Creating solutions – Worldbike 05/09/2009 Worldbike Slideshow: Bicycles as a tool for Development from Ross Evans on Vimeo. Worldbike designs higher-strength, longer-wheelbase bicycles with integrated...
Gav’s electric car 05/09/2009 Gav caught the EV bug. He also caught the video bug, and made a bunch of great videos of his...
Solar powered hearing aid 05/09/2009 [Photo from Godisa] Approximately 10% of the world population has a disabling hearing impairment, and 80% of them live in...
Finding the failure point 05/09/2009 [Image from Futisaba] Earlier this week in Lilongwe, Malawi, some enterprising fellows loaded up a truck with rebar. Unfortunately, they...
Make a day project 05/09/2009 [Photo from Pauric on Flickr] MAKE Flickr pool member Pauric is treating himself to a nice birthday month of making....
Treadle pumps move water sustainably 05/08/2009 [Image from Howtopedia] The Treadle Pump design is very simple and effective at helping people to bring water to their...
12 steps with Paul Polak 05/08/2009 Last summer, I went with several youth leaders from Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn to hear Paul Polak speak....
Creating solutions – Lighting Africa 05/05/2009 At a workshop on Lighting Africa at last year’s Solarfest, the argument for renewable low voltage lighting made an impression...
Energy auditing for greater efficiency 05/05/2009 Almost 20 years ago, I moved into an apartment with electric heat. The landlord said that he would cut the...
Tool drool: Park Tools 05/03/2009 [Photo from Park Tools] Mike writes in the comments: It’s good to learn how to maintain anything that you use...