Plastic Bottle Greenhouses
Greenhouses extend the season, protecting plants and helping to get an earlier start and keep them going longer.I have seen [...]
Dayo Olopade’s The Bright Continent – Kanju v Jugaad: Doing More with Less
Writer Dayo OlopadeDayo Olopade is a fascinating tour guide on a trip through 17 African countries. Her recent book The [...]
100 Under $100: One Hundred Tools For Empowering Global Women
Here's the gorgeous bookjacket design.The photo is of Vijaylaxmi Sharma, an opponent of forced marriages. She resisted one at age [...]
School Bag Solar Lights – an Old Idea Reborn
Hindustan Times Photo: the school bag is fitted with a solar charger and LED light - voila! - lights to do [...]
A Second Life for Wasted Soda Bottles: High-Tech Roofing
Engineers have figured out how to turn plastic trash into a material that keeps rain and heat out while letting [...]
#MyWritingProcess – 100 Under $100: the Global Women’s Toolkit Nears the Finish Line.
Chai latte became indispensible tools.Cheryl Rice is a local Dining For Women friend and now She Writes Press mate. Her [...]
Cell Phone MInutes that Come WIth Insurance – The Atlantic #8
BimaMobile.comFor extremely low-income families, insurance payouts for a health crisis can make the difference between temporary destabilization and a downward [...]
The Cell-Phone Minutes That Come With … Insurance?
For extremely low-income families, insurance payouts for a health crisis can make the difference between temporary destabilization and a downward [...]
How a Simple Bag Is Rescuing the World’s Black-Eyed Peas
By protecting this crucial crop from the dreaded cowpea weevil, farmers are gaining greater economic security. Published in the Atlantic [...]
The Paint that Prevents Diseases – Atlantic Series #6
Chemist Pilar Mateo has come up with a paint that slowly releases insecticides, making homes inhospitable to parasite-spreading bugs.Betsy Teutsch [...]
The House Paint That Can Prevent Diseases
Chemist Pilar Mateo has come up with a paint that slowly releases insecticides, making homes inhospitable to parasite-spreading bugs. Published [...]
Toilet Malls and Toilet Boutiques – Atlantic Article #5
The Toilet Malls of NairobiAt Iko-Toilet centers, customers can do their business, have a drink, and maybe even get a [...]
thank you Bill Gates!
User Actions FollowingBill GatesVerified account@BillGatesCan you cook soup with no electricity? This fireless cooker might help: http://b-gat.es/QeGpuP via @TheAtlantic pic.twitter.com/p4hBYHrTmD Reply Retweeted Favorited More
How To Make Solar Panels Available – for Billions – from The Atlantic
How to Make Solar Panels Affordable—for BillionsLike the installment plans of the Great Depression, Simpa Networks' "Progressive Purchase" agreements are [...]
THe Slow Cooker that Requires No Electricity
My third column for The AtlanticWonderbags are thermal-retention cookers, technology that's been around since humans realized that wrapping up a hot [...]
More Periods = More Pads to Sell
How Sanitary Pads Can Help Women Improve Their Health and EducationWhen Arunachalam Muruganantham went to purchase disposable napkins for his wife, [...]
EcoFuelAfrica in The Atlantic – an excerpt from the upcominig 100 Under $100
I am excited that my book research is going to be part of an Atlantic series on things that work. [...]
Microfinance Tour with En Via in Oaxaca – TripAdvisor is right – #1!
Mother and daughter, whom we met on the En Viatour - this lovely embroidery came home with me as a gift [...]
Photo of the Week: a new artform – Solar lantern paper cuts
title: TOGETHER author: GABRIELLI KUHNPanasonic has introduced a portable solar lantern to the growing collection of off-grid lighting options.To celebrate, [...]
100 Under $100 Picture of the Week: Solar Ear Designers Discussing their Solar Charger in Botswana
Sarah and Akangang, pictured above, two of the co-founders of the Solar Ear project in Botswana. They helped invent the [...]
