Monday, 8 June 2015

Where there is no toilet (& sewage treatment options when there is one)

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Human poo & pee causes more death, malnutrition and economic problems than any other single issue; yet like animal manure, can be a sou...
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Thursday, 7 May 2015

Nepal earthquake: emergency shelter and earthbags

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In this blog I discuss earth-bag construction as an option for shelter recovery in Nepal. I start off with a quick overview of how the huma...
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Sunday, 3 May 2015

Ocean blessings in Bali

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Wonderful and remarkable how Balinese women prepare each day little blessings, today an ocean cleansing ceremony,  the beach completely fi...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Shelter, jobs and social stability in Lebanon

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Last month I went to Northern Lebanon, on a short mission with CARE International, to help them figure out a strategy to deal with the dire...
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Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Shelter after floods in Pakistan. Part 1. Sabina's story

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This is Sabina, who I met during one of about 30 field trips I made in Sindh, Pakistan during my time working there, chatting with Mustafa...
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Thursday, 11 December 2014

Arabian Nights - in the arms of Green School

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Two hours, they said.   Two hours of a high school play. Uh oh, this could be a long night… But then it was beginning, gentle, exotic...
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Thursday, 11 September 2014

To live in Bali... first impressions anyway

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Immediately struck by light and sound, colour and smell, arriving in Bali, almost a month now..  Kira and I plus about four thousand other ...