Women’s Opportunity Center : Rwanda
Women for Women International, a non-profit that empowers female survivors of war and genocide commissioned this project to bring an educational center to rural Rwanda in 2008. The center has onsite biogas, rainwater catching roofs, and layout that is similar to a traditional village in that it will fuel local commerce and will have a farmer’s market type atmosphere. The women survivors learned the craft of brick-making out of clay to use as the main sustainable building material for their community. Will open in 2012.
Posted: November 25th, 2011
at 3:31pm by mnp
Categories: green,architecture,development
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GrowShelter
GrowShelter, winner of the Schuylkill Environmental Education Center Sustainable Design/Build Competition.
Posted: November 21st, 2011
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Categories: green,architecture,competitions,education
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Hemp Chair
‘World’s first monobloc chair made of natural fibres,’ hemp chair by Werner Aisslinger is made up of 70% natural material.
Makeshift
Continue reading from the blog of the first issue of Makeshift magazine:
These cases pose an important question: "In the rush to help after a crisis, public and private donors from around the world sometimes give without quite realizing what the needs on the ground are. Do Haitians really need your used yoga mat?
Posted: November 17th, 2011
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Categories: myninjaplease,life,art,green,business,weaponry,design,et cetera,diy,development,health,internets,ninjas are everyehere,ethics,entrepreneurship,open source,jobs,innovation
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Informal Economics?
Could the informal economy be the route to deliver the big sustainable development ideals such as the Green Economy, Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies, given that its share is rapidly increasing and that the poor mostly operate here? (Source)
It’s unclear whether or not organizing informal economies would boost developing nations or takeaway…
Posted: November 17th, 2011
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Categories: life,green,business,mnp is for the children,politricks,grub,"ninja",development,blogs,health,trade,entrepreneurship,innovation,peace
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Mushroom Packaging
Dell announced recently that it’s going to be replacing those styrofoam packing blocks in its computer packaging with compostable, mushroom-based packing material. (Source)
Posted: November 15th, 2011
at 10:10am by mnp
Categories: computers,green,design,11th dan
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DIY : Green Roof
Posted: November 15th, 2011
at 10:02am by mnp
Categories: green,architecture,diy
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The Copenhagen Wheel
Posted: November 15th, 2011
at 9:57am by mnp
Categories: green,bikes,innovation
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