Donate your fat?
Our spoof video was created to provoke debate and get people thinking about development in a different way. Donating your fat is an interesting idea but it couldn't ever work - people want to be independent and be able to help themselves rather than rely on others. Real solutions that work »
This video campaign won the 2011 DADI Award for Digital Excellence, for Best Not-for-Profit/Charity Website or Campaign.
Is it really better this way?
A perspective from where the video was filmed on why successful development needs the active involvement of the whole community
This is not development!
A passionate response to the spoof video from Ernest Mupunga, director of Practical Action in southern Africa
Behind the spoof
Neal Colyer of Quiet Storm explains the rationale behind the Fat of the Land video, and how he came up with the idea to challenge our thinking about development
Zeer pot fridge
In the heat of Sudan, food doesnt stay fresh for long. One ingenious solution is the zeer pot: a simple fridge made of local materials. It consists of one earthenware pot set inside another, with a layer of wet sand in between. As the moisture evaporates, it cools the inner pot, keeping produce fresh for up to three weeks.
Living with river erosion
Frequent floods and river erosion make life in Gaibandha much more difficult than the rest of Bangladesh. Practical Action has been working with communities to find new ways to cope with extreme circumstances.
Connecting villages in Nepal
Depending solely on gravitational force - and using no external power - gravitational ropeways are simple and inexpensive to operate as well as environmentally friendly.
