The eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombia, known as the llanos, are among the most brutal environments on Earth, an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, more than twenty-five years ago, an intrepid visionary named Paolo Lugari …

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[imgul:R013310.jpg:]Appropriate ‘green’ technologies are sometimes regarded as a second-rate solution but Hands On Technology challenges this concept by presenting real-life examples of successful appropriate technology stories from around the world. This video package allows…

Covers water agriculture sanitation and the technology appropriate to the society and environment. Contributors include E.F.Schumacher , Rachel Carson Galbraith, Jaques Ellul, Jeremy Rifkin, Julius Nyerere, M.K. Ghandi. and many many more.…

[imgul:sourcbook.jpg:]"The Appropriate Technology Sourcebook: A Guide to Practical Books for Small Community Technology" by Ken Darrow and Mike Saxenian, revised and enlarged edition, 1993, Consortium for Sustainable Village Based Development (CSVBD) ISBN 0917704185 The …

[imgu:villagetechhandbk.gif:] One of the best resources for development workers and for self-sufficiency. Written to bridge the technical information gap that keeps the world's villages from learning from each other's experience. Easy to read, construction plans for a wide …

[imgu:TeknologiKampungan.jpg:] Third World technology for a more efficient world. Build a bamboo hand pump, spinning wheel, or potter's wheel, use bicycle parts to make a grinding wheel, wood lathe, or blacksmith's forge, construct a waterwheel electricity generator. Ideas and…

Book Description [imgul:0123351901.01._BO2204203200_PIsitbdp500arrowTopRight4564_AA240_SH20_OU01_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg:] The introduction of technology into developing communities around the world is closely tied to the everyday jobs of international aid workers, engineers, health …

[imgu:1594862885.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V54771879_.jpg:] Spectacular state-of-the-art imagery and the latest scientific knowledge highlight a breathtaking guide to natures most cataclysmic forces Encyclopedic in scope and visually stunning, this is the most comprehensive work …

[imgu:0871139359.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54479810_.jpg:] An international best seller embraced and endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers, and energy industry executives from around the world, Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers helped bring the topic of global warming to …