Environmental Sustainability
Frame Changers #95: The Great American Food Bank(ruptcy) Network
[We should not be proud of how many food banks we build. We should be proud of how many food banks we obsolete by creating and supporting fair wage paying jobs.]
Frame Changers #84: How Fair is Fair Trade?
Frame Changers #77: Water Security 2020
Frame Changers #74: Vanity Cooler
[A pot-in-pot refrigerator is an evaporative cooling-based refrigeration device that does not need electricity.]
Frame Changers #58: Community Food Security
Frame Changers #55: When Life Gives You Water, Drink It!
Frame Changers #53: Jatrophied Dreams
[Jatropha, an extremely hardy plant that provides oil for biofuels, was romanticized as the silver bullet to poverty alleviation and energy security. After billions of dollars and millions of livelihoods were compromised, the dream collapsed. Lets invest in research first and agree that there never were, and never will be, one-stop solutions and silver bullets.]
Frame Changers #46: Plug and Play Cows
[As I just discovered, a Turkish company, Ser-Gün, offers solar panels that can be mounted on donkeys as a way to support sheepherders. Wonder how the donkeys feel about their new payload and improved social status.]
Frame Changers #45: Solar Ice Breaker
[Across the ~45 countries I have traveled across, I have never come across anyone who has paid real hard cash for a solar food cooker. Never seen shops in developing countries carry them either. Yet, I see many Westerners obsessed with designing solar food cookers for Africa.]