Domogeo

Want to see a house built in two days?

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How to build a house in two days DomoGeo's first installation in Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Is a home affordable at Rs 35 lakh? For millions of Indians, no. That's why our basic unit costs less than 1 lakh http://ow.ly/BEu3a

Is a home affordable at Rs 35 lakh? The affordable housing challenge definitely can be conquered and is well within our reach. The only key factor is teamwork between each entity...

Introducing Jang Bahadur, whose daily household income has quadrupled - quadrupled! - since June, when we built an extension to his home. A safe, sustainable structure, it provides space to work -- a grocery store -- as well as a place to live for one of his sons. And it is definitely a place to make money! http://ow.ly/i/6UxY

Massive challenge of scale. New KMPG report finds that India needs to build at least 2 million housing units annually (most of them affordable) to achieve housing for all. In 2012, the Indian real estate industry managed just 300,000 affordable housing units. http://ow.ly/BwIgJ

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What a load of rubbish! This house was made almost entirely from trash, including 4,000 videocassettes (remember them?) and 2 tons of jeans. Would you want to live there? http://ow.ly/BwEAQ

The house made from 4,000 video cassettes and two tonnes of jeans The Brighton Waste House is Britain’s first house made almost entirely from rubbish using chalk, coffee cups and lights en route to Bangladesh for...

Is there anything bacon can't do? Our tech is modular, eco-friendly and disruptive too ... but sadly, no brekkie smells while we build. http://gu.com/p/4x78j/tw

Unusual renewables: bacon-powered motorbikes and cars run on chocolate From batteries powered by sweat to a 3D printed wind turbine - some wacky and wonderful innovations in renewable energy

Sustainable Development Goes Massively Online As EdCast Launches With Sustainability Expert Jeffrey Sachs http://ow.ly/2MSw6X

A snail eating the mail leads to development of excrement-derived cellulose thread. gone wild! http://ow.ly/B3pD0

Nettles, tofu and snail poo: sustainable textiles made from the unexpected The global textile industry is among the most polluting and wasteful in the world, but there are some weird and wonderful material innovations out...

So much of this is, or should be, obvious to people wanting to market goods and services to the poor. But time and again you see people violating the cardinal rule: respect your customers' intelligence, dignity, and aspirations. See #5: "It is not true that they are willing to settle for less." Nor should they be. http://ow.ly/B3nf4

Seven lessons on how to market to deprived communities Ending undernutrition includes selling fortified food to those who need it most. Gisela Sanchez Maroto explains how

Mass Urbanization Could Lead to Unprecedented Human Creativity — But Only if We Do it ... http://ow.ly/2MH77a

Development goals must adapt to new nutrition challenges http://ow.ly/2MH778

India's new CSR law sparks debate among NGOs and businesses http://ow.ly/2MH772