Domogeo

Introducing Jang Bahadur, whose daily household income has quadrupled - quadrupled! - since June, when we built an extension to his home. A safe, sustainable structure, it provides space to work -- a grocery store -- as well as a place to live for one of his sons. And it is definitely a place to make money! http://ow.ly/i/6UxY

Massive challenge of scale. New KMPG report finds that India needs to build at least 2 million housing units annually (most of them affordable) to achieve housing for all. In 2012, the Indian real estate industry managed just 300,000 affordable housing units. http://ow.ly/BwIgJ

What a load of rubbish! This house was made almost entirely from trash, including 4,000 videocassettes (remember them?) and 2 tons of jeans. Would you want to live there? http://ow.ly/BwEAQ

Is there anything bacon can't do? Our tech is modular, eco-friendly and disruptive too ... but sadly, no brekkie smells while we build. http://gu.com/p/4x78j/tw

Sustainable Development Goes Massively Online As EdCast Launches With Sustainability Expert Jeffrey Sachs http://ow.ly/2MSw6X

A snail eating the mail leads to development of excrement-derived cellulose thread. #socialinnovation gone wild! http://ow.ly/B3pD0

So much of this is, or should be, obvious to people wanting to market goods and services to the poor. But time and again you see people violating the cardinal rule: respect your customers' intelligence, dignity, and aspirations. See #5: "It is not true that they are willing to settle for less." Nor should they be. http://ow.ly/B3nf4

Mass Urbanization Could Lead to Unprecedented Human Creativity But Only if We Do it ... http://ow.ly/2MH77a

Development goals must adapt to new nutrition challenges http://ow.ly/2MH778

India's new CSR law sparks debate among NGOs and businesses http://ow.ly/2MH772

Students Don't Have To Drop Out To Thrive As Social Entrepreneurs http://ow.ly/2MtE9d

India's answer to ice bucket challenge: add an "r". Donating rice to the poor... http://ow.ly/ALg20

'Unlikely Fame': When Poor People Make It Big http://ow.ly/2MsIKn