Enabling Energy Access for the Poor

Lucy Stevens

Achieving universal energy access by 2030 will require a change from ‘business as usual’ approaches in policies, financing, and implementation. Practical Action’s Poor People’s Energy Outlook series has focused on what energy access means for the poor, and what will be needed to address it. This bri...

Cook Stoves in Sri Lanka

Renewable energy practices in Sri Lanka cook stoves.

Solar Distillation

The technical brief contains the information on solar distillation process that provides clean and safe drinking water to people living in areas with less access to it. Solar distillation is the process of removing salts and other impurities using the energy of the sun to get pure water for drinking...

Clay Pot Cooler – Cooling Food Without Electricity

This document has been produced based on the experience of Movement Verein working in Burkina Faso, West Africa on the evaporative cooler for food preservation.

Compost Toilets

This fact sheet describes a compost toilet that has proved to be most effective in water-logged areas where pit-latrines and septic tanks are inappropriate.

Biogas Energy in Nepal

Renewable energy practices in Nepal

Stone Arch Bridges - Chapter 2

Design of stone arch bridges.

Cook Stoves in Nepal

Renewable energy practices in Nepal

Requirement to demand Organic fertilizer Promotion

Requirement to demand: Promoting Organic Fertilizer in Bangladesh, exploring required Knowledge support for major stakeholders in relation to creating a viable business model for OF production and marketing at scale.

Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction in Latin America

Bárbara Montoro, Pedro Ferradas

Earthquakes cause devastation, and it is those who are already vulnerable who suffer most from from the repeated destruction of their homes. How can we enable those in disaster-prone areas to both plan for, and recover, in the wake of disasters? This practical manual offers an up-to-date resource co...