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15 Jul 11 - Our aim:To assemble the best, most evocative photos that depict the need to improve housing safety, efficiency and quality of life in the developing world.

We invite you to join and share photos of shoddy/unsafe construction, damage/destruction caused by unsafe building practices, also energy inefficiency, extremely uncomfortable environments (i.e. hot and stuffy due to lack of ventilation, dark and dank, etc.), lack of safe water, or water wastage.

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STICKY  Photos Don't Need to Be Invited to Be Added Time for a Change, Helen 0 11 months ago
Do you think the world needs a housing revolution? HousingRevolution.org 1 10 months ago
Taking Action? Time for a Change, Helen 0 11 months ago

About Why the World Needs a Housing Revolution

housingrevolution.org/

Our mission: Around the developing world, people desperately need safer, smarter, more sustainable dwellings. Not just green housing, but better housing… and it has to be affordable.

Anyone who has spent time in developing countries knows that contemporary housing in many of those countries is – in large part – unsuitable. Unsuitable for the climate, for one. In many places, traditional construction long ago gave way to blocky cement structures that heat up unbearably in the many hot months. They leak terribly during the rainy seasons. In earthquake-prone areas, homes are built of brittle materials that won’t withstand a jolt. And housing is often built without a thought to energy and water conservation. This isn’t only about housing for the poor. In some countries, even middle-class and wealthy citizens must contend with housing that could be much safer and much better.

The solutions, the knowledge and the technologies are out there — what’s needed is creative synergy and action. The time has come for a Housing Revolution!

You can also follow the Housing Revolution on Twitter @rethinkinghousing.

http://housingrevolution.org/manifesto/"

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