Design for Sustainable Communities

This is an umbrella for all of Dr. Ashok Gadgil's Design for Sustainable Communities projects. Learn about each of the projects by visiting the following links... Choose if you would like to donate to a specific project (on that project's website) or make an unspecified donation through this site (and the money will be given to the project most in need). Current projects include:

Berkeley Arsenic Alleviation Group: Arsenic Remediation in India & Bangladesh
Information: http://arsenic.lbl.gov
Donate: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/node/146

Darfur Stoves Project
Information/Donate: http://www.darfurstoves.org

Solar Water Heater Project in Guatemala and the Pomo Nation, Northern California
Calsoagua
Information: http://www.me.berkeley.edu/calsoagua
Donate: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/node/213

Accessory Dwelling Units for Berkeley
New Avenue Homes
Information: http://newavenuehomes.com
Donate: Make your donation through this website.

Required resources:

1. Total project needs: $635,000
2. In-kind contribution needs: Frequent flier miles.
3. Other:

   Donations of any size are appreciated.

Our sponsors:

Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest
UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies
UC Berkeley Sustainable Products and Solutions Program
US EPA
NCIIA
Center for Energy and Environmental Innovation
J.W. Saxe Foundation
Schweizerische Studienstiftung