English | Español | Português By the time you finish reading this sentence, a person will have been killed or injured in a road accident. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 1.24 million people die in traffic crashes globally, mostly pedestrians, and that number increases on an annual basis. Between 20 to 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, … [Read more...] about Getting Home Safely: A Toolkit to Design Safer Cities
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Transforming paradise: 2 ways to revitalize Montego Bay
English | Spanish Just like Aruba and The Bahamas, Jamaica is a popular holiday destination in the Caribbean. When we think of these places, we immediately picture white sand, pristine beaches, Caribbean music... Do you remember the world-famous chorus of Kokomo, the 1988 number one hit song by the Beach Boys? (I strongly recommend listening to this song while reading) Aruba, … [Read more...] about Transforming paradise: 2 ways to revitalize Montego Bay
Green favelas: a sustainable approach in three steps
By Eliot Allen* Solar energy panels stand in the middle of the lush Green of the largest urban rain forest in the world: The Tijuca National Park, in Rio de Janeiro. Those solar panels stand on top of houses whose residents also manage to produce biogas from organic waste and also work on a prototype for a small hydraulic generator. All of this happens in a name with a … [Read more...] about Green favelas: a sustainable approach in three steps
Getting Rural Electrification Right: Lessons from Northern Haiti
Español | English A couple of years ago, during one of my first trips to Trou-du-Nord, a bustling town of about 45,000 people in Northern Haiti, I met Emmanuel, a mason who spends much of his team in the Dominican Republic working construction. The day I met Emmanuel, he was busy at work finishing up a new home for his mother. What struck me most was that he was using … [Read more...] about Getting Rural Electrification Right: Lessons from Northern Haiti
Can technology help us cook a better meal?
Español | English Cícera is a Brazilian single mother who works as babysitter for Ms. Silva. Every day, Cícera leaves her home at 6:00 am and spends two hours in traffic before she arrives at Ms. Silva’s house. There, she takes care of baby Carlinhos, until 6:00 pm when she goes back home to take care of her own children. During one of my business trips to Brazil last year, … [Read more...] about Can technology help us cook a better meal?