March 4th, 2014
Finding a fit between football and rainwater harvesting is thinking way outside the box. And yet this is exactly what an organization with the distinctive name PITCH_Africa has done. PITCH_Africa…
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March 3rd, 2014
A note sent to HH from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks, but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing. For the…
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February 25th, 2014
This short talk is about Housing for Health, and the connection between your health, the living environment and design. Presented in May 2013 at TEDx in the Sydney Opera House,…
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February 23rd, 2014
The Gates Foundation held a competition for a new toilet to improve the world. The competition winners have been working on the constructing the final product, and it is ready…
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January 21st, 2014
Poor people need the very best design for one simple reason – it is essential for their survival – they have few options. Design alchemy transforms mediocre, leaden design into…
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January 20th, 2014
Here are some thoughts, and a call for action, generated on the narrow paths between project sites in the hills of Nepal about the value of universities, professions, trades and…
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January 18th, 2014
How do you tell the story of the Village Sanitation Program, in a short time, to a diverse audience of potential supporters? This was the problem put to Australian film…
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January 17th, 2014
The combination of two skilled international plumbers and a skilled and enthusiastic local team leads to good work. Take Jed Scheuermann (IAPMO) and Andrew Whalan (Worldskills) and mix them with locals Dorje…
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January 10th, 2014
A diverse group made including architecture students, plumbers and film maker will combine with the local, long term HH Nepali partner, CHDS, the construction team and 3 villages to work…
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December 5th, 2013
This design book showcases ‘his sustained commitment to improving standards of Indigenous Australian Environmental Health through his innovative designs of health hardware’. Christian sets out the applied design research…
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December 3rd, 2013
Have a look at Sticky Solutions particularly the work with WASSUP. HH is currently seeing if there are any particular issues that we can assist with in their tough, daily…
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November 22nd, 2013
For over 2 months, 50% of Healthabitat website traffic has been international visitors. HH notes this trend and also that the enquiries coming to the site are from an increasingly…
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