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Rabid Renaissance's Blog – May 2010 Archive (2)
SODIS: A small simple idea with a huge return
I am choosing SODIS as my Social Innovation Hero to shadow, and I have signed up for their newsletter to stay current on what they are up to in their mission to "provide people in developing countries with access to clean
drinking water."
I first learned of SODIS in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic. I found their system of using the power of the sun to disinfect water by simply filling clear PET bottles with water and exposing… Continue
drinking water."
I first learned of SODIS in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic. I found their system of using the power of the sun to disinfect water by simply filling clear PET bottles with water and exposing… Continue
Added by Rabid Renaissance on May 7, 2010 at 12:21pm — 3 Comments
Teaching skills cultivates ownership and empowerment
Installing or providing a widget that happens to provide a solution to a problem without also providing training and skills regarding how that device works, how to recognize when it is broken, and how to fix it...will result in being right back where you started should anything go wrong. And let's face it, something is probably going to go wrong at some point.
With a bit more foresight and planning, you can provide the widget AND teach people how to maintain it, repair it, and… Continue
With a bit more foresight and planning, you can provide the widget AND teach people how to maintain it, repair it, and… Continue
Added by Rabid Renaissance on May 7, 2010 at 11:55am — 1 Comment
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Future
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