Rethink relief
Rethink Relief is an intense design workshop dedicated to creating technologies for humanitarian relief that specifically address the gap between short-term relief and long-term sustainable...
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CarbonStory tells you if your address is under water
CarbonStory is a social enterprise fighting climate change by letting members sponsor projects that reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions.
View ArticleGarrison Architects Releases its Self-Sustainaing Post-Disaster Housing...
The Brooklyn building design firm Garrison Architects has developed a full-sized post-disaster housing prototype to secure safe and stable last-minute housing in the wake of natural disasters. This is...
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innonatives first challenge winners 2015
The innonatives team is proud to present the first winners of the first completed innonatives challenge. Please see here for the winning solutions of the Sustainable Kitchen challenge...
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IKEA Starts Producing Flat-Pack, Durable Shelters For Homeless Refugees
By Yap Yen, 25 Mar 2015 IKEA has started producing 10,000 of its flat-pack temporary shelters designed specially for refugees whose circumstance is due to conflict and natural disasters.Working...
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The Modern Yurk – A Possible Design for Relief Scenarios?
The Scottish company Trakke has redeveloped the nomadic yurt shelter and created the Jero Yurt. The temporary housing innovation is a lightweight dwelling that pops up and was designed to be used for...
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A Litter of Light – Solar Energy for Low Income Housing
The green energy solution for low-income communities known as “Litter of Light” was designed to provide lighting to homes in areas where energy is either unavailable or unaffordable to residents. This...
View ArticleDesign for Disaster Response Conference
Call for papers: Design for Disaster Response Conference Design for Disaster Response is a cross disciplinary conference to share research and actions around approaches to preparing for, and delivering...
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Blue Freedom – Providing reliable first aid electricity from hydropower
Electrical power supply is among the first critically important services in disaster areas. Especially natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes or floodings lead to a destruction of the...
View Article#sonomacountystrong — Written by Maxwell James Hedayati
Written by Maxwell James Hedayati / Photo: Peter DaSilva, Special To The Chronicle To representatives of the College Board, Let me start off by introducing myself, and put a person behind the email...
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