Saturday, August 9, 2014

R.A. Mashelkar: Ultra-low-cost designs



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar

Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge

Amos Winter: Cheap all-terrain wheelchair







Jane Chen: Embrace infant warmer

http://embraceglobal.org













Nicolas Negroponte: OLPC One Laptop per Child



















http://one.laptop.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child

Amy Smith: MIT d-Lab

http://d-lab.mit.edu/people/amy_smith

http://d-lab.mit.edu/






The D-Lab at MIT: The People's Engineering Team from Science for the Public on Vimeo.

Vestergaard Frandsen: Lifestraw













http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeStraw

http://www.vestergaard.com/our-products/lifestraw

http://www.vestergaard.com/our-products/lifestraw

Dean Kamen: Slingshot water distiller







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingshot_(water_vapor_distillation_system)

Tata Swach: low-cost water purifier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Swach http://www.tataswach.com/

Matthew Pritchard: Lifesaver bottle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeSaver_bottle















Joshua Silver: Adaptive eyecare for Third World

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Silver







Timothy Prestero: Design that matters



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_that_Matters

http://www.designthatmatters.org/

Planet Ocean

http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/en/films-tv/planet-ocean



Living Planet Report

http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/1_lpr_2012_online_full_size_single_pages_final_120516.pdf



Rio + 20













http://aje.me/NgRR0V

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/Greenpeace-Press-Statement-Rio20-Earth-Summit-a-failure-of-epic-proportions/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Sustainable_Development

Earth Hour



















WWF World Wild Fund for Nature



























Living well with dementia: Buddi



Living well with dementia - buddi from Design Council on Vimeo.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2302779/Great-grandmother-dementia-able-retain-independence-thanks-sat-nan-tracking-device.html

http://www.buddi.co.uk/


http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/knowledge-resources/case-study/buddi 

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/knowledge-resources/report/living-well-dementia-design-challenge-publication

Living well with dementia: Ode

http://www.rodd.uk.com/ode-dementia-innovation/


Creative Business Cup - UK, Ode from creativebusinesscup on Vimeo.
Living well with dementia - ode from Design Council on Vimeo.





http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/knowledge-resources/report/living-well-dementia-design-challenge-publication

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/knowledge-resources/case-study/ode

Living well with dementia from Design Council on Vimeo.

Andrew Shea: Social design

Edward Gardiner & Behavioural Design Lab

http://www.behaviouraldesignlab.org



Saturday, August 2, 2014

National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme





Reverse vending @ Beijing Metro



Beijing introduces recycling banks that pay subway credits for bottles

Reverse vending machines in Australia













http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/live/waste-and-recycling/clean-streets/envirobank-reverse-vending-machines

Container deposit legislation

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3946691.htm







http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-08/ritter---bottle-recycling/4873740

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/no-reason-for-deposit-scheme/story-fnbkvnk7-1226661459517

http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/Whatelsewesupport/why-do-we-need-a-container-deposit-legislation-.html

http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/news/finland-tops-the-list-of-bottle-recycling-countries

http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/news/finns-keen-on-recycling-bottles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_deposit_legislation#Australia
http://theconversation.com/national-container-deposit-scheme-crushed-by-australian-senate-9596

Bans on bottled water













http://www.banthebottle.net/map-of-campaigns
http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/think-outside-bottle
http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/Whatelsewesupport/avoid-bottled-water.html


Friday, August 1, 2014

Products from ocean plastic

http://methodhome.com/ocean-plastic/

http://www.fastcompany.com/1663579/electrolux-turning-plastic-ocean-vacuum-cleaners http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/blogs/the-mv-recyclone-dyson-unveils-trash-sucking-river-barge

Chris Jordan: polluting plastics





Living with less plastic

https://www.facebook.com/MyPlasticfreeLife/info
http://takeoutwithout.org/towo-store/official-reusables
http://myplasticfreelife.com/