Teaching Design in the Face of Disaster
Article Link: “Teaching Design in the Face of Disaster” by Kara Pecknold Core77, April 18, 2011 Excerpt: “Tobias Ottahal and Hamza Vora, two graduates of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, went to...
View ArticleAfrica can teach the world to innovate, says author
Article Link: “Africa can teach the world to innovate, says author” CNN.com, August 2, 2011 CNN’s Robyn Curnow sat down with Dayo Olopade to talk about what global businesses can learn from African...
View ArticleThe Rugged Altruists
In a recent New York TImes article by David Brooks, “The Rugged Altruists“, he describes a few examples of aid workers abroad and the values they share—the willingness to go to new and unfamiliar...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Bio-Gas Digesters
In November, 2011, I took a trip to Nepal to visit an international development NGO called CHOICE Humanitarian. I met the organization’s former CEO earlier in the year and was struck by the statistics...
View Article“Go to the people…”
Go to the people, Live among them, Learn from them, Love them. Start with what they know. Build on what they have. But of the best leaders, When their task is accomplished, Their work is done, The...
View Article7 Worst International Aid Ideas
The following is a post by Richard Stupart, originally published on Matador Network, and reposted here with permission. You can view the original post here >> I think it’s a great discussion of...
View ArticleFive Skills Designers Have That Global Development Needs
By Heather Flemming of Catapult Design, originally published on GOOD, April 1, 2013 “Development is being disrupted,” says Raj Kumar, President of DevEx, a site devoted to helping the international...
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