Founded 50 years ago by economist Fritz Schumaher, Practical Action is focused on promoting a way of life that puts people and the planet before profits and exponential growth. The charity has a ...

Practical Action's main message and goal is to use technology to alleviate poverty in the developing world. Solar PV and mini-grid technologies are among the primary ones in their toolbox.

A persistent and somewhat vexing question for me is the relationship between ideals and practical action. Some combination of hardwiring, epigenetics and what I just find fun and interesting puts me ...

Sarah Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of Practical Action, recently visited Bangladesh. During a conversation with The Daily Star's Tanjim Ferdous, she discussed the various development initiatives ...

Photo: Dammar Saud at his agro-vet store with a buyer who visits farmers to sell agricultural inputs. I myself go to farms and suggest the right varieties of seeds to sow,” said Dammar. “Practical ...

NB Studio has created a new identity for Practical Action, a UK development organisation. Practical Action was established in 1966 with the aim of creating appropriate technologies for developing ...

A LOCAL charity is transforming the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. Practical Action, based in an imposing stone mansion in Bourton on Dunsmore, near Rugby, has just completed a ...

Registered Charity No:247257 (England & Wales). Big change starts small. Practical Action helps people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by climate change ...