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What role does design play in helping other people? And how can engineering help create a better world?
What makes a building more resistant to natural disasters?
Build Change helps developing communities ravaged by earthquakes and typhoons reconstruct, retrofit, and resist future damage.

How can 3D printing change the world of prosthetics?
e-NABLE is a global online community with over 5,000 volunteer members who use 3D design software and 3D printers to make free prosthetic hands for children and adults.
Could advances in solar power tech improve farming practices?
Proximity Designs takes a human-centered approach to designing the Lotus solar pump—a revolutionary, highly affordable technology that has changed the lives of small plot farmers in Myanmar, and is poised to do the same in more developing countries around the world.
What skills do I need to design for social impact?
Who is using design to create a better world?
If I'm interested in social impact design, what are some resources that should I read?

Creating design impact from your own backyard
Find out where the good work is being done—organizations and projects that are creating significant, social impact around the world.

Build new skills while helping communities gain access to clean water
Design can make a difference and be a tool for change in areas with poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water.

Geographic distribution of NGOs in the world
Where in the world can you find people building a better future for others? Look to where there are NGOs…

When is a good time to begin thinking about social impact design?
Project H's public school curriculum puts community architecture projects in the hands of students in grades 6-12.

Where can I get started? How can I learn to design for social impact?
What tools can help design a better world?
Designing for social impact: Additional resources
Designing for Net Impact: How Design Thinking and Interdisciplinary Education Can Change the World
A new generation of designers is emerging on college campuses around the globe. It’s not just a new wave of design; it’s also a new wave of how design is done and, ultimately, what it produces. The problem? It’s still an uphill battle to get the resources and networks needed to reach these students’ core goal, especially while still in school. And that goal is about helping to make the world a better place....
Catapult Design’s Secret to Success: Patience and a Grasp on Tomorrow’s Technologies
Ask anyone: Technologies such as email and cell phones have turned the already-rapid pace of modern life into a frenzied, nearly unmanageable need for immediacy and instant gratification...
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