LifeCube instant shelter

Inhabitat article

SaveOneLife in-shoe mine detector

Parasite inflatable shelter

Michael Rakowitz: Parasite

IKEA flat pack shelters

Inhabitat article

Lifesaver jerrycans

Inhabitat article

Nigeria Floating School

Inhabitat article

Shelterbox

<.br> ShelterBox

Sleeping bag mobile shelter

Insulated sleeping bag expands into mobile shelter for homeless
Coat transforms into sleeping bag for homeless

Solight Solarpuff lantern

Inhabitat: Solight Solarpuff Solight Design

LUCI inflatable solar lantern

A little solar powered lantern named LUCI

Energizer Solar LED Lantern

LUMINAID inflatable solar lantern

Luminaid

Illumiloon

Humanitarian design

Bruce Nussbaum: Is humanitarian design the new imperialism?

Leon Kaye: The backlash against humanitarian design.

Design Observer: Humanitarian Design vs New Imperialism, debate summary

TED: Ten TED talks on humanitarian design

Engineers Without Borders: Humanitarian Design Summits

Inhabitat: Humanitarian Design
Inhabitat: Disaster-proof design

Worldchanging: Design, disasters and the value of thinking big

UNISDR: 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Field Innovation Team: Real-time innovations for disasters

AIGA: What does it mean to design for disasters?

Web Ecoist: 14 emergency shelter concepts

FastCoDesign: Architects on how to design for disasters

National Building Museum: Designing for disasters

Catalyst Review: Mitigating risks for disasters in Thailand

Project Life: Design for disasters

Sphere Project: Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response

Australia Unlimited: Helping the world to manage natural disasters

Deloitte: Building our nations resilience to natural disasters

Urine-tricity

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/03/05/Universitys-pee-power-toilet-turns-urine-into-electricity/2651425575024/

8: Millennium Development Goals

8 is an anthology film consisting of eight short films centered on the eight Millennium Development Goals. Eight directors had "carte blanche" to treat one of the eight topics:

Segment by Abderrahmane Sissako: Tiya's Dream (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) Segment by Gael García Bernal: The Letter (Achieve universal primary education) Segment by Mira Nair: How Can It Be? (Promote gender equality and empower women) Segment by Gus Van Sant: Mansion on the Hill (Reduce child mortality rate) Segment by Jan Kounen: The Story of Panshin Beka (Improve maternal health) Segment by Gaspar Noé: SIDA (Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases) Segment by Jane Campion: The Water Diary (Ensure environmental sustainability) Segment by Wim Wenders: Person to Person (Develop a global partnership for development)

Dell enzyme-pulped wheat straw cartons

Copenhagen GoBike

Replas: recycled plastic lumber

Designs for a better world

http://stories.hewlett.org/designs_for_a_better_world

IDEO Design Kit

Samsung reusable packaging

http://www.botech.com.tw/news.php?func=n_show&nc_id=4&n_id=39