Here is a list of links I used to help research my article on sustainable design for developing countries (I will post a link to the artlice when it goes live). Thanks especially to Shagun Singh and John Dimatos for references and ideas.
In the article:
Question Box
Barefoot College
Map Kibera
Ideas and writings:
IDEO’s human centered design toolkit
Inveneo’s sustainability primer
TU Delft – Base of the Pyramid
Humanitarian Crowdsourcing
Humanitarianism vs. Imperialism
1million t-shirts response
DIY foreign aid
DIY foreign aid response
Projects, products, and companies:
AfriGadget
SIMbaLink
Digital Green
Mapunity
Ushahidi
Frontlinesms
Selco India
E-charkha
Delwara Community toilets
Chotokool Refrigerators
Swach Water purifiers
Philips Stoves
Vesel (Village eScience for Life)
Pulse Global Labs
Ground Lab
Window Farms
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