global development
High expectations have been heaped on the role of 3D printers, but their place in global development can still...
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Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2017
Prototypes are pushing the field of global development technology forward as they evolve in workshops, universities, laboratories and even...
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Building Materials and Methods: E4C’s Essential Online Resources for Professionals
When global development professionals need to make a decision about which technologies to use in their work, we’d like...
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Introduction to Engineering for Global Development: E4C’s new online course prepares newcomers to the practice
Engineering for Change offers an online course to students and professionals entering the field of engineering for global development....
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