One Earth Designs | Community Inspired Innovations

One Earth Designs helps Himalayan communities achieve their unique visions of sustainable living through science/engineering education and infrastructure development.

Welcome to OED

News and Announcements

Summer 2009: One Earth Designs is blogging for the Global Service Cause on Change.org.
May 26, 2009: The SolSource 3-in-1 is featured by World Changing.
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May 2009: OED receives a Legatum Seed Grant for our work on the Global Citizen Water Initiative.
May 2009: OED receives continued support from the Clinton Global Initiative on the SolSource 3-in-1 and HeatSource Projects.
May 2009: OED receives St. Andrews Prize for the Environment, an international award for significant contributions to environmental conservation.
May 2009: OED teams up with Olin University to present Interaction 2009: A Flash Conference on Global Challenges.
April 2009: One Earth Designs is awarded a Lemelson-MIT International Technology Award for our HeatSource Textiles which aim to bring mobile, personal heating to Himalayan residents using low-grade candle wax embedded in traditional Himalayan textiles.
April 2009: One Earth Designs wins the MIT IDEAS competition 2009 for our work on the Global Citizen Water Initiative, a project empowering communities to test their own water sources and implement appropriate treatment technologies.
April 23, 2009: Discovery Channel Daily Planet Programing features the SolSource Project during its Earth Week celebration series.

About

One Earth Designs seeks to encourage communities to pursue their unique vision of local sustainable development through science/engineering education, design, and infrastructure development as well as through innovative income generation strategies.

Our short-term goal is to develop holistic and sustainable solutions to community voiced problems through collaborative design and community capacity building. Our long-term goal is for the communities we work with to gain the skills and sustainable access to resources that enable them to confidently tackle problems without our help.

Services

Water Quality Testing Workshops

We provide free trainings in English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, and several local languages on basic water quality analyses (pH, arsenic, turbidity, E. coli, and total coliform). These courses are designed to help development workers and local community members choose and maintain the best available drinking water sources as well as to determine appropriate treatment methods for contaminated water sources.

Infrastructure Building Workshops

We also provide workshops on how to build: solar cookers, solar stills, solar water heaters, greenhouses, latrines, improved stoves, and water treatment technologies.