Useful Links and Other Resources

Here are some useful links, many of which are also listed in the Syllabus:

1. Practical Action: Organization is dedicated to working alongside communities across the world to develop practical solutions to poverty focusing on appropriate technologies: http://practicalaction.org/ 
2. New Economics Foundation is an organization dedicated to the promotion of social, economic and environmental justice: http://www.neweconomics.org/issues/entry/well-being
3. Singularity Hub “chronicles technological progress by highlighting the breakthroughs, players, and issues shaping the future as well as supporting a global community of smart, passionate, action-oriented people who want to change the world”: http://singularityhub.com/ 
4. Engineer, inventor, and MacArthur Fellow Saul Griffith meticulously analyzes his energy usage: video, http://www.oreilly.com/pub/e/1411 
5. Low Tech Magazine: Doubts on progress and technology, http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ 
6. Jason Silva, technology as evolution, http://thisisjasonsilva.com/ 
7. The MIT Technology Review seeks to “equip its audiences with the intelligence to understand a world shaped by technology”, http://technologyreview.com [Access is available through the UPRM Library Database]
8. "Engineering for Change is a hybrid organization with three integrated arms: An online academy, innovation lab, and a media platform. But at our essence, we are a community that believes engineering can change the world."  https://www.engineeringforchange.org/
9. Environmental Decision Making course/project at Carnegie Mellon University: http://environ.andrew.cmu.edu/

Other miscellaneous:

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