Global Poverty

These are pretty cool. They're toilets deisgned to convert human waste into compost. They're designed for hygenic practice, envi...

I'm reading The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier.  I wanted to share the following bit for two reasons.  First, I'm excited that more ...

Yesterday, I presented my new website Defrosting Apathy in class. I've been creating it tangentially with this blog to discuss system...

I am back from my Thanksgiving trip - its always been my favorite holiday! We visited my boyfriend's mother at her home on Martha's...

Dr. Hopkins made a reference to single-hulled ships ditched in Bangladesh, which are being broken down by people with no other options. He s...

Nicole, a classmate, sent me an email about Poverty Week at SJSU. There was some info about the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project, born at SJS...

Some Interesting Ideas: - The UN classifies the world's countries either as economically developed or economically developing. This is ...