Resources by Practical Action
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Energy videos
The problems caused by lack of access to energy, and renewable energy solutions implemented by Practical Action are shown in this series of videos.
Benefits of smoke hoods: Discusses the benefits to health and how food is cooked.
Dying for a drink - solar powered water pump: Installing a...
Environmental sustainability
Two worksheet based activities that can be used to identify the impacts of technology upon people to sustain their communities in the future. The first activity considers the environmental impact upon sustainability with key questions to research and the second task is an analysis activity looking at cultural,...
Fair trade textiles
From Practical Action, these materials help students to look at Fair Trade and sustainable development. It poses the question: Is there any way in which the London Olympics in 2012 and future Olympics can contribute to making the world a fairer, more sustainable place?
Farmer's footsteps
Pupils are introduced to six farmers who live and work in the mountainous regions of Western Nepal. Each of the farmers has a different story to tell, but they all have a lot in common, they share the struggle to produce enough food to feed their families and to sell at a market in a region affected by climate...
Floating Garden STEM challenge
This challenge, from Practical Action, requires students to design and build a model structure that will enable farmers to grow crops even in an area that may become flooded. A floating garden, built on a base of aquatic weeds, is a low cost and sustainable way of allowing people to grow vegetables. The resource...
Flood Alert
In this lesson, students devise their own flood warning device and create a technical brief for an international audience using recognised circuit symbols. They also consider how people both here and in Nepal can best prepare for floods. Heavy monsoon rains can devastate communities in Nepal. The severe flooding...
Flooding videos (part 1)
These videos highlight the problems caused by flooding in the developing world, and show how Practical Action works with local communities to help reduce the impact of future floo...
Flooding videos (part 2)
These videos highlight the problems caused by flooding in the developing world, and show how Practical Action works with local communities to help reduce the impact of future flooding:
How floating gardens combat flooding: A brief illustration of how floating gardens...
Food and agriculture videos
These videos look at how farmers in the developing world grow and transport their food, focusing on the introduction of new technologies.
Gravity goods ropeway in Nepal: A description of how a gravity goods ropeway is used to transport tomatoes down a mountainside.
...Food and Sustainability
These resources cover themes of food sustainability and security. Included are technical briefs which focus on low cost approaches related to food production and preservation. Technical briefs are documents produced by Practical Action which are freely...