Whilst reading this article, which sets out the great achievements National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, consider the following: how firm was the target of 4,800 house upgrades if this has…
HH needs a brand ambassador, but has not quite the $10m normal fee for such a role. We are keen to hear from any brand ambassador applicants willing to settle…
From the executive summary of the report: This report recommends the Government implements a national energy efficiency program for 3.5 million low-income households over the next 7 years we recognise that…
The sign is being translated and we hope it has some link to the safe disposal of human waste but in the meantime …compare the toilet image on the sign…
Christian Tietz has assembled a book of health hardware design solutions spanning close to 20 years. This covers wood stoves, taps, plugs, yard furniture and much much more. The introduction…
Gap Filler is a creative urban regeneration initiative started in response to the September 4, 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and revised and expanded in light of the more destructive February 22,…
HH HAS COMMENTED BELOW IN CAPS $500,000 to build laundromats SARAH MARTIN From: The Australian April 12, 2013 THE federal government has allocated $500,000 to build laundromats in two communities…
Our friends at ARCHIVE have an interesting article on the links between this illness and the physical environment. A small part of this story is set out below. While triatomine…
The horrendous impact of the failed nuclear plant at Fukushima is now well known. Lessons for rural and remote indigenous housing in Australia may be not so far removed from the…
A joint task force established by COAG, (Coalition Of Average Guesswork) has devised a low tech, low cost hot water solution (shown below). . . . . It could be…
Thanks to local Nepali partner CHDS for all their organisation, the construction and plumbing team for leading the works, the participating villagers and the architecture students …… all became willing…
When Molly MacDiarmid first called Rotary (a key partner in the Nepal Sanitation Program) and said she was studying at the AIM, the link between music and the Sanitation Program was…