further resources

Appropriate technology developers

The Full Belly Project
NGO which designs and distributes income-generating agricultural devices to improve life in developing countries.

Projecthdesign
a charitable organization that supports, inspires, and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design solutions.

Practical Action
The website of the intermediate technology development group, which works with communities around the world to develop technologies suitable for their use

Media focussed on environmental solutions

The Appropedia
The Appropedia is a site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development through the use of appropriate technology and the sharing of project information. It is a wiki, a type of website which allows anyone to add, remove, or edit content. Where Ivili aims to be more of a magazine of stories and inspirations, the Appropedia is more technical and aimed at the specialist.

Afrigadget
Dedicated to promoting innovation throughout the continent of Africa, Afrigadget profiles inventors and their projects from Cairo to Cape Town, dispelling old cliches along the way about African being somehow backward or unable to lead for themselves.

Eco-compass Blog
Eco-compass 'solutions that inspire change' - is a multi authored blog from the publishers Insland press, who publisher books focussing on solutions to our environmental crisis.

Peak Moment TV
Half hour long interviews and profiles of people across the West of America's with solutions and initatives for self-relaince and sustainability.

Information and Education

The Low Impact Living Initiative
Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to help people reduce their impact on the environment, improve their quality of life, gain new skills, live in a healthier and more satisfying way, have fun and save money.

Open Innovators
provides an extensive list of resources for open innovation

Where to buy products

The Sustainable Village
The Sustainable Village is a "social enterprise" with a special focus on microenterprise projects in developing countries, and working on the interface between markets in America and benefits for the world's 2 billion poorest people. It provides solutions to global problems using renewable energy and appropriate technology.