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Bertha Mjawa, Agriculture Expert in Tanzania, Meets 100 Under $100
Bertha Mjawa, from the Prime Minister’s Office (MIVARF). Tanzania When I published 100 Under $100, I hoped there would be ways to get the book to practitioners in the developing world who could make...
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Self-Help International’s Poverty-Busting Double Barrel Stove
Nicaraguan Baker Using a Fuel Efficient Double Barrel Oven – Photo: Self-Help International After my book came out, I hoped to learn of additional efficient, affordable, well-designed tools to help...
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Bottle Bricks Come to My Home Community, Mt. Airy
One of the hundred tools, bottle bricks (#74) intrigued me from the beginning. The concept of taking all our inorganic trash (we’re talking plastic everything, from freezer bags to candy wrappers, old...
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A Local School Bottle Brick Project Launches
5th Grader at Plymouth Meeting Friends Shows Her Bottle Brick Creation – Photo Credit: Leann Stover Nyce Ecoladrillos, bottle bricks, are a Global South invention that solves numerous problems: a lack...
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Meeting Maria Rodriguez, Byoearth Social Entrepreneur, in Guatemala
Maria Rodriguez, the dynamic founder of Byoearth, met up with our Fair Trade Judaica trip for dinner in Antigua, Guatemala. My recent trip to Guatemala with Fair Trade Judaica and Maya Works allowed me...
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COOL TOOLS: Addressing Women’s Time Poverty – at CSW16
Join me for a public lecture on tools that help impoverished women do tasks more efficiently. Valuing women’s time is the foundation of women’s empowerment! The post COOL TOOLS: Addressing Women’s Time...
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100 Under $100 Goes to the UN Commission on the Status of Women 60
At the UN for CSW60 Back in 2009 I was the Communications Director for a GreenMicrofinance, a small NGO/Social Business hybrid with a big idea, linking eco-smart technology to microfinancing. While...
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Women in the Construction Trades: Reinventing Wilma Flintstone
Learning the fine points of ceiling fan installation – photo: Cindy Ariel, ThinkOutsideOfTheToolbox From the time of the Flintstones, men have been the technology gatekeepers while women are the...
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Pay-As-You-Go Solar Lanterns are a Gateway Product
Azuri PayGo Energy – clean-energy.facebook.jpg The initial demand for distributed solar, electricity generated right in the household rather than wired from a grid, is lighting. People already do have...
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Beautiful Upcycling in Guatemala
On my recent visit to Guatemala to help catalog a collection of beautiful vintage huipiles, woven women’s garments, we went wandering around San Cristobel Al Alto, a village near Antigua. We ate at the...
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