Link of the Day 050508: TechShop: a community tinkering space by Catherine Laine May 5th, 2008 Duration: 5 min 16 sec Today on Boing Boing tv, Xeni visits TechShop, an open-access public workshop that’s kind of like a health club with heavy machinery and sparks instead of treadmills. …
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The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group promotes the use of appropriate technologies in developing countries through a combination of business incubation, education, training and outreach.
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Link of the Day 050508: TechShop: a community tinkering space
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Intern Profile #3: Alex Surasky-Ysasi (AIDG Guatemala)
http://www.aidg.org/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,34/p,1062/Intern Profile #3: Alex Surasky-Ysasi (AIDG Guatemala) by Catherine Laine May 3rd, 2008 Name: Alex Surasky-Ysasi Where are you based? Xela, Guatemala What is your intern project? My project has been improving the Pelton turbine design of the micro-hydro system and helping XelaTeco build its capacity to produce bronze turbines in house. …
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Link of the Day 050208: Cleaner Water With a Wand (No Magic Required) [NYTimes]
http://www.aidg.org/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,34/p,940/Link of the Day 050208: Cleaner Water With a Wand (No Magic Required) [NYTimes] by Catherine Laine May 2nd, 2008 Interesting. Very interesting. From the NYTimes: TRAVELERS who donât trust the water from a mountain stream or a hotel-room faucet have often used chemicals or filters to purify it. …
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Meme: Excerpt from a Book on My Desk
http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2008/05/06/meme-...— Voltaire. Voltaire also referred to life as “a war.” Now, whom to tag next? I’m going with five people who I’ve been following and enjoying on Twitter lately: Marc Pitman David Brazeal Cat Laine Cara Byington Social Butterfly Want to reprint this post? Feel free to reprint headlines and excerpts with a link back to the post’s permalink. To reprint the entire post, contact me first.
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Meme: Excerpt from a Book on My Desk
http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2008/05/06/meme-...— Voltaire. Voltaire also referred to life as “a war.” Now, whom to tag next? I’m going with five people who I’ve been following and enjoying on Twitter lately: Marc Pitman David Brazeal Cat Laine Cara Byington Social Butterfly Want to reprint this post? Feel free to reprint headlines and excerpts with a link back to the post’s permalink. To reprint the entire post, contact me first.
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Favorite things at Maker Faire
http://alevin.com/weblog/archives/002032.htmlin the farm bill debate over the last year. On the plus side, it's on the map, compared to a decade ago when it was fringe. Realignments at the congressional level take more than one cycle to build. I enjoyed the Engineers Without Borders and the Appropriate Technology group (I think i've got the right link for them). These groups are using engineering engenuity to help people get clean water, food, electricity. My favorite Maker Faire writeup is Liz Henry's resolution to create disability access hacks project
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GPD08 - Good People Day
http://www.scribblesandwords.com/gpd08-good-people-day/sessions incredibly unique. The imagery you collect is beautiful. Shauna - for sharing your love for good food. I’ve used many of your recipes. Your book is wonderful. Brett, Melissa, Noah, Zakk, Michelle, Kelly, Dana, Sasha, Justin, Jay, Catherine, Rachel, Penny, Tiffany, Shey, Michael, Lisa, Amy, Robert, Nick … There are probably hundreds more. I’m exhausted and can’t go on. I do love you all, though.
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International Agriculture and Development
http://agdes.blogspot.comAgroecology AIDG Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development CGIAR Community Agroecology Network Community Gardening Association FODEPAL International Association of Agricultural Economists International Development Enterprises
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Point-of-Use Ruaha
http://pointofuse.wordpress.comSmall and Medium Enterprise Development Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group Blog Kickstart Misty Richmond Photography The D.Light Blog
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Technophobiac Lifestyle
http://lifestyle.technophobiac.netfrom Catherine Laine @ AIDG Blog [Appropriate Technology, Development, Environment]
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Sustainable Design Update
http://sustainabledesignupdate.comhe and others have identified these opportunities and have developed innovative, low-cost tools that have helped impoverished rural farmers use the market to improve their lives. There are dozens of other recent posts that are a must read. Check out: AIDG Blog
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techtonic.org | technology and culture — artifacts of technology from around the world
http://techtonic.orgBlogroll AkihabaraNews.Com Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group Culture and International Affairs Dark Roasted Blend Engadget Gizmodo.com Indian Law and… Too Political Wired WordPress Planet
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TwitterFeed - Promote Your Blog Posts to Twitter Followers
http://rudy.in/2007/12/21/twitterfeed-promote-your-blog-post...is a service that will automatically twitter any post that you publish on your blog. I’ve started doing it on my Twitter account and have seen quite a few visitors come across from it so far. Thanks to cat-laine (blog) for the tip. Share This
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