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Rural India

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January 20th 2008
We took about a 3 hour drive outside of the city (yes 3 hours of tumultuous driving each way) to visit the Appropriate Rural Technologies Institute (near Phaltan), where we learned about some of the technologies they were developing to improve sustainability and livelihood issues in the rural context. Some of the products we learned about included: (nearly) smoke-free wood burning stoves, biodige ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more