Posted by admin on November 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Here’s what a writer’s career arc looks like: I used to put other people’s names on things I wrote, and now other people put my name on things they write. The operational concept here is that any time you see something written by someone on behalf of an organization, especially if that person has a […]
Posted by admin on August 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Over the past year, I’ve been able to see how an idea goes from a proposal in a discussion to a principle in an international consensus document. The principle started with a simple concept: effective organizations innovate (look for new ways of doing things) and learn (keep track of what they’ve done, evaluate it, and […]
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 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 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 […]
Category Featured, Taking Action · Tags biosand water filter, Community development, Nicaragua, renewable energy, social and economic development, solar energy, solar ovens, solar panels, sustainable energy, water purification, wind energy
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 […]
