Posted by admin on March 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This weekend I spoke with Justin de Leon about his forthcoming film Give to Live, which examines foreign aid to Africa from the perspective of both the givers and the recipients. It’s an important topic that’s currently inviting a lot of controversy, and the filmmakers have interviewed a lot of fascinating people, so I’m looking […]
Posted by admin on March 5, 2011 · 2 Comments
This is the sixth in a series of guest blog posts by Alissa Emmel about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua. In my last post, I described helping to provide power for a “solar restaurant.” The Solar Women of Totogalpa have decided to open a restaurant which will be completely run on solar energy, will use […]
Posted by admin on February 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the fifth in a series of guest blog posts by Alissa Emmel about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua. I went to Nicaragua to learn about renewable energy, both how it works and what the challenges and successes are in low and middle-income countries. I’m not going to write about who should use renewable […]
Posted by Alissa on January 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the fourth in a series of guest blog posts by Alissa Emmel about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua. Between 1990 and 2005, Nicaragua lost 21 percent of its forest. Deforestation is a serious issue in many developing countries as it can lead to soil erosion, as well as increased flooding and droughts. Usually […]
Posted by Alissa on January 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the third in a series of guest blog posts by Alissa Emmel about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua. You can imagine that I was pretty excited to learn how to make a solar oven. What’s a solar oven? There are many ways to make a solar oven (also sometimes called a solar cooker), […]
Posted by Alissa on January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the second in a series of guest blog posts by Alissa Emmel about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua. I decided to start with firewood, since after living with a local family and breathing in those toxic fumes, this issue is near and dear to my heart (and my lungs!). In Nicaragua, as in […]
Posted by Alissa on January 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by Alissa Emmel about renewable energy projects in Nicaragua. I just got back from three weeks in Nicaragua, and so Aaron has asked me to write some guest posts about the application of renewable energy and appropriate health technologies that are helping the rural […]
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Posted by admin on January 4, 2011 · 1 Comment
There are a lot of different ways to get things done. But while I was researching Taking Action, I kept noticing some of the same things in successful development projects all over the world, from small initiatives in out-of-the-way places to well-funded international agencies. The list below isn’t meant to be exhaustive, but it does […]
