Links go here... http://www.scorecard.org/

I remember seeing a blurb in the now defunct 'Whole Earth Catalogue' that showed a diagram of a large stone flourmill from an African village with the caption "One example of an appropriate technology." next to it.

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The impact of the Pot-in-Pot on individuals' lives is overwhelming. "Farmers are now able to sell on demand rather than 'rush sell' because of spoilage," says Abba, "and income levels have noticeably risen. Married women also have an important stake in the process, as they can sell food from their homes and overcome their age-old dependency on their husbands as the sole providers." In turn, and perhaps most significantly for the advancement of the female population, Abba's invention liberates girls from having to hawk food each day. Instead, they are now free to attend school, and the number of girls enrolling in village primary schools is rising.

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http://www.rolexawards.com/laureates/laureate2.jsp?id=0006

I'm glad that you like these links, Clersal.

ps. If there's any specific area of interest let me know, as I have a fairly extensive compendium of this sort of info and if I can steer someone to the information I'd be thrilled.

Also, somewhere on the rolex site there's a design for a refrigerator that uses sound waves travelling along a hollow ring as a means of cooling...

[ August 20, 2002: Message edited by: flotsom ]

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We've all seen pictures of women and children in developing countries lugging heavy containers of water. Transporting water often takes an inordinate amount of time and energy, and unhygenic containers can pose serious health hazards. Hans Hendrikse, a South African architect, has designed with his brother the Q-drum, an energy-saving, hygienically sealed, tough but easy-to-use rolling water-drum that can be pulled without strain by one adult or two children.

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