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How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?
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Urban & Landscape Design
These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world.
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11 Jul 18
Ethiopian tech developers found a novel way to tackle waste management
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African Design
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Industrial Design
Their design relies on an ultrasonic sensor that is integrated on top of the dustbin to measure how close the waste is relative to the cover on top.
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30 Nov 17
Pearl Recycling is turning Nigeria’s discarded waste into stunning furniture and home décor
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African Design
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The waste upcycling company is creatively solving one of Nigeria’s most pressing issues – waste management.
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22 Sep 17
I got garbage
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Design Activism
A human-centred approach to India’s brimming landfills.
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24 Apr 17
Wetland plants form natural sanitation system in Cambodia
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Product Design
The HandyPod system is helping floating villages improve waste management and reduce water pollution.
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7 Jun 16
Alchemy of Waste fosters a “waste-not wonderland” through arts-based projects
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This collective aims to encourage upcycling by documenting the stories of “dumpster divers, tinkerers, and circuit hackers”.
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7 Dec 15
A sustainable eco-village wins the Cambodia 2015 architecture competition
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Architecture & Interiors
The HYBRID[GE] project seeks to revitalise the floating village of Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia.
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4 Dec 15
An Uber-like SMS service is transforming Dakar's unsanitary pit latrine system
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Creative Economy
The new and environmentally friendly way of emptying poop from pit latrines is cutting sanitation service costs for locals in Senegal's capital city.
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23 Oct 15
Tree house
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
What looks like a giant tree house in the middle of a city is a very sustainable apartment block in Mexico.
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14 Jan 11
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