Categories

• Food and Agriculture
• Water and Irrigation
• Sustainable Housing
• Clean Green Transportation
• Renewable Energy and Illumination
• Health Care and Safety
• Sanitation and Waste Management
• Communications and Access
• Enterprise and Livelihood
  
• Innovative Design

• Children and Families
  
• Women's Rights and Empowerment
  
• Integrated Solutions and Research
  
• Addressing Poverty and Hunger
• Effective Development
• Diplomacy and Cooperation
• Information about Guinea and Africa

InDex of Paper Topics

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Food and Agriculture

• Organic farming: healing the Rift
  
• Never Ending Food
  
• Moringa Farming
  
• Permaculture Research Institute in Australia
  
• The Permaculture Master Plan – Permaculture Worldwide
  
• African Agriculture Blog
  
• CORAF/WECARD 
  
• The People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty
  
• The Backpack Farm Agricultural Program (BPF) Great Green Wall project
  
• Food Vision
  
• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
  
• Aprovecho Research Center (ARC)
  

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Sustainable Agriculture: Research/Activism

• Int'l Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems 
  
• Organic Research Gateway
  
• Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)  
  
• International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) 
  
• Int'l Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM 
  
• Organic Research Centres Alliance ORCA
  
• The World Agroforestry Centre  
  
• Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative
  
• UN Food and Agriculture Organization 
  FAOSTAT Database 
  
• Blog of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  
• Prolinnova
  

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Water and Irrigation

• Water.org 
  
• Lifestraw
• LIFESAVER® systems  
  
• IDSWater
• The Pumpmakers platform 
  
• FaceAfrica
  

• Stockholm Environment Institute
• Farmer Field School
• Water Cycle Cooperation and Organization
• WASH Technology
  
• End Water Poverty
• International Development Research Centre
• Inter-American Water Resources Network
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• International Office of Water
• IWA Water Wiki
• One Campaign
• Sanitation Connection
• Stockholm International Water Institute
• (UNESCO) Water Portal
• UNICEF Water Environment & Sanitation
• USAID's Global Waters Ezine
• U.S. EPAm's Partners in Drinking Water Protection
• Water Conserve - Water Conservation Portal
• Water Webster
• World Water Assessment Programme
• The International Network on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
  
• Water For People
  

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Sustainable Housing

• Earthship Biotecture
  

• Architecture for Humanity  
  

• Cal-Earth  The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture
• Open Architecture Network

• La Voute Nubienne:
• Abari

• African Architecture and Design
• Osafa: "Sharing the Wisdom of African Building Practices"  
• Archifarm
• GreenBuilders Artisans
• Helioterre
  
• GardenARK: an annex to sustainable and peaceful garden
• Natural Building Links from Builders Without Borders
  
• ArchiAfrika
  
• Open Source House:                                                         
  
• Builders Without Borders
• GEN-Africa
• Building Materials - A Closer Look at Different Types of Wood
• A Guide to Sustainable Building - Alan's Factory Outlet Store

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Sanitation

• SUN-MAR Composting Toilets
  
• EcoSan
  
• EcoSanRes: Ecological Sanitation Research
  
• Pump Aid
  
• Reinvent the Toilet: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  
• Inspiration on World Toilet Day
  

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Clean Transportation

• Bicycling Empowerment Network South Africa - BEN
  
• WebEcoist: 20 Amazing Futuristic Hydrogen Vehicle Design Concepts
  
• SOLAR BIKE
  
• Guiding Principles to Sustainable Mobility
• Sustainable Urban Transport Project
• Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)
• EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy
• Bridging the Gap: Pathways for transport
• Sustainable-mobility.org
• QUEST project: Quality Management tool for Urban Energy efficient Sustainable Transport
• EcoMobility Alliance: An ICLEI
• Sustainable Transportation in the Middle East via Carboun
• Moving Planet Earthship
  
• World Human Powered Vehicle Association
• International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) 
  
• The Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) 
  

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Communications

• Wireless Africa
  
• mWomen
  
• The Cherie Blair Foundation and GSMA Development Fund
  
• MobileActive.org  
  

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Innovative Design

• Design for the Other 90%
  
• Africa EcoSolutions Limited (AES)
  
• igreenspot
  
• inhabitat: greener gadgets
  
• Engineers Without Borders
  
• Practical Action: New Technologies
• Makeshift
  
• D-Lab

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Enterprise and Livelihood

• Alphadi
  
• Business Action for Africa 
  
• World Education network
  
• Social Earth
  
• Plan Africa 
  
• Maker Faire Africa
  
• The Sustainable Village
• International Development Design Summit
  

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Integrated Solutions

• Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure 
  
• Malo Ga Kujilana (MGK)
  
• Sustainable Communities Online
  
• Global Ecovillage Network
  
• Free The Children » International Programming
  Our Development Model
  
• Human Development Foundation
  

Energy and Power

• Reegle Clean Energy Portal
  
• Energy Map
  
• SKG Sangha
  
• Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership
• The Seawater Foundation 
• RenewableEnergyWorld.com
• Alliance for Rural Electrification 
• Africa Windmill Project
  
• African Renewable Energy Alliance 
• Rural Village Energy Hub
• Wikipedia Portal: Renewable energy
  
• Solar Links from Builders Without Borders
  
• Million Watts Initiative | All For Africa
  

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Illumination

• Lifeline Energy  
  
• Shine On Sierra Leone
  
• Solar Electric Light Fund
  
• d.light
  
• Liter of Light  (Isang Litrong Liwanag)
  
• Solar Aid
  

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Health Care and Safety

• The Foundation for African Medicine & Education
  
• Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA)
  
• KICK MALARIA OUT (KMO)
  
• PSI
• Global Health Action
  
• Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
  
• Global Forum for Health Research

Green Health Products

• incognito Anti-Mosquito
  
• Vestergaard Frandsen
  Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets
  CarePack®
• ZeroVector® Durable Lining 
  
• Lifestraw
• Shoes4Africa
  

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Children and Families

Programs for Children

• Guinea Kids Education Fund (GKEF)
  
• S.O.S Village Guinée
  
• Mercy Corps
  
• Beyond the Orphanage
  
• Food water shelter 
  
• Sabu International School: Conakry, Guinea
  
• VillageReach
  
• Right to Play
  

Education and Development

• Global Children’s Initiative: Centre on the Developing Child: Harvard University

• Every Child Matters Education Fund
  
• Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)
  
• The Early Development Instrument: Benefits to Children, Families and Communities
  
• United Nations Girls Education Initiative
  
• Project Kids Worldwide
• Canadian Government Sponsors Saving Brains Initiative
• Cuna Mas National Program
  

Helping Children at Risk

• ninemillion.org UNHCR:  Help young refugees learn and play
• UN Works - Lesson Plan on Child Soldiers
  
• Child Soldier Links and Related Resources          
  
• Children's Rights Links                                      
  
• Fields of Hope: Educational Activities on Child Labor 
  
• Lesson plan on refugee children
  
• Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report     
  
• The International Campaign to Ban Landmines 
  
• Child Labour Database 
• The Child Marriage Database
• Children Affected by AIDS
  

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Women's Rights and Empowerment

Global Initiatives
Maternal and Reproductive Health and Support

• The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood 
• The Birthing Kit Foundation 
  
• Every Woman, Every Child: FAMILY CARE INTERNATIONAL (FCI) 
  
• Canadian Global Health, Nutrition and Disease Prevention Initiatives
  
• The Eliminate Project
  
• United Nations Population Fund
• Marie Stopes International (MSI) 
• Countdown 2015 Europe
• Countdown to 2015: Tracking Progress in Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival
• International Women's Health Coalition 
• The Institute for Health and Social Policy
  
• March for Mothers
  

Advocacy and Gender Equality

• WOMANKIND Worldwide
  
• Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) 
  
• MADRE 
  
• Make Every Woman Count (MEWC) 
  
• International Center for Research on Women
  
• United Nations Girls Education Initiative
• WomenWatch
• Gender Equality and Sustainable Urbanisation
  
• Just One Person
  
• To Educate a Girl: FILM 
• Hope for Africa
  
• The Girl Effect
  
• Samasource
  
• Centre for Alternatives for Victimised Women and Children
  

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Addressing Poverty and Hunger

• World Food Programme: Fighting Hunger Worldwide
  
• Komaza: Turning idle land into an asset
  
• The Mulago Foundation
• Clinton Global Initiative
  

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Effective Development

• Knowledge for development

• Plan Africa
• African Equity
• UN Agenda 21
  
• The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
  

• CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 
• International development Research Center
• ONE 
• The Norwegian Council for Africa 
• Africa the good news
• CD in Africa - Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
  
• Livelihoods Connect
  
• New Partnership for Africa’s Development
  
• OECD – Governance and Development: Human Rights and Development
  

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Information about Guinea and Africa

About Guinea

• wiki
• CIA World Factbook - Guinea
• BBC News Country Profile - Guinea
• World info - Guinea

About Africa

• Africa Knowledge Project
  
• The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
  

Socioeconomic Data

• Africa Development Indicators
  
• Commitment to Development Index 2011
  
• The Global Education Project
  
• The Global Poverty Mapping Project
  
• Global Issues 
• The Happy Planet Index
• National Accounts of Well-being
• Five Ways to Well-being
• Children and young people's well-being
  
• OECD Better Life Index