Textbooks
[Polak] = Polak, Paul. Out of Poverty. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008. ISBN: 9781576754498.
[Book group] = Students Book group selection (Homework 16) from one of the following:
- McDonough, William, and Michael Braungart. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780865475878.
- Prahaland, C. K. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits. 5th ed. Wharton School Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9780137009275. [Preview with Google Books]
- Schumacher, E. F. Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Reprint, with new forward by Bill McKibben. HarperCollins, 2010. ISBN: 9780061997761.
- Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World. 10th anniversary ed. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008. ISBN: 9781603580564. [Preview with Google Books]
Reading Assignments
This table lists the reading assignments by due dates and their associated topics. ASSN # is the Reading Assignment number in reference to the course calendar.
| ASSN # | READING ASSIGNMENTS | SES # | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIGNED | DUE | ||
| 1 |
Hawthorne, Peter. “Power to the People (PDF).” Time Magazine, 1997. McNeil, D. G., Jr. “A $3 Water Purifier That Could Save Lives,” The New York Times, October 10, 2006. [Story and video about an invention called LifeStraw®] “More Crop Per Drop.” New Agriculturist, September 2004. Donaldson, Krista. “Why to be Wary of ‘Design for Developing Countries’.” Ambidextrous 9 (2008): 35–7. |
1 | 2 |
| 2 | [Polak] Chapters 1–4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Read the Design Packet | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | [Polak] Chapters 5 and 8–11 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Read the project Design Challenges | 7 | 8 |
| 6 |
Hotchkiss, R. Independence through Mobility (PDF - 1.6MB). Edited by Lindi Ramsden. Appropriate Technology International, 1985. ISBN: 9789998942288. Allen, H. The Kenya Ceramic Jiko. Practical Action, 1991. ISBN: 9781853390838. |
7 | 15 |
| 7 |
For the Book Group assignment (HW 16), each student reads a portion of one of these books: McDonough, William, and Michael Braungart. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780865475878. Prahaland, C. K. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits. 5th ed. Wharton School Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 9780137009275. [Preview with Google Books] Schumacher, E. F. Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Reprint, with new forward by Bill McKibben. HarperCollins, 2010. ISBN: 9780061997761. Weisman, Alan. Gaviotas_: A Village to Reinvent the World_. 10th anniversary ed. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008. ISBN: 9781603580564. [Preview with Google Books] |
14 | 23 |
| 8 | Norman, Donald. “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things.” and “Knowing What To Do.” Chapter 1 in The Design of Everyday Things. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780465067107. | 14 | 15 |
| 9 |
Green Design Toolkit:
|
17 | 18 |
| 10 | Herbst, Kris. “Compassionate Manufacturing: Aurolab Does Business with the Poor.” Changemakers Journal (2003). | 24 | 25 |
