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Urban Agriculture
“ [A]n industry that produces, processes and markets food and fuel, largely in response to the daily demand of consumers within a town, city, or metropolis, on land and water dispersed throughout the urban and peri-urban area, applying intensive production … Continue reading
Posted in mexico, open innovation, world
Tagged economy, food, GREEN, Guadalupe, markets, mexico, monterrey, obvious solution, open market, Santa Catarina, social development, sustaintability, urban, urban agriculture
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on low-tech
This is an extract of a conversation i had with totoro last week on regarding the relevance of investing in low-tech. Seems to me that everyone including developing countries are obsessed with hi-tech solutions. Whereas this might be a good … Continue reading
Sustainable and Low Cost Housing
What to you get if you mix Bill Clinton + Brad Pitt ?
jejejeje, no, well yes but think again…
Although they might seem not to have too much in common, by mashing up some of their ideas it is possible to design a replicable model for sustainable habitat in emerging communities. Continue reading
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Tagged design, open innovation, social development, sustainability, tabasco, tabasco relief
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Vegetable Based Charcoal
Amy Smith has been working for years in humanitarian design, she gives a great course at MIT “Design for Developing Countries,”. Last year with the help of her students she figured out how to make charcoal out of local non … Continue reading
Re: for Gilad
Gilad left a question in another post, the answer turn out to be so extend that i had to make it a post. HJ – I’m curious – do u know of specific areas in Mexico which are planned to … Continue reading