Waste Reclamation: Treasures from Trash
Waste pickers in Pune - Julian Luckham/WIEGOGGarbage collection, waste management, and recycling - norms in the industrialized world - are [...]
Diapers: Not Just A Convenience!
These Kijani diapers are Unganda-made, providing employement and anecological option for parents.Diapering is not new, but it has been vastly [...]
Menstrual Supplies – A Big Upgrade
Making pads from invasive waterhyacinth pulp - photo: Shana GreeneVillage VolunteersMenstruation is messy, no arguments there. It is also predictable, [...]
EcoSan – Reclaiming Value from Waste
A young lady in a hurry to get to the nearest Sanergy eco-toilet!Photo: SanergyEco-San, short for ecological sanitation, safely sequesters [...]
PeePoos: Biodegradable Portable Toilet Bags
Photo: PeePoople/ Camilla WirseenAbout 2.4 billion people don't have flush toilets or access to public facilities. The hygiene challenge is [...]
Handwashing: a Low Tech/ High Income Basic
Handwashing is one of the most impactful, basic public tools around. Even in water scarce regions, handwashing can be managed [...]
Solar-Powered Water Desalination
Italian designer Gabriele Diamanti has been working on his open source Eliodomestico Solar Water Desalinator for quite a few years. [...]
Ceramic Water Filtration
Water filtration has been championed by Potters For Peace, who have set up local factories around the world. Tucked inside [...]
Solvatten: Deluxe SODIS designed by Dr. Petra Wadstrom
Swedish inventor/scientist Petra Wadstrom has been refining her design, the Solvatten, for years. What she has created is essentially a [...]
SODIS Indicator: Building Confidence
Helioz, an attachment for SODIS bottles which measures readiness.SODIS, solar water disinfection, uses just free sun and cleaned plastic bottles. [...]
SODIS: Simple, Free Solar Water Disinfection in a Bottle
SODIS - an acronym for Solar Disinfection - is one of the best kept secrets around. Untreated water is simply [...]
Portable Water Testing: Local In-Time Information
Women being trained in water test kit analaysis by Womens Earth AllianceTesting water was previously a complex, lab-based job. It [...]
Zimba: an Automatic Chlorine Doser
For those who dwell in industrialized countries disinfecting water is a process that takes place at central water treatment plants. [...]
Tool 36: Wellowater Roller – Twice the Water with Less Work
Social entrepreneur Cynthia Koenig has been hard at work developing the Wellowater wheel. Their motto is#makingheadloadinghistoryWomen carry water, endlessly, but [...]
Rainwater Harvesting: Portable Cisterns!
This farmer now has a convenient way to store rain water, plentiful during the rainy season but absent during the [...]
Disaster Tool: Luminaid Inflatable LED Lights
Luminaid lamps are quite beautiful, translucent LED hanging lanterns. They have a mounted solar charging panel, so they provide great light, [...]
Eco-Briquetting: Fuel from Waste, Not Trees!
Photo from The New Nature FoundationEco-Briquettes are fuel pellets made from agricultural waste , used for cooking. They replace charcoal, [...]
Two New Women Creating Amazing Solutions!
While I've completed the book, I knew there would be new innovators and innovations that would emerge. This week the [...]
100 Under $100 Countdown: Tool #1 – BREASTFEEDING
Quintessence Breastfeeding Latch-On Challenge in China - Yushi ZhangIt is 100 days til publication, 3.6.2015.I will be posting daily, one [...]
Professor Linda Scott Nails It: Data Show Women’s Empowerment WORKS
New Delhi students learn circuitry - Feminist Attitude towards TechnologyI am a huge, huge fan of Professor Linda Scott's blog, [...]
