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Survival Architecture
Responding to emergency needs in the wake of recent disasters in Haiti and Chile, Carlos Levinton and his group at the CEP (Centro Experimental para la Producción) have been developing architectural + social models that address the ecological and economic disruptions...
Building Upon What’s Been Built
In conjunction with a winter semester 2010 course being taught by Joshua Pearce at Queens University, MECH 425 – Engineering for Sustainable Development, senior Nate Preston is reviewing, evaluating, and illustrating the Kingston Hotpress design via a public...
Update from Smith: April 8th
Brainstorming – What do we have? Where do we go? Our homework from last class was to get together in groups and brainstorm products. The following ideas emerged: bags, toilet seat covers, guitar picks, plastic Armstrong bracelet, book covers, floor mats, pencil...
Some Magazine News about the RISD/Waste For Life Collaboration
Here are links to two recent articles from treehugger and ecouterre about our collaboration with RISD: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/cool-and-easy-to-make-recycled-plastic-bags-rain-boots.php...
Maseru Aloe Multi-Purpose Cooperative Union Receives UNDP Grant
Maseru Aloe Multi-Purpose Cooperative Union Receives $50,000 from the UNDP to support a Waste for Life initiative in Lesotho
WFL Needs and Feasibility Book
Caroline, Eric, Thimothy, and Emily have just published a book about Waste for Life and the methodology we have honed during the past four years. From the introduction: Engineers can help make the world a better place. We can provide better access to water, health,...