Cambodian’s have a version of hacky sack called a “saiy” (use your best Chinese accent). It’s a funky little device with a spring on one end and feathers sticking out the other. The rules seem rather universal – stand in a circle and kick it back and forth. The lightness and aerodynamics make it great [...]
Below are posts on technologies utilized in rural community development. These are among the first of what I hope to be a long list of technologies applicable to development – some of which I have used personally, others will be ones that I have merely researched and feel are exeptional solutions to some of the [...]
Written about in Chinese texts 2000 years ago, utilized by the Romans, and now employed across Latin America, Africa, and Asia, clay pitcher irrigation is a low-tech solution that is helping thousands of communities in arid regions of the world cultivate farmland during dry seasons of the year. These buried, unglazed pots allow water to [...]