Satellites and Cell Phones: A Guide to Remote Monitoring of ...
From satellites peeping at water sources to “smart” latrines, new tools have emerged to help fix the problems with...
Engineering for Change
Interest: Sanitation
About one in three people worldwide don’t have access to improved sanitation, but managing waste could solve a lot of the world’s health problems. For all of its importance, the issue still gets little attention. We have the solutions. Good, low-cost latrines have been built worldwide, latrines that do not require an expensive sewage system because they compost waste to convert it into safe fertilizer. The toilets of the world’s future might look reminiscent of the toilets of the past, and that’s a testament to user-centered design.
Interest: Sanitation
Transfer Sanitation Technology from Developed Markets to Mee...
If the world is going to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of universal access to basic sanitation by 2030, we may need to realize solutions faster, better...
Achieving SDG 6: The Need for Local Centers of WASH Expertis...
The goal: ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. The task at hand, right now: learn quickly from failure and share lessons learned....
Five Questions with Jon Hurt, Tunneling Engineer with Arup a...
Jon Hurt has a rare point of view on global development technology, combining his engineering industry perspective with a recent appointment to the Board of Directors at the global...
Love and ICT improving waste management in Maputo
As the first sun rays cross the Indian Ocean and hit the streets of Maputo, waste collectors begin their work in the Mozambican capital. The city is improving its...
Reinvented Toilets Take on a Lack of Sanitation Access with ...
Nine startups that are reinventing the toilet have won spots as finalist candidates for the Toilet Board Coalition’s accelerator program. These companies are working to surmount obstacles in the...
ANSIs Standards Development for Non-Sewered Sanitation Syste...
A key ingredient in any plan to ensure that everyone around the world has access to safe sanitation is the category of toilets that do not require a sewer....
Photo gallery: The transformation of a latrine block in a Bangladeshi slum
Slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, worked with the French non-governmental organization Eau et Vie to improve their latrines and...
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A new charitable giving platform vets Indian nonprofits to give donors peace of mind
It’s easy to forgive indecision when it comes to donating to a worthy cause in India. A bird’s eye...
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Why technology alone will never provide sanitation for the poor
The word “still” carries a subtle indictment. We see it in the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme’s 2015 report on...
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Charitable Foundations Have a Unique Opportunity to Change the WASH Sector
With a few changes, charitable foundations have the potential to make deep improvements in the water, sanitation and hygiene...
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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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Meet Yi Wei, ‘Sexy’ Loo Designer & One of More than 200 E4C Volunteers
Yi Wei, Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at iDE is one of more than 200 volunteers who has dedicated...
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How mobile tech improves global sanitation: Research brief on the Digitization of Sanitation
The mobile phone boom of the last decade has given rise to the often-repeated fact that more people worldwide...
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The best of Siemens Stiftung EPA: A wearable hypothermia monitor, trash-funded healthcare and an irrigation pump
A wearable thermometer for newborns, a medical insurance scheme for trash collectors, a hydro-powered water pump and a stove...
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Untreated Wastewater: A Growing Crisis and Its Solutions
Aerial photos reveal a plume of brown fecal sludge drifting off the coast at Lavender Hill in Accra, Ghana....
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Coconuts for Compost and Bicycling Recycling: Two New Waste Management Solutions
Two organizations are taking two very different approaches to managing the growing mountain of waste generated in the developing...
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