Less Data, More Action
“A little less conversation, a little more action, please” – Satisfy Me, Elvis Presley In recent years there has...
Engineering for Change
Interest: Water
Nearly 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water, and the consequences are fatal. Diarrhea is one of the leading killers of children under the age of five. Fortunately, the solutions needed to access clean water can be affordable and reliable. With informed design and management, drawing water, transporting and purifying it are all possible for everyone worldwide.
Interest: Water
The Secret to Sustainable WASH Technology: Five Questions fo...
There is a secret to building a technology in a rural community so that it successfully scales up and remains sustainable in the long term. It’s “context, context, context,”...
The Potential Role of Nanotechnology in Water Treatment in D...
A lack of clean water infrastructure may be an opportunity to leap over traditional systems and embrace the leading edge of nanotechnology. Developing countries are among those most at-risk...
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....
Made in Guatemala: Clean Water and Nutrition Technology in C...
Guatemala is a Central American country with great opportunities to innovate. Despite immense natural resources such as rivers, lakes, and mountains, a great portion of the population lack access...
Six practical ideas to reach Sustainable Development Goal Si...
Of the 844 million people worldwide who do not have basic water services, some 80 percent live in rural areas (UNICEF 2017). Two of the problems that small rural...
The Importance of Long-Term Project Planning: Case Studies i...
In the rush to carry out their global development projects, many non-governmental organizations neglect to incorporate a maintenance plan. They would do well to realize, however, that a long-term...
Featured Water Solution
The new face of women in water
Women are often underrepresented in the engineering field, and water is no exception. Women play critical roles in all...
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Why companies should not sell or give technology intended for individual and household use to NGOs
When I worked at CARE, I used to get these calls about once a month. “Hi, I’m Bob! I...
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Surrendering control, improving outcomes: Learning an engineering of accompaniment
The meeting was held in the most impressive government building in town, in an upper room looking over the...
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Equipping Ships to Monitor Oceans: Five Questions for Matthew Merighi
From satellites to research ships, data is collected on oceanic conditions around the world. If only it were gathered...
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Can a bracelet craze clean our oceans?
4Ocean has put an artistic spin on a straightforward solution to plastic pollution in the oceans. Their solution is...
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How to make a trawl to track local marine plastic pollution
[Editor’s note: See Barent Roth’s presentation on marine plastic trawls on our YouTube channel and embedded at the end...
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Floating sea bags are set to scour plastic waste from the ocean by 2020
Artificial coastlines crafted from floating sea bags have emerged as a plan for cleaning up plastic trash in the ocean....
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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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Data Scientists Pinpoint Sources of Lead Contamination to Solve the Flint Water Crisis
The Swiss mechanical engineer Lt. Eduard Rubin invented the copper-jacketed rifle bullet in 1882, right about the time that...
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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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