Rice on the roof: Using grey water to grow paddy
A simple reed system can clean washing machine and bath water enough to grow rice. What better place to do … Continued
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Ecosanitation system in Bangalore, India
Sustainable sanitation is the holy grail that is being chased in both developed and developing world. Ecosan, ecological sanitation, is … Continued
Man and ecology
Man and ecology Postcard from Awezet, Farta (Amhara, Ethiopia) Posted by Frank van Steenbergen, Getachew Engdayehu, and Bantamlak Wondmnow June 05, … Continued
Vermiculture: Turkey’s new booming agro-business
Vermiculture: Turkey’s new booming agro-business Posted by Sukru Esin April 16, 2019 A culture of dynamism and a entrepreneurship is … Continued
Managing soil moisture: the waterpads in Turkey
The key to better water productivity is often not through managing water as such but by taking better care of … Continued
The Maize Trap
Posted by Luwieke Bosma, Theophilus Kioko, and Michaeel Nzuki April 14, 2017 Postcard from Ukambani, Kenya, and greetings from … Continued
Life Skills – the missing foundation to improving socio-economic growth
Posted by Otto Hoffman February 15, 2017 Image courtesy Wikimedia “Harvest to Poverty” The agricultural sector in many developing countries … Continued
Is peri-urban wastewater reuse the right pathway to food security?
Posted by Otto Hoffman November 8, 2016 Urbanization and population growth in Kathmandu Valley are widening the gap between supply … Continued
Quality not quantity is the greatest threat to Asia’s most important source of groundwater
Scientists from the British Geological Survey (BGS) have published a new paper in Nature Geoscience mapping out the quantity and … Continued
Managing the Polder Patchwork
Posted by Frank van Steenbergen and Manoranjan Mondal December 13, 2015 In the 1960’s and 1970’s a large part … Continued
Women business innovators
Posted by Nardos Masresha December 8, 2015 As women are a central strategy of the Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC), … Continued
Casestudies
The Way Forward… People with disabilities have an increased chance of living in poverty. In addition, poor people are more … Continued