Rebuild Global

Enter your ideas now on reducing food waste via OpenIDEO and you may have the chance to prototype your idea with a 25K cash prize. A very important subject to tackle, check out the details below!

Thoughts for the day, #9 is especially good, share with your friends!

Pretty exciting news from our friends Barefoot College, congrats and check out their work below based out in Rajasthan, India!

Applications for the 2017 Regional Fellows Programs in East Africa, India and Pakistan are NOW OPEN and close August 1, 2016. If you are from any one of these regions, check out the application and apply!

Perfect! "Buy Me Once, is launching in early 2016 and aims to be the go to place for finding the most durable products available.. so that people interested in creating less waste and saving money in the long run could find products that would really last." Check it out!

Take a look at this series of master plans for Auroville in South India, where the whole concept is derived from the very center of the Matrimandir, which we showed in the film in our previous post, enjoy!

This Monday, 12:00 p.m. giving a short talk on year round opportunities to join us on an adventure trip to Auroville in South India where you will learn all about sustainable building practices. You will have the opportunity to go inside the Matrimandir, which you will see in the background of this video as the golden structure, which is a special place for individual silent concentration. Join us Monday at Newschool of Architecture and Design,San Diego, CA.

If you happen to be in San Diego, mark your calendars, June 6th, we will be hosting an informational session for those interested in traveling to India. We will be providing both fall and winter opportunities. See details below! Have a great holiday weekend!

An article written by Caitlin Margaret, co-founder, Academy for Earth Sustainability and friend of the organization on the importance of urban farming and education along with articles written by Amish Mistry, Architect and Trilochan Chhaya, Architect Dean, Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, why we need to start now!

What steps are schools in your local community taking to eliminate food waste? Check out some resources by clicking on the link below!

A great project that is seeking initial capital investment to support the livelihoods of fisherman in Urur/Olcott, a historic centuries-old fishing village in the city of Chennai, near to where we spent two weeks in Pondicherry in January of this year. This is a project started by Restart [UOK] in collaboration with our friends at Urban Design Collective, check out the project proposal below in OpenIDEO design challenge!