When people ask Don Gould how he knows that his product works, he answers: "Because babies stop dying." As part of a social enterprise consortium, Gould, who is both a product designer and ceramicist, helped to design and deploy simple, effective water filtration devices to the developing world. In this audio interview, he talks with Globeshakers host Tim Zak about both the traditional production techniques and the new economy models for collaboration.
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Sidebar to "Reversing Burnout:" when working a crisis, put your own oxygen mask on first.
Sidebar to "Rethinking Self-Esteem:" self-esteem should be coupled with self-control.
How one nonprofit uses an NFL team’s celebrity to improve poor children’s eyesight - and life chances.
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From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
