New booklet on the Nepal Sanitation Program
May 19th, 2013
The first edition concentrated on the one village where the program began. This next edition gives a broader view as the work expands to two more villages. The principles of…
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National Energy Efficiency Program
May 16th, 2013
From the executive summary of the report: This report recommends the Government implements a national energy efficiency program for 3.5 million low-income households over the next 7 years we recognise that…
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Creating an image?
May 13th, 2013
The sign is being translated and we hope it has some link to the safe disposal of human waste but in the meantime …compare the toilet image on the sign…
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Health hardware – a design journey
May 13th, 2013
Christian Tietz has assembled a book of health hardware design solutions spanning close to 20 years. This covers wood stoves, taps, plugs, yard furniture and much much more. The introduction…
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Nepal and ‘open defecation free’ districts
May 12th, 2013
Let’s hope the numbers about almost 4,000 Village Development Committees being declared ODF (open defecation free) mean less human waste on the ground, better treatment of the waste so as…
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Gap Filler and Volunteers – New Zealand style
May 7th, 2013
Gap Filler is a creative urban regeneration initiative started in response to the September 4, 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and revised and expanded in light of the more destructive February 22,…
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Stranger than fiction – moving forward in Indigenous housing (apologies to M. C. Escher)
April 29th, 2013
HH is offering a prize for the person who can translate the following paragraphs and forward them to our website. . . . . “Box 16.6 Dwelling condition ‘Dwelling condition’…
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World Plumbing Council joins project in Nepal
April 23rd, 2013
The World Plumbing Council’s brief review of the Sanitation Studio and the ongoing work in Nepal is attached. We hope this will mean ongoing support from the WPC and highly skilled…
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Throwing the baby out with the washing machine?
April 12th, 2013
HH HAS COMMENTED BELOW IN CAPS $500,000 to build laundromats SARAH MARTIN From: The Australian April 12, 2013 THE federal government has allocated $500,000 to build laundromats in two communities…
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Bangladesh meets Nepal
April 11th, 2013
HH is excited to see the connection between the team from Bangladesh and the Nepal team and the possibility of a toilet program commencing in Bangladesh in the near future. …
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Chagas: A Tropical Disease Born in the Home
April 8th, 2013
Our friends at ARCHIVE have an interesting article on the links between this illness and the physical environment. A small part of this story is set out below. While triatomine…
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Housing failure: spin meets the real world
March 26th, 2013
Housing failure to trigger penalties BY:AMOS AIKMAN From: The Australian March 25, 2013 ALMOST one house a day will need to be built between now and the end of June…
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