Agriculture, Climate, Food and Natural Resources:

Arable [Def 1]. (n.d.) In Dictionary.com. Retrieved September 22, 2014, from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/arable?s=t.

Arusha. (2014, February). Agriculture. Retrieved from http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/economic-activities/agriculture?showall=1&limitstart=

Bradley, L. (2014, August 11). The Spreading of the Permaculture Revolution in Northern Central Tanzania, and Beyond. Retrieved from http://permaculturenews.org/2014/08/11/spreading-permaculture-revolution-northern-central-tanzania-beyond/

Conroy, A. (1999). Maasai agriculture and land use change. Livestock, Environment and Development Initiative (LEAD) of the FAO Electronic Newsletter, 5(2), 1.




Kisanga, J., Miller, D., & Wadhwa, A. Tanzania - Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis 2012. (2013, September). Retrieved from http://www.wfp.org/content/tanzania-comprehensive-food-security-vulnerability-analysis-2012-august-2013
Testigo Africa. Retrieved from http://www.testigoafrica.org/

Testigo Africa. (2014, August 11). Testigo Africa's Ukuaji (Short Version) Permaculture Project [Video File]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIzVeDHi9e4

Food in Every Country. Tanzania. Retrieved from http://www.foodbycountry.com/Spain-to-Zimbabwe-Cumulative-Index/Tanzania.html

Zimmern, Andrew. (2013, November 24). Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern - S04E01 - Tanzania [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huhqEW8_Mck

Rutherford, J. (2011) Pop Bottle Greenhouse [Photo] Retrieved October 3, 2014. From: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fairleyforge/6108421928/

African Farming (2012) Tanzanian farmer demonstrates potential of greenhouse farming. Retrieved October 3, 2014. From: http://www.africanfarming.net/crops/agriculture/tanzanian-farmer-demonstrates-potential-of-greenhouse-farming

Community, Education and Society:

Arusha. (2014). Education. Retrieved Sepetmber 13, 2014 from http://www.arusha.go.tz/index.php/economic-activities/education-sector

Geddes, Gary. Drink the Bitter Root: A Search for Justice and Healing in Africa. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2012. Print.

Lillard, A. S. (2013). Playful Learning and Montessori Education. American Journal of Play, 5(2), 157-186.

Allgoewer, J. (n.d). LECHE: Longido Early Childhood Education Program. Retrieved October 1, 2014 from: http://progbranch.pierrekerr.ca/photos/leche.pdf

TBG (n.d.) Kitenga primary school playground - Kitenga, Tanzania. Retrieved October 1, 2014 from: http://tbg-inc.com/project/kitenga-primary-school-playground-kitenga-tanzania/

Right to Play(n.d.) Retrieved October 1, 2014 from: http://www.righttoplay.com

Cheza Tanzania (n.d.) Retrieved October 1, 2014 from: http://www.playgroundideas.org/projects/cheza-tanzania


Every culture (n.d.) Maasai. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from: http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Tajikistan-to-Zimbabwe/Maasai.html

Roberts, J. M., Arth, M. J., & Bush, R. R. (1959). Games in culture. American anthropologist, 61(4), 597-605.

Finkes, J. (2007) Maasai Age-Sets. Retrieved October 1, 2014. From:  http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/maasai/agesets.htm

Peterson I.B.(2012) The Maasai Keep Healthy Despite a High Fat Diet. ScienceNordic. Retrieved: October 8, 2014 from: http://sciencenordic.com/maasai-keep-healthy-despite-high-fat-diet

Economic / Political Situation and Business Opportunities :

African Crafts Market (n.d.). Maasai People Traditions & Culture. Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://www.africancraftsmarket.com/Maasai_people.htm

Merrueshi Women's Cooperative. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://www.maasaicamp.com/women.html

Bowen, P., Simons, C., Hillyard, J., Hartwig, K., Langford, S., Harvey, M., & James, S. (2011). The Whole Village Project. Retrieved September 26, 2014.

 

Environmental Concerns, Garbage and Waste Disposal:

Abubakar, A. (2011) Plastic bottles solve Nigeria's housing problem. PHY.ORG. Retrieved September 9, 2014. From: http://phys.org/news/2011-11-plastic-bottles-nigeria-housing-problem.htmlPlastic Bottle 

Homes and Greenhouses. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2014. From: http://www.inspirationgreen.com/plastic-bottle-homes.html

Sorting your trash: A responsible and worthy endeavor. (2011, October 2). Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://www.rttz.org/sorting-your-trash-a-responsible-and-worthy-endeavor/

 

Energy and Technologies:

Adkins, Edwin, Sandy Eapen, Flora Kaluwile, Gautam Nair, and Vijay Modi. "Off-grid energy services for the poor: Introducing LED lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi." Energy Policy 38.2 (2010): 1087-1097. San Jose State University. Web. 8 Oct. 2014

AfriGadget. (n.d.). AfriGadget. Retrieved October 5, 2014, from http://www.afrigadget.com/

Blood Bricks Are on the Bleeding Edge of Construction Tech. (2012, October 1). Retrieved October 20, 2014, from http://gajitz.com/blood-bricks-are-on-the-bleeding-edge-of-construction-tech/

Brown, N. (2001). Telecoms: Tanzania mobile phone revolution. United Kingdom: IC Publications Ltd. Retrieved October 7, 2014

Off Grid Electric Mobile money powers solar expansion in rural East Africa. (2014, January 1). Retrieved October 9, 2014, from http://www.ashden.org/winners/offgrid14

GravityLight. (n.d.). GravityLight. Retrieved October 4, 2014, from http://deciwatt.org/

Schneider, S. (2013, April 12). Five Ways Cell Phones are Changing Agriculture in Africa. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://foodtank.com/news/2013/04/five-ways-cell-phones-are-changing-agriculture-in-africa

Semali, L., & Asino, T. (2014). Postliteracy in the digital age: The use of mobile phones to support literacy practices in namibia and tanzania. PROSPECTS, 44(1), 81-97. Retrieved October 7th, 2014.

Spitsen, Paul. "Turning the Lights on in Rural Tanzania." Prospect Journal. N.p., 11 June 2012. Web. 8 Oct. 2014. <http://prospectjournal.org/2012/06/11/turning-the-lights-on-in-rural-tanzania/>.

Tedre, M., Chuma, V., & Apiola, M. (2013). Survey on mobile phone battery end-life in tanzania. Paper presented at the 1-5. doi:10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757653

Social Design and Design Thinking

Bicknell, J., & McQuistion, L. (1977). Design for need: the social contribution of design : an anthology of papers presented to the symposium at the Royal College of Art, London, April, 1976. Oxford: Published for ICSID by Pergamon Press.

Smith, C. E. (2007). Design for the other 90%. New York: Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.  

 

Water Collection:

Bhawalkar, U.S. (n.d.) Biosanitizer: A resource for Ecosanitation. Waste to Health. Retrieved on October 1, 2014 from: http://www.wastetohealth.com/biosanitizer_ecosanitation_resource.html



Hafir Water Catchment Project: Addressing the Water Challenge in Maasailand. (2008, January 1). Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://www.globalservicecorps.org/site/hafirs

Hippo Water Roller Project. (1998, January 1). Retrieved September 24, 2014, from http://www.hipporoller.org/

How to Make Water in the Desert. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2014, from http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Water-in-the-Desert

Lemoyan, J.S. (2008)Demystifying Sanitation – Challenges and Prospects of Sanitation Service Delivery among the Pastoralist Communities in Longido District. Portfolio Team North. Retrieved on October 1, 2014 from: http://emjee.biz/resources/DemystifyingSanitation.pdf

MacDonald, Alun. (2013). Children collecting water from a haffir [Photograph], Retrieved September 19,Year. from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfameastafrica/9089760975

Tao, S. (2013). Why are teachers absent? Utilising the Capability Approach and Critical Realism to explain teacher performance in Tanzania. International Journal of Educational Development, 33(1), 2-14.

Transformation in Dry Longido. (2012, October 23). Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://globalservicecorpsblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/transformation-in-dry-longido/

Walker, A. (2009, July 14). Balancing Tradeoffs: The Evolution of the Hippo Roller. Retrieved September 24, 2014, from http://www.fastcompany.com/1309505/balancing-tradeoffs-evolution-hippo-roller

Past Projects and Foreign Aid :

Heath, C., & Heath, D. (2011). Switch. Random House LLC.

Hussain, S., Sanders, E. B. N., & Steinert, M. (2012). Participatory design with marginalized people in developing countries: Challenges and opportunities experienced in a field study in Cambodia.

Kass, J. (2013, November 18). Bill Gates Can’t Build a Toilet. Retrieved September 15, 2014.

Donaldson, K. (2008, January 1). Why to be Wary of “Design for Developing Countries”. Thinking, 35-37.

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