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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

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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

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Sustainable and Low Cost Housing

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What to you get if you mix Bill Clinton + Brad Pitt ?
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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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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

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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

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