The Water Cycle with a Human Twist
The urban water supply cycle faces an exciting opportunity—large-scale conversion of sewage waste into drinkable water.
The urban water supply cycle faces an exciting opportunity—large-scale conversion of sewage waste into drinkable water.
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
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.
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Carbon for Water is engaged in a loopy funding scheme and offers a lousy public health solution.
The Peer Water Exchange manages diverse solutions and resources to fight the global water crisis.
Manish Bapna, managing director of World Resources Institute, is helping China manage its environmental problems.
Our greatest obstacles set the stage for new business opportunities in 2012 and beyond.