Up Is the Way Forward for Wind Energy
The power of wind is perhaps most vibrantly displayed during a community’s kite festival. From India to China, to...
Engineering for Change
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Creating Cold: The Chilling Challenge of Off-Grid Refrigerat...
Larry Bentley and F. Andrew Dowdy are trying to solve the problem of refrigeration for off-grid communities in developing countries. With distinguished careers, an impressive array of projects, and...
Design Your Product for Manufacturability and High Quality
The transition from prototyping into production is a huge step for any hardware startup in any country. Given that this transition is where many hardware startups fail, it’s important...
How to Harness the Potential of a Massive E-Waste Dump in Gh...
Agbogbloshie in Ghana is a vast urban area that houses a massive e-waste recycling dump. Situated on the banks of the Korle Lagoon alongside the Old Fadama slum, it...
Design and Co-Creation Can Build Peace in War-Torn Colombian...
One underlying factor in Colombia’s civil war that is not often mentioned is infrastructure. There is a lack of access to basic services in rural Colombia, and it exacerbates...
A New Resource for Smallholder Farmers: 100 Under $100 Tools...
Global post-harvest food loss has a long list of elegant solutions. And at least 100 of them cost less than (USD) $100. They have not been implemented on a...
Rural Solar Energy Enterprises Can Learn from Mobisol’s Ha...
Editor’s note: The French utility ENGIE announced that it bought Mobisol shortly after publication of this article. The acquisition more than doubles ENGIE’s customer base in Africa. See the...
Fellow Visionaries
Editor’s note: Eye care venture PlenOptika found that contrary to common assumptions, the reason more people in the world...
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EcoSanitation: Trading “Flush and Forget” for “Cycle and Sow”
“Flush and forget” or “drop and store” are some of the most common strategies for human waste “treatment” around...
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It Will Take a Lot More Than Free Menstrual Pads to End Period Poverty
All of those who menstruate, wherever they live, experience challenges when managing their period. These might include a lack...
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Ancient Stone Canals May Help Modern Day Lima Weather Seasonal Drought
Fourteen hundred years ago, a civilization called the Wari built a system of canals to bridge seasonal droughts in...
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Five Questions for Jim Fruchterman, Who Talks Non-Profits Out of Adopting New Technology
The tropes of a Silicon Valley icon’s backstory glitter throughout Jim Fruchterman’s biography: Elite school dropout, serial venture founder,...
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The GFCC Report Envisions High-Tech Farms of the Future as a Means of Survival
Articles about the future of food and farming have proliferated online for years, including on this site, and they...
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Wi-Fi? Why Not.
Editor’s note: Demand: ASME Global Development Review is shuttering after six years of publishing research, in-depth coverage of the...
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Ten Social Good Startups with Award Winning Tech
Each year, one worldwide event captures a solid showing of some of the most promising social-good startups and the...
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iShow Kenya’s Demo Videos: Agritech Made in Africa
Agricultural technologies swept the competition in Kenya at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase in May. The...
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Research Brief: Large-Scale Stove and Water Filter Delivery Is Linked to Improved Children’s Health
A new large-scale trial of clean-burning rocket stoves and water filters in the poorest households in Western Province, Rwanda,...
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