Tales from the Missionary Hut: Pedal Power Nutter
In this month’s Tales from the Missionary Hut, our globally concerned inventors lend the poor in the developing world a hand with the help of much vaunted pedal power. Based on a design by Nottingham...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Floating Gardens
How do you find food when your village is flooded? According to the NGO Hands on Help for the Poor, you can simply grow it on the flood water. These floating farms can also be created on ponds and...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Pumpy Pump Pump
This is a great new idea for parts of the developing world where underground aquifers are hard to reach and accessing water is a problem. Forget dirty diesel pumps, electrification and major water...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Bag for life
Want to stand out from the crowd and do your bit for the environment at the same time? The bag for life is the latest rage for holiday makers venturing deep into the African savannah. This unique...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Tippy Tap
A breakthrough in low cost water technology, the tippy tap is a simple device for hand washing with running water at no cost to the environment and a marvel for the poor in rural areas, where disease...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: The Banana leaf Tampon
The banana leaf tampon is all the rage for menstruating women from Sweden to Singapore to Sierra Leone. This made-to-measure tampon is the latest in sustainable gadgetry and a breakthrough in global...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Feed the world with one pot
A pot that will grow food for your family and the entire world from the comfort of your own home is now a reality. A breakthrough in food production, a single pot will grow food for an entire...
View ArticleDharavi: Reaching for the sky
Welcome to Dharavi where residents are reaching for the sky. They want Dharavi to surpass London as a great city. Unlike the poverty tourism and accolades awarded to communitarian slum living by the...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: The Wind Up
The wind up is a small gadget with big uses. This seemingly normal handle is a device designed to power any electrical appliance by simply winding it up. Tipped to become the century’s most important...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: The Hoe
This simple make-it-at-home hoe is a powerful device that enables you to plough vast fields in your own back yard, grow all the food and dig all the wells you need. No longer will there be any need...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Eco-bricks
Ever thought about building your own house, or putting up a garden wall with just the mud you have around you? Forget expensive builders’ costs and environmentally oh-so-painful machinery to do your...
View ArticleTales from the Missionary Hut: Plastic Wealth
The S.L.A.G shows us how to rummage and transform our living standards in the process. Reclaiming plastic promises to end extreme poverty and beat the millennium development goals’ ambitious target of...
View ArticleThe View On The Streets: ethical shopping & fair trade
In the run-up to Christmas, many charities are encouraging us to shop ethically. By making moral choices about what you put in your shopping trolley, these charities say, you will not only have a...
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