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Interactive educational forest centre

Posted by Agim Meta on June 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

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This proposal for the ‘terevete interactive educational forest centre’ by Latvian practice sampling is nestled within a strip of trees in Terevete, Latvia. Dedicated to the use of wood and recycled products, the site location gives visitors an intimate experience with the material in its original state. Doubling as an object for research, the displayed information communicates […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Publicity, Slider, Soul & social, Sustainability · Tags Educational, Latvia, Prevention, Sustainability

Habitat for Humanity

Posted by Agim Meta on June 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, Christian organization that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action worldwide. Habitat has built and renovated more than 500,000 homes around the world, providing more than 2.5 million people with safe, decent, affordable shelter. […]

Category Most important and featured, Prevention, Projects of Disaster, Short and direct, Soul & social · Tags Permanent Shelter, Prevention, Soul & Social

Ushahidi Platform

Posted by Agim Meta on March 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

What is the Ushahidi Platform? from Ushahidi on Vimeo.

Source: Ushahidi Imagine a way for people all over the world to tell the story of what was happening to them — or around them — during a disaster or emergency. It would need to be easy to use. Something that almost anybody could do. And it would need to be deployable worldwide. Thatʼs why […]

Category Most important and featured, Prevention, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Map, Prevention, Smartphone app, Soul & Social

Earthquake disaster and design

Posted by Agim Meta on August 29, 2011 · 1 Comment 

How Design can Support People in Evacuation Shelters Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world, with Tokyo as the city most at risk from natural disaster. The earthquake disaster on March 11, 2011, was one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in the world. The results were devastating, with 550,000 people […]

Category Most important and featured, Prevention, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Japan, Shelter, Temporary Shelter, Tokyo

Internet access to the developing world

Posted by Agim Meta on February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Vodafone announced the launch of the Vodafone Webbox, the first device of its kind, bringing affordable internet access to a customer’s existing television set, just by plugging in a keyboard. The Webbox is a Vodafone innovation developed specifically for customers in emerging markets, where technology and cost barriers often exclude many from enjoying affordable, ready […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Information Exchange

Tsunami WaveBag

Posted by Agim Meta on February 15, 2011 · 1 Comment 

The Tsunami WaveBag is a safety vest designed for a mother to carry her child while easily running toward the highest land-point in case of a tsunami alarm. It works as a floating device to prevent drowning, and also as an airbag device to protect both people from trauma caused by wave action and floating […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Rescue, Tsunami

Lastexitflucht

Posted by Agim Meta on February 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Lastexitflucht is an online game made for young people and initiated by the UNHCR. It is designed to inform youth about forced migration and enable them to understand the life of refugees. The project consists of three levels: an online-game, a “facts-web” and a site for teachers with lesson materials regarding refugees. In the game, […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Educational, Information Exchange

Second Aid Toolkits

Posted by Agim Meta on February 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

During the “Sustainable Design Week“, focused on the subject of, “Design for Disaster“, in 2005 at the “Design Academy Eindhoven”, the Netherlands, a primary question was, “How can victims reorganize their lives after surviving a disaster?” Depending on the aid given by relief agencies containing basic needed to survive, it is often the case that […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Reconstruction, Recovery

Soul Bag

Posted by Agim Meta on February 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

The “Soulbag” is a concept that will help people deal with their grief over the loss of family and friends in the aftermath of a disaster. The concept is strongly inspired by the devastating impact of the tsunami in South East Asia in 2004, and the enormous number of deaths, estimated to be more than […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Community, Recovery, Tsunami

Recycling Plastic Bags

Posted by Agim Meta on February 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Somalian refugees in the Ethiopian refugee camp of Keribeyah reuse plastic bags they find on the street to weave table covers, mattresses and pillows. The relief agency ZOA initiated this project by establishing a workshop where a group of 60 women, both refugees and locals, worked six days a week to transform rubbish into handicraft. […]

Category Most important and featured, Projects of Disaster, Soul & social · Tags Recovery, Recycled

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