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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  Climate Change and Threatened Communities

  Yancey Orr

  A groundbreaking follow-up to the 2012 Climate Change and Threatened Communities book, this collection revisits the 15 original case studies, offering fresh insights from the authors on their research sites as they examine parallel developments in their academic fields over the past 13 years. Thr...

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  Woodworking

  Running a successful woodworking enterprise is dependent on many factors, some of which are covered here.

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  Ten Rules for Energy-Efficient, Cost-Effective Brick Firing

  Rules for brickmakers and field-workers to increase the efficiency of the brick-firing process.

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  Sandbar cropping

  The document describes pumpkin production in sandbar with the support of SHIREE project namely “Pathways From Poverty Project” in four erosion prone districts of North-west Bangladesh.

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  Plantation, production and use of biofuels at the community level

  Plantation, production and use of bio fuels at the community level is a compilation of the results and processes undertaken in key sections of the project; harnessing bio fuel; plantation, oil expelling, processing and application.

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  Quality assurance checklist (3)

  This document is intended to provide basic guidelines to occupants of houses that have been constructed in new resettlements in Sri Lanka. However, the information can also be used in maintaining any domestic building in other tropical regions as well.

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  Kupanda Uyoga Kwenye Ndoo

  Juliet Millican, Emily Antoniadi, Peruth Mutesi, Luke Manders

  A short guide to how to grow edible mushrooms in reusable containers using upcycled plastic containers to produce highly nutritious food in small spaces. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitarian and development workers, sharing s...

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  School Buildings in Developing Countries

  Building schools is a significant area of construction activity in many developing countries. This document explains some issues relating to planning and construction at low cost.

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  Seed Fairs

  Seed Fairs are specialised markets in villages or communities where seeds are traded. Selling seeds this way ensures they are readily available to local farmers, of a relevant variety and enables knowledge sharing between farmers.