Domogeo

11/07/2014

Want to see a house built in two days?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z4RErqZvi0

DomoGeo's first installation in Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

09/18/2014

Is a home affordable at Rs 35 lakh? For millions of Indians, no. That's why our basic unit costs less than 1 lakh http://ow.ly/BEu3a

The affordable housing challenge definitely can be conquered and is well within our reach. The only key factor is teamwork between each entity...

09/17/2014

Introducing Jang Bahadur, whose daily household income has quadrupled - quadrupled! - since June, when we built an extension to his home. A safe, sustainable structure, it provides space to work -- a grocery store -- as well as a place to live for one of his sons. And it is definitely a place to make money! http://ow.ly/i/6UxY

09/15/2014

Massive challenge of scale. New KMPG report finds that India needs to build at least 2 million housing units annually (most of them affordable) to achieve housing for all. In 2012, the Indian real estate industry managed just 300,000 affordable housing units. http://ow.ly/BwIgJ

09/15/2014

What a load of rubbish! This house was made almost entirely from trash, including 4,000 videocassettes (remember them?) and 2 tons of jeans. Would you want to live there? http://ow.ly/BwEAQ

The Brighton Waste House is Britain’s first house made almost entirely from rubbish using chalk, coffee cups and lights en route to Bangladesh for...

09/08/2014

Is there anything bacon can't do? Our tech is modular, eco-friendly and disruptive too ... but sadly, no brekkie smells while we build. http://gu.com/p/4x78j/tw

From batteries powered by sweat to a 3D printed wind turbine - some wacky and wonderful innovations in renewable energy

09/04/2014

Sustainable Development Goes Massively Online As EdCast Launches With Sustainability Expert Jeffrey Sachs http://ow.ly/2MSw6X

09/04/2014

A snail eating the mail leads to development of excrement-derived cellulose thread. gone wild! http://ow.ly/B3pD0

The global textile industry is among the most polluting and wasteful in the world, but there are some weird and wonderful material innovations out...

09/03/2014

So much of this is, or should be, obvious to people wanting to market goods and services to the poor. But time and again you see people violating the cardinal rule: respect your customers' intelligence, dignity, and aspirations. See #5: "It is not true that they are willing to settle for less." Nor should they be. http://ow.ly/B3nf4

Ending undernutrition includes selling fortified food to those who need it most. Gisela Sanchez Maroto explains how

09/03/2014

Mass Urbanization Could Lead to Unprecedented Human Creativity — But Only if We Do it ... http://ow.ly/2MH77a

09/03/2014

Development goals must adapt to new nutrition challenges http://ow.ly/2MH778

09/02/2014

India's new CSR law sparks debate among NGOs and businesses http://ow.ly/2MH772

08/28/2014

Students Don't Have To Drop Out To Thrive As Social Entrepreneurs http://ow.ly/2MtE9d

08/28/2014

India's answer to ice bucket challenge: add an "r". Donating rice to the poor... http://ow.ly/ALg20

Hyderabad-based Manju Latha Kalanidhi devises local version of ‘rice bucket challenge’ on Facebook to assist donors who want to help poor

08/27/2014

'Unlikely Fame': When Poor People Make It Big http://ow.ly/2MsIKn

08/27/2014

Go Millenials! 69% invest “to express social, political and environmental values.” More : http://ow.ly/ALfPl

It is no secret that the rising ‘millennial’ generation is more likely to purchase products and services from companies that are making a positive...

08/27/2014

"The industrialised world needs to get its own house in order before it starts preaching to the world’s poor"

As business targets base of the pyramid markets well-meaning westerners warn of unsustainability. But given developed world consumption habits - is this just hypocritical?

08/27/2014

The Social Enterprise ... Dead or Alive? http://ow.ly/2MsIQQ