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Welcome to our research blog for our 4th year project at the School of Industrial Design at Carleton University.
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A design initiative involving the Sprott School of Business, the Faculty of Engineering, and the School of Industrial Design. Based on the Design for the Other 90% movement our aim is to work collaboratively to design innovative and economically sustainable solutions that address water issues and related needs in the village of Longido.
Groasis Waterboxx The Water box mimics the way a seed grows when a bird poops. The dung keeps the water from evaporating which allows the seed to grow. This design mimics that with a plastic housing. Smart! DRIPS Project This
Neat idea: Building a soccer stadium designed to harvest rainwater in African countries which integrates a love of football with clean water. They also utilize ex-military parachutes as pre-built rainwater harvesting systems as they already have a hole in the
Water can be found even in barren lands. Extracting water from the air, plants and ground can be done creating make-shift solar stills. An article on Wikihow.com describes in detail how it can be found and can be found here.