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==== Small jobs, do soon ====
* discuss ] in ] & other relevant articles, e.g. ], maybe ]s. + move to ] or redirect?
*merge ]
*rethink comment ]

==== Promo for ] ====

*am now starting to contact organizations (e.g. ]):
**to let them know about the resource
**to ask them to put it in their newsletters
**to let them know that it is easy to edit Misplaced Pages, that if they do want to share their expertise, that would be great
**to let them know that if they don't want to get into editing, they are still very welcome to post suggestions or feedback on the ]
**to suggest that reading and working on articles in Misplaced Pages is a great way for students to learn, and a great way for development volunteers to prepare for a placement
*we can contact relevant experts to ask for suggestions on resources and feedback on articles (at the same time ensuring that they know about Misplaced Pages's articles in their topic area)
*we can post a brief notice on development-oriented discussion lists
*I have added a section on translating to the ] - and as I travel in Asia I will be on the lookout for keen people to help (partly through my contact with local ]'s and development professionals).


== Things to do when I have time (a lot of time, on broadband internet)==
*]

====Links for research==== ====Links for research====
*Check http://dir.bcz.com/index.php?title=Main_Page & **http://dir.bcz.com/index.php?title=Technology_%28Science%29 *Check http://dir.bcz.com/index.php?title=Main_Page & **http://dir.bcz.com/index.php?title=Technology_%28Science%29
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*List several technologies in a search engine to find interesting websites *List several technologies in a search engine to find interesting websites
*http://www.sustainableharvest.org/country_programs.cfm biogas digesters? category - Ap Tech? *http://www.sustainableharvest.org/country_programs.cfm biogas digesters? category - Ap Tech?

=====Misc stuff to check=====
http://awombofherown.blogspot.com/2006/03/in-neocolonial-err-i-mean.html

=====More suitable for personal reading=====
*[http://www.asia-pacific-action.org/southeastasia/indonesia/netnews/2005/ind_26v9.htm Impoverishment & other issues (HS Dillon interview + other articles)


====Look up these books in library==== ====Look up these books in library====
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*check catalog, then *check catalog, then


==== Appropriate technology ==== ==== Appropriate technology ==== <div style="align: center; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px black; background-color: palegreen;">
A.T. general research:
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A.T. Research:
*Check the "what links here" on articles such as "Appropriate technology" *Check the "what links here" on articles such as "Appropriate technology"
*esp before seeing India: http://en.wikisource.org/Prince_Charles_in_Mumbai *esp before seeing India: http://en.wikisource.org/Prince_Charles_in_Mumbai
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* - Krista Donaldson * * - Krista Donaldson *
*http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/student/sanitation/chapter1/ *http://www.mcgill.ca/mchg/student/sanitation/chapter1/
*] add cats *<s>] add cats</s>
*Wikinfo: Some interesting things in here. *Wikinfo: Some interesting things in here.
:The term came into use during the 1973 energy crisis and the environmental movement of the 1970s. :The term came into use during the 1973 energy crisis and the environmental movement of the 1970s.
:It is often used to describe technologies, like wind power, that provide an alternative to fossil fuels. Also, it is sometimes used to describe things like the telephone, radio and television that can reduce the need for travel or replace print. {--> sustainable tech?) Such usage is controversial, as, very often, windmills or electronics may rely on very high technology elsewhere. It is usually only "appropriate" to use technologies that can at least be locally repaired. Which technologies are truly "appropriate" remains a matter of ongoing debate among those that have pioneered the concept. :It is often used to describe technologies, like wind power, that provide an alternative to fossil fuels. Also, it is sometimes used to describe things like the telephone, radio and television that can reduce the need for travel or replace print. {-> sustainable tech?) Such usage is controversial, as, very often, windmills or electronics may rely on very high technology elsewhere. It is usually only "appropriate" to use technologies that can at least be locally repaired. Which technologies are truly "appropriate" remains a matter of ongoing debate among those that have pioneered the concept.
:The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada has a Centre for Appropriate Technology. (doesn't seem to) It has adapted tools of nearby '''Mennonite''' communities to direct use in developing nations. :The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada has a Centre for Appropriate Technology. (doesn't seem to) It has adapted tools of nearby '''Mennonite''' communities to direct use in developing nations.
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* - pages on ram pumps, ferro-cement tank...
*Chris Evans of the Jagarkot Project, involved with making mud water tanks. Lost about 10% of water (but made a nice wet spot).
*]s & ]s as appropriate tech. low cost construction, DIY?
*] & http://www.design-technology.info/inventors/page8.htm --> improve ]
*]?
*(HIGH EFFICIENT MUD OVENS, MASONERY STOVES, SOLAR OVENS AND SOLAR HEATERS),? *(HIGH EFFICIENT MUD OVENS, MASONERY STOVES, SOLAR OVENS AND SOLAR HEATERS),?
*source for ]. add cats *source for ]. add cats
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*] in this category? *] in this category?
*'''Need work''': ], ], ], ] (esp re uptake, cultural issues). *'''Need work''': ], ] (merge with ]? ask people at ATA...), ], ] (esp re uptake, cultural issues).
<div style="align: center; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px black; background-color: ivory;"> <div style="align: center; padding: 1em; border: solid 2px black; background-color: ivory;">
Re stoves: Re stoves:
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==== Water ==== ==== Water ====
] ]
*
*Look up: Fewtrell L. and Colford J.M.Jr. 2004. Water, sanitation and hygiene: interventions and diarrhoea. A systematic review and meta-analysis. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. Washington, DC 20133.
*Fesselet, 2003. Ceramic candle filter project in Magdalena Medio, Colombia. Evaluation Report. MSF-Holland. Internal report.
* - look thru References
*Article on ] plant at ], link from ] *Article on ] plant at ], link from ]
*Research: http://water.me.vccs.edu/ - ], Water/Wastewater Distance Learning. E.g. - a comparison of the ], ], ] & ]. (], Water/Wastewater Distance Learning. ) *Research: http://water.me.vccs.edu/ - ], Water/Wastewater Distance Learning. E.g. - a comparison of the ], ], ] & ]. (], Water/Wastewater Distance Learning. )
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*Look at ] - anything worth doing here? *Look at ] - anything worth doing here?

=====Management issues=====
* - The flexible approach in which municipalities are not steered towards a single model for service provision has increased public support for reforms. (incentives & flexilibity; models included automonomous associations of consumers).
* - importance of women in water & san.
*,


====Wastewater==== ====Wastewater====
] ]
*Research: http://www.sanicon.net/titles/topicintro.php3?topicId=6 *Research: http://www.sanicon.net/titles/topicintro.php3?topicId=6
*Greenbelt handbook - Lloyd Smith. mentions John timohty Winneberger. Found that sulfur in sewage combines with iron, in anaerobic conditions, plugs soil, causes septic tank failure. retention of soil porosity essential.
*]


====Sustainability==== ====Sustainability====
] & category - links to AT? ] & category - links to AT?
*Roundup:
**http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/pregnancy060305.cfm
**
*Sub-categories for ] - ] as a model. *Sub-categories for ] - ] as a model.
*] *]
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*Read: http://www.carebd.org/Nijera%20October%202005.pdf & google "kamal kar" "Conceptual Framework and Summary of Five-Year Plan for Phase-VI" *Read: http://www.carebd.org/Nijera%20October%202005.pdf & google "kamal kar" "Conceptual Framework and Summary of Five-Year Plan for Phase-VI"


*articles for International development stub, {{intdev-stub}}: *articles for International development stub, <nowiki>{{intdev-stub}}</nowiki>:
#] #] - google "Kamal Kar" ngo OR ngos OR ngo's
#] #]
#] #]
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* ], an urban eco-community in South London. * ], an urban eco-community in South London.
* ] * ]
*] - corbett
**book "Designing sustainable communities" mentions ]
**Dinner at Corbetts' house prior to katz' book ]. Corbetts' one disagreement was about grids. Preferred...depend on local conditions. Cul-de-sacs (p12-4) in their own Village Homes.


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====Happiness====

*Gittins wrote: Professor Martin Seligman , of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, is one of the top psychologists in the US, and before he turned to studying positive psychology and happiness, he devoted a lot of his research to depression. (esp )
*suburbia, poor at predicting... who did this? "Why would I study anything else?"
====Misc useful links==== ====Misc useful links====
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Latest revision as of 19:05, 10 November 2020

http://en.wikipedia.org/Image:Muehle_Marzahn2.JPG - make tiny version and edit userboxes.

google scholar for Plasmodium wormwood

Small jobs, do soon

Promo for WPID

  • am now starting to contact organizations (e.g. these ones):
    • to let them know about the resource
    • to ask them to put it in their newsletters
    • to let them know that it is easy to edit Misplaced Pages, that if they do want to share their expertise, that would be great
    • to let them know that if they don't want to get into editing, they are still very welcome to post suggestions or feedback on the Wikiproject talk page
    • to suggest that reading and working on articles in Misplaced Pages is a great way for students to learn, and a great way for development volunteers to prepare for a placement
  • we can contact relevant experts to ask for suggestions on resources and feedback on articles (at the same time ensuring that they know about Misplaced Pages's articles in their topic area)
  • we can post a brief notice on development-oriented discussion lists
  • I have added a section on translating to the project page - and as I travel in Asia I will be on the lookout for keen people to help (partly through my contact with local NGO's and development professionals).


Things to do when I have time (a lot of time, on broadband internet)

Links for research

Misc stuff to check

http://awombofherown.blogspot.com/2006/03/in-neocolonial-err-i-mean.html

More suitable for personal reading

Look up these books in library

  • Paper Heroes: Appropriate Technology : Panacea or Pipe Dream? - Witold Rybczynski
  • check catalog, then this biblio

==== Appropriate technology ====

A.T. general research:

as a Social Movement]

The term came into use during the 1973 energy crisis and the environmental movement of the 1970s.
It is often used to describe technologies, like wind power, that provide an alternative to fossil fuels. Also, it is sometimes used to describe things like the telephone, radio and television that can reduce the need for travel or replace print. {-> sustainable tech?) Such usage is controversial, as, very often, windmills or electronics may rely on very high technology elsewhere. It is usually only "appropriate" to use technologies that can at least be locally repaired. Which technologies are truly "appropriate" remains a matter of ongoing debate among those that have pioneered the concept.
The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada has a Centre for Appropriate Technology. (doesn't seem to) It has adapted tools of nearby Mennonite communities to direct use in developing nations.
His group at LSHTM has studied the health impact of environmental interventions such as water supply, sanitation and mosquito control, and of operational and policy aspects of water supply, low-cost sanitation, surface water drainage, and solid waste management. He is technical director of WELL, a resource centre providing technical advice on water and environmental health to the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and other agencies. He is also an editor of Tropical Medicine & International Health, and a trustee of WaterAid.

Teaching

Tropical Environmental Health, as well as contributing to a number of other courses and study units on topics such as water & sanitation, PHC and Guinea worm eradication, hygiene promotion, monitoring the coverage of water supplies, sanitation and hygiene, wastewater irrigation and other related topics.

Re stoves: Dung cleanly indoors (to avoid the health problems)? The Pellet stove looks like a promising idea and has been listed on the Appropriate technology page but it appears to be a device suitable for developed societies. http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=1498&lang=English or google on "improved wood burning stove" Also: study in progress

  • Check this, from worldchanging.com:

I always thought that we could harnass the power of fitness gyms. i wonder if it gyms could at least be energy self sufficient?

http://www.nonsensical.com/work/portfolio/power.html Posted by: adrian cotter at March 8, 2004 11:03 AM

I totally love this idea.

The World Bank's up to some interesting stuff:

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000247.html Posted by: Alex at March 8, 2004 11:15 AM

Great idea. I just wish the proper people were credited for it. The earliest I've heard of it was in the 70's at a place in Eastern Columbia called Gaviotas. Read the book of the same name, it's inspiring. Posted by: Kevin at March 8, 2004 07:40 PM

Kevin - That's interesting. I have read Gaviotas, but Social Design Notes' Aug 03 post about it reminded me about their policy against patenting inventions, preferring to share their designs freely (he also lists other inventions developed at the site). This may account for any failure to credit the designer. http://www.backspace.com/notes/2003/08/09/x.html

Victor Papanek, who worked for UNESCO, famously held a similar policy, and his work was copied for years. His approach had to do with making useful designs available to the largest possible population in the developing world.

DemoTech (based in the Netherlands) seems to work on similar principles: http://www.demotech.org/ Posted by: Dawn Danby at March 8, 2004 08:06 PM


*merge Zeer pot

Roundabout_PlayPump.

Water

Water

  1. Filter (water)
  2. Rapid sand filter
  3. Media filter
Management issues

Wastewater

Wastewater

Sustainability

Sustainability & category - links to AT?

  1. concrete with magnesium compound...?
  2. Water-saving device
  3. Composting toilet
  4. Renewable energy: Category:Renewable energy as subcategory.

Development

International development

  • articles for International development stub, {{intdev-stub}}:
  1. Kamal Kar - google "Kamal Kar" ngo OR ngos OR ngo's
  2. Akhtar Hameed Khan
  3. Development as Freedom

Urban planning & housing

Urban planning & housing

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Wikimania 2006 is planned for August 4-8, 2006.

Wikimania, (http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/Main_Page & http://meta.wikimedia.org/Wikimania_2006)


Misc useful links

http://www.wisegeek.com