Practical Action Publishing
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Lessons from the Zapatistas
Lia Pinheiro Barbosa, Peter M Rosset, Henry Veltmeyer
Lessons from the Zapatistas is essential reading for anyone interested in liberation, democracy and radical social transformation. It tells the story of the Zapatista insurgency and its afterlives, tracing how an Indigenous uprising burst forth from southern Mexico’s Lacandon Jungle to stage the 21s...
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The Congress of the Disappeared
‘They came from all corners of the country. At last the Brazil of the disappeared revealed itself.’ In Kucinski’s novella, the ghosts of those disappeared by Brazil’s military dictatorship come together and organize a congress. Together, these ghosts tell the story of what happened to them, refle...
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Two Ideas to Regain the Power Otherwise Lost in Run-off River Schemes with Elevated Powerhouses
For run-off schemes, floods often require powerhouses to be set back from the riverbanks. This raising of the level of the powerhouse frequently curtails much of the potential head. Two low-cost proposals for such run-off schemes are presented. One proposal is a draft tube combined with a longitudin...
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Design calculations for the civil works and the practical implementations for an 8 kW - to 22 kW - upgrade of a micro hydropower run-off river scheme in Nepal
This paper comprises the implementation of: 'Two Ideas to Regain the Power Otherwise Lost in Run-off River Schemes with Elevated Powerhouses', a Practical Answers paper published by Practical Action Publishing in 2025.
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10 Lessons in Localisation
Many, if not most, international NGOs say they want to ‘localise’, to promote greater leadership and delivery by local and national actors. But are they serious and do they know how to do it? This book presents ten lessons on localisation from the author’s 25 year career to date, working in and o...
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Pathway to a Better Life in Haiti
Pathway to a Better Life in Haiti tells the powerful story of Fondasyon Kole Zepòl (Fonkoze), whose name means “shoulder-to-shoulder” in Haitian Creole, and their unwavering commitment to local women and families living in extreme poverty. This book offers a deeply human look into how Fonkoze mad...
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Investigando juntas
Sonja Marzi, Rachel Pain, Jen Tarr
Este libro presenta una manera de coproducir conocimientos en una investigación cuando no podemos reunirnos en el mismo espacio geográfico. Detalla una metodología participativa audiovisual a distancia e híbrida, mediante la cual las mujeres comparten sus experiencias de desplazamiento, de género y...
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BDS Facilitators manual
A toolkit produced in partnership with Practical Action Consulting East Africa (PAC EA) and Strategic Business Advisors under Land O' Lakes for super and local facilitators on business development services with lessons taken from the Kenya Dairy Sector Competitiveness program
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Biogas Digest: Volume I
Manual describes the basics of producing and using Biogas from dung and organic waste materials.
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Biogas Digest: Volume II
Important factors, providing a checklist for the planning and procedure for product development of a biogas plant.