When disaster strikes, a community’s ability to respond and recover is tested, whether it is affected by a flood, an earthquake, a drought, a tsunami, or a hurricane, and whether it is located in a rural, urban, or peri-urban area. In this webinar, we’ll bring together experts who have worked in Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, and …
Tag: Smart Villages Initiative
Feb 04 2017
November webinar: Going off the grid: Disaster, resilience, and off-grid energy
- By Smart Villages in Video
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4th February 2017
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May 19 2016
Is biomass a sustainable energy solution for off-grid villages in developing countries?
- By Smart Villages in Essay
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19th May 2016
Summary Much is said about moving to a biobased economy (BBE) for the production of food, feed, fuels, materials and products1 particularly in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals and delivering on the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation, published in 2016 and 2015, respectively. The question considered here is whether the better provision of biomass …
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May 23 2014
India: SMAAT Water in Smart Villages?
- By Smart Villages in Stories
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23rd May 2014
Last month, two members of the Smart Villages team, Dr Shailaja Fennell and Dr Terry van Gevelt, travelled to Hyderabad, India. Arriving in the early morning to the intense heat, the team was met by employees of SMAAT – a social enterprise focused on providing clean drinking water to urban slums and rural villages. After …
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