Annual Report | 2007

The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) works to provide communities in developing countries with affordable and en-vironmentally sound technologies that meet their needs for energy, sanitation and clean water. Through a combination of business in-cubation, technology innovation, education, and outreach, the AIDG helps individuals and communities gain access to technology that will improve their lives. Our model provides a novel approach to sustainable development by empowering people with the physical tools and practical knowledge to solve infra-structure problems in their own communities.

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Together, we can builda sustainable future.

It is hard to believe that it’s been three years.

Three years ago, AIDG launched in Guatemala with $800 and an idea to help communities in developing countries get affordable energy, sanitation and clean water. We did this because we knew these services were key to helping families improve their health and break out of poverty.

We now have vibrant growing programs in three countries: the US, Guatemala and Haiti.

AIDG works by incubating local businesses using local talent that can serve their local communities at prices af-fordable in the local economy. With your help, our pilot enterprise, XelaTeco, has provided over 150 families (700+

people) in rural Guatemala with renewable electricity. A micro-hydroelectric system in-stalled for the Chantel and La Fe communities saved them $2000/month in fuel costs dur-ing their coffee harvest. As of December 2007, XelaTeco’s total installed capacity for hydro systems is 91 kW. We are very excited to announce that in 2008, Xelateco stands ready for a dramatic year of independence as we end our incubation period with them. Stay tuned!

In Haiti, we began work with local partners to tackle the tremendous sanitation problems facing Cap Haitien, the nation’s 2nd largest city. Since establishing ourselves there in Sep-tember, we installed a community latrine that services 300-400 people in Petite Anse. We are poised to become one of the stronger NGO presences in the city over the next several years.

AIDG made tremendous strides in 2007. Aside from opening 3 international offices, we moved from an entirely volunteer program to maintaining staff in each location. We brought on 19 international interns for a 3 to 12 month stint in the field. We performed 30 outreach projects with the help of our interns, volunteers, staff and contracts with Xelateco.

We could not have done any of this without you.

In 2008, AIDG plans to take all the lessons learned from XelaTeco and prepare for incubat-ing new businesses in Haiti and Guatemala. I hope you will stand with us as we work to provide basic services to the people and communities who need them the most.

Peter C. Haas

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Peter Haas outside XelaTeco in Guatemala. Photo by Jamie James Medina

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. -- FDR

Waste-to-energy in Haiti. In partnership with SOIL/SOL and the local Mayor’s offices, we started a project to create a municipal scale waste-to-energy plant in Northern Haiti. The plant will serve 10,000 people in and around Cap Haitien, improving sanitation and providing a valuable energy source.

Renewable energy in rural Guatemala. AIDG and XelaTeco provided 3 rural communities (700+ ppl) with renewable electricity. A micro-hydroelectric system for the Chantel & La Fe com-munities, saved them $2000/month in fuel costs during their coffee harvest. Our total installed capacity is 91 kW.

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Improving sanitation in Cap Haitien. In fall 2007, we completed a dry composting latrine with our community partners that serves 300 peo-ple. Building and upgrading public latrines will give many of the city’s residents access to basic bathroom facilities as well as protect groundwater from contamination.

Water testing. AIDG col-laborated with MIT’s D-lab for a water quality testing training for XelaTeco. Lack of access to safe drinking water is a major cause of death for children under five. In 2010, AIDG will be incubating its 2nd business in Guatemala focused on providing water to isolated communities.

Hot showers for cold kids. Jóvenes Juntos, an NGO that runs la Guarderia childcare center, requested a solar hot water heater from AIDG to promote healthy hygiene amongst the center’s children, especially during the cold winter. The system has helped reduce skin ailments, such as scabies and other rashes.

Affordable solar water heater. AIDG partnered with the University of Califor-nia at Berkeley to develop a low-cost solar water heater for under $100. This system would let families get sustain-able access to hot water for hygiene and home use. Com-munity field tests of proto-types are planned for 2008.

Helping families breathe easier with cleaner burn-ing stoves. We installed and upgraded 20 biodigesters and improved stoves for families in Guatemala. Our higher ef-ficiency stoves cut indoor air pollution, a major ‘killer in the kitchen’ AND use 50-60% less wood than an open wood fire saving valuable resources.

Participatory design at work. AIDG works directly with communities to design technologies that best meet their needs. For example, using feedback from San Al-fonso, a community that had returned to Guatemala after fleeing during the civil war, AIDG developed the trans-portable rocket box stove.

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Empowerment+ Environment= Sustainability

AIDG’s Model empowers people and communities to be better stewards of their environment and build a sustainable future.

AIDG helps communities and individuals in developing coun-tries build a sustainable future through a combination of business incubation, education and community outreach.

Business Incubation: Sustainable businesses that help improve their local communities

At AIDG, we help engineering talent in developing countries form businesses that provide renewable energy, water, and sanita-tion systems to underserved communities and families. We focus on places where people live on less than $4 a day and are cur-rently working in Haiti and Guatemala.

The benefits of investing in such businesses include:o Sustainability. Locally based businesses produce lasting change and ensure long-term access to sanitation, electricity and clean water in the communities they serve.o Wider Distribution. Our businesses establish distribution channels to disseminate their products as effectively as pos-sible to the people who need them the most. o Lower Cost. Local production means cost-savings for the farmer, development NGO or community organization that wants access to our clean or renewable technologies.o Lower Barriers to Entry. There are many barriers that would prevent businesses aimed at serving lower income communities from getting off the ground. Our incubation program helps remove some of those obstacles.

The AIDG provides each workshop with:o Financingo Equipment and materials granto Training and aid in business planningo Research and technical assistance o A 2-3 year incubation commitment

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Outreach: Helping community organizations increase their impactAs part of our commitment to the communities where our busi-nesses are based, we contract our workshops to install technolo-gies for local organizations and non-profits, such as schools, hospitals, and community centers. By providing basic services to other community organizations, AIDG can amplify the good work that they do in the field. These projects allow our business-es to contribute positively to their communities, while augment-ing their financial stability during the incubation period.

Additionally AIDG does outreach in the event of natural disas-ters. After deadly Hurricane Stan in October 2005, we contracted XelaTeco to produce several hundred emergency camping stoves to be distributed with food aid and to perform electrical repairs in residences hit by flooding and mudslides.

Education: Training the next generation of engineers to serve the world’s poorAn essential part of long-term sustainability is investing in the future. AIDG trains talented young engineers and profession-als from around the world on how to design renewable energy, sanitation and water systems for communities where people earn less that $4 a day. We want to make sure that the future leaders in sustainability and international development understand the challenges faced in developing countries and thus can provide valuable assistance to those in need.

Our Internship Program gives qualified professionals and stu-dents hands-on experience in international development and ap-propriate technology implementation. It also fosters the transfer of knowledge between universities, the workers at our incubated businesses, and the local community. Through our Project Place-ment Program, students with novel designs are invited to manu-facture and test them in one of our businesses. Successful designs can also be rapidly introduced to other workshops in other regions. AIDG is currently in research partnerships with teams at UC Berkeley and Engineers Without Borders (San Francisco).

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We start and invest in local businesses because we be-lieve that the most powerful agents for positive change can be found within the local community.

Our businesses cre-ate jobs and deliver services that can be transformative for families and com-munities.

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Location: Greater Quetzaltenango region, GuatemalaSummary: XelaTeco, AIDG’s first incubated business, provides rural communities in Guatemala’s greater Xela region with low cost renewable energy solutions. They focus on community scale energy projects, such as micro-hydroelectric and biogas systems, but also provide high efficiency stoves and repair services.Impact: Since opening its doors in the summer of 2005, XelaTeco has helped 3 communities (over 700 people) obtain access to renewable energy. In 2005, they won a $45,000 contract partially funded by the United Nations Development Program to electric-ify Comunidad Nueva Alianza. The community’s 40 families now have electricity in their homes for the first time. In 2007, XelaTeco completely reconditioned La Fe and Chantel’s micro-hydroelectric system that was damaged by Hurricane Stan in 2005. The repair and upgrade of the 75 kW system saved these coffee producing communities $2000 a month in energy and fuel costs during their summer coffee harvest. By providing affordable technology solutions, XelaTeco helps reduce poverty amongst the rural populations it serves.

Guatemala: Renewable EnergyAIDG helps rural communities save money and save the environment.

Our first business, XelaTeco helped La Fe & Chantel save $2000/month in fuel costs when they reconditioned their broken micro-hydroelectric system in time for the coffee harvest. XelaTeco was the only local provider the community could afford.

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Location: Greater Quetzaltenango region, GuatemalaSummary: Water is essential to life. While official government statistics report that most Guatemalans have access to improved water, the majority of the rural communities we work with do not have safe and consistent clean water access. In 2010, AIDG will incubate a new business in Guatemala to help these communities get water for home use (i.e. drinking, cooking and hygiene) and potentially agricultural use.AIDG’s Water Team is currently in the design and testing phase for water delivery and water heating technologies. Late 2007, our team began work on a ram pump and water distribution system for Palmera Xolhuitz, a isolated community of 50 families (250-300 people).In 2007, AIDG also partnered with an engineering team at the University of California in Berkeley on the design of a $100 solar water heater. As an early outreach project, we installed a different solar hot water design for La Guarderia childcare center so that the children served could have hot shower,s particularly during the cold winter months.

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Guatemala: Access To WaterWater is life’s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

-- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 No-bel Prize Medicine

Water, water, everywhere,Nor any drop to drink.

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Haiti: Improved SanitationLocation: Cap Haitien, HaitiSummary: With the steadfast support from people like you, Sep-tember 2007 saw AIDG’s expansion to Haiti. Our work there will address two major problems plaguing Cap Haitien, Haiti’s 2nd largest city: poor sanitation and inadequate energy sources. Over 60% of Cap’s residents do not have sanitation in their homes. AIDG plans to build and upgrade public latrines to give more of the city’s residents access to basic bathroom facilities. These efforts will also help protect nearby surface and ground water sources from contamination.Roughly 70% of homes are not connected to the electrical grid. In addition, the vast majority of families (90%) use charcoal for cooking contributing to massive deforestation. We are in the planning stages for an enterprise that will empty the city’s public latrines and turn collected waste into biogas and fertilizer. Biogas can be used as a fuel for electricity, cooking and heating. Early Results: In cooperation with our community partners, AIDG finished a dry composting latrine in Dec 2007 that is now serving 300-400 people in the Petite Anse area of Cap Haitien.

1. Sanitation is vital for health

2. Sanitation contributes to social develop-ment

3. Sanitation is a good economic investment

4. Sanitation helps the environment

5. Sanitation is achievable

-- United Nation’s International Year of Sanitation 2008

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What is Appropriate Technology?

AIDG uses the defini-tion for appropriate technology de-scribed in E.F. Schum-acher’s book “Small is Beautiful”. In essence, it is technology that is affordable, locally repairable, environmentally sound and culturally acceptable.

At AIDG, we seek to create products that meet people’s needs, reduce their environ-mental footprints, fit within their budgets and can be fixed when they break down. We combine local goods and in-novative production methods to solve some of our constit-uency’s most press-ing problems. Low tech or high tech, the important part of ap-propriate technology is that it helps make people’s lives better.

Micro-hydropower systems can provide green & reliable electricity for isolated rural communities. Unlike larger hydropower installations, small-scale hydro systems have a low impact on the environment.

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Hydraulic ram pumps can be used for irrigation and to pump water into cisterns for homes. These simple pumps are cheap, durable, easy to maintain and require no elec-tricity or gasoline.

Solar water heating systems use the power of the sun to heat water for bathing, clean-ing and hand washing. Our passive solar systems consist of a solar collector and an insulated storage tank and require no electricity.

Biodigesters capture meth-ane, a greenhouse gas, made during the breakdown of organic waste and allow it to be used for heating, cooking and lighting. This gas can be used instead of propane and firewood. Biodigesters also produce a rich fertilizer.

Research & Development

Cooking with solid fuels, such as wood, over open fires leads to indoor air pollu-tion. According to the WHO, indoor air pollution is respon-sible for a death every 20 seconds. Women and children are most vulnerable because they spend the most time near the hearth.

In 2007, AIDG intern Beau Baldock devel-oped a high efficien-cy combustion stove known as the rocket box to reduce this type of pollution.

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Why did you choose AIDG?

The technolo-gies that AIDG is developing have great potential to make necessary changes in the way the world develops. -- Chase Nelson

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Location: Quetzaltenango, GuatemalaSummary: As part of AIDG’s internship program, engineering and business students/professionals devote 3 months to a year of their lives to work directly with our incubated businesses. They conduct innovative technology research and design, install AIDG technologies in the field, and help our enterprises build capac-ity over the incubation period. They also learn the challenges of working in developing countries and how to engage communities looking for sustainable solutions.Impact: Our interns have been critical to the development and optimization of our technologies as well as XelaTeco’s training. In 2007, interns made significant improvements to our existing stove, ram pump and biodigester designs and developed a new stove, the Rocket Box. At the same time, AIDG began collaborating with University of California Berkeley students on the design of a low cost (<$100) residential solar water heater. Since the program began in 2006, 30 young professionals have striven to help us achieve our mis-sion.

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Liakos Ariston Johns Hopkins, USBeau Baldock Middlebury College, USNick Bianchi University of Illinois, ChicagoKatie Bliss University of Sussex, UKCorrado Di Dio University of Bologna, ItalyJesse Engel University of California, BerkeleyEmily Freeh Northwestern University, USMiriam Fuchs Brown University, USCorrina Grace University of New South Wales,

AustraliaMaarten Graveland Randmeer College, NetherlandsAlissa Johnson University of California, BerkeleyElena Krieger Harvard University, USSteve Lee Brandeis University, USChase Nelson Michigan Tech Univ, USCarlos Poza Yale University, USKristen Radecsky Humboldt State Univ, USAnne Romeo University of Cambridge, UKJochen Schloesser University of Texas, AustinAlexandra Surasky-Ysasi Brown University, USAlia Whitney-Johnson MIT, US

Why did you choose AIDG?

I have a back-ground in the com-munity renewable energy field in the UK, but felt that the benefits would be farther reach-ing in communities that were currently off-grid, reducing fuel dependence, facilitating local enterprise, self-suf-ficiency and com-munity empower-ment. -- Katie Bliss

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TecoTours: Youth Doing GoodLocation: Greater Quetzaltenango Region, GuatemalaSummary: TecoTours give youth a chance to have fun and do good on their vacation. Volunteers work with AIDG and Xe-laTeco to install appropriate technologies in local communities that have asked us for help. In our service-based learning pro-gram, volunteers enjoy the culture, beauty and scenery, as well as the satisfaction of helping the environment and improving people’s lives. Impact: In the past two years, AIDG has hosted 20 students on 10-day intensive service learning trips within Guatemala. Dozens more have participated in our shorter weekend long TecoTours. On the 2007 summer tour, students built biodigesters and high efficiency wood burning stoves for families, toured a local geo-thermal plant, played in waterfalls, and met some of the “friendli-est and the most hospitable people on earth”.The funding that volunteers provide 1) supports communities in need, 2) supports our incubated business XelaTeco, by purchas-ing their products and installing them, and 3) supports AIDG’s mission to increase access to basic services in rural communities.

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This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience... This will be something that I will definitely never forget. -- Andrew Feigenbaum

Our trip to Guatemala seemed like a dream. I met the friendliest and the most hospi-table people on earth. -- Meredith Rahman

TecoTours was awesome! ... I loved being able to see several different parts of Guatemala and experience things that a nor-mal tourist couldn’t have done. -- Nicki Jimenez

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Guatemala: Access to renewable energy and water for under-served communitiesAchieving XelaTeco’s Triple Bottom Line Goals. With AIDG’s support, XelaTeco will be cemented as a sustainable business that provides significant social, environmental and economic benefits to rural communities in Guatemala. XelaTeco’s primary focus is clean energy/energy conservation systems (micro-hydro-electric, biogas, higher efficiency ‘improved’ cookstoves).Community-scale Renewable Energy Systems. We will help XelaTeco provide micro-hydroelectric systems for three rural communities and, pending funding, help another 12-18 commu-nities perform micro-hydro feasibility studies and system design.Delivering Water to Isolated Communities. We are preparing to start our 3rd enterprise in 2009 that will focus on delivering water supplies to isolated rural communities.Pilot projects: Water Supply Delivery, Small Scale Wind Power, and Solar Hot Water. With the help of our stellar interns, we will perform hydraulic ram pump projects to deliver water to isolated communities in Guatemala. We will continue research & development on small-scale wind power and solar hot water systems.

Haiti: Access to sanitation & clean energyMunicipal Waste-to-Energy Plant. In 2009, AIDG will begin building a municipal biogas plant in Cap Haitien to improve local sanitation and provide renewable energy to the city’s resi-dents. Once online, the plant and the waste collection services will serve an estimated 10,000 people.Municipal Compost Site. In cooperation with our partners SOIL/SOL, we will establish a community compost site using effluent from the biogas plant and waste from dry composting latrines.

[I]f what they’re developing ... is successful, Xe-laTeco might just end up becoming a blueprint for the future of develop-ment work.

The goal [of AIDG]: a network that’s continuous-ly spawning new ventures-- and a trail of infrastruc-ture projects that never break down.

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AIDG Plans 2008-09

Job Creation. We will create an enterprise to manage the biogas system and collect waste for processing. Revenue will be gener-ated from biogas sales and waste collection fees.

Pilot Projects: Community Biogas and Upgraded Public La-trines. To help improve the local sanitation infrastructure, AIDG will build new and upgrade several existing public latrines. Throughout 2008, AIDG will install several community and family-scale biogas systems as outreach to test and promote the technologies.

AIDG: Expanding our network of businessesGrowing our network of businesses. To achieve our goals of providing families and communities with affordable energy, sani-tation and clean water, we will continue to optimize our business incubation, training and financing model so that it can be repli-cated and scaled.

How better to achieve “progress” than with low-cost public do-main technologi-cal solutions that enhance living standards?

If there were ever an organiza-tion that single-handedly embod-ied what it means to be Worldchang-ing, this is it.

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Total Support and RevenueCategory FY 2007 FY 2006Contributions $132,174 $81,021Foundations and Other Grants $123,270 $15,000In Kind Donations $2832 $250

Total $258,276 $96,271

Balance SheetCategory FY 2007 FY 2006Total Assets

Unrestricted Assets $61,110 $25,830Donor Restricted Assets $0 $0

Other $0 $0Total Liabilities

Revolving Debt $34,960 $7,184Total Liabilities and Net Assets $26,150 $18,646

AIDG Financials

In fiscal year 2007, AIDG obtained over $250,000 from private individuals, family foundations, churches, FJC and Echoing Green. These donations allowed us to move forward with our mission of provid-ing sanitation, elec-tricity and clean water to the rural poor and expand to Northern Haiti.

At AIDG, we strive to operate as ef-ficiently as possible and to minimize fundraising and ad-ministrative costs. In 2007, we allocated roughly 85% of our ex-penditures to our business incuba-tion, education and outreach programs.

Financial Statements

Incubation: $66,355Outreach: $37,352Education: $35,042Total : $138,749

Incubation: $7,276Outreach: $22,704Education: $7,703Total: $37,683Program Started 09/2007

Education: $36,109

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Total ExpendituresProgram FY2007 FY2006Business Incubation $73,642 $37,596Community Outreach $60,055 $26,800Education $78,853 $11,645Other - -

Subtotal $212,550 $76,041

Administration and Development FY2007 FY2006General Management $28,205 $6,478Fundraising $10,589 $2,676

Subtotal $38,794 $9,154Total $251,344 $85,196NET $26,150 $18,646

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Make a DonationAIDG needs your help to continue providing electricity, sanita-tion, and clean water to underserved rural communities.Spread the wordTell your friends, family, colleagues — everyone — about AIDG.Throw us a partyBe social for a very good cause. VolunteerWe’re a highly effective, but small organization. Pro-bono sup-port in these fields has a major impact on us: IT, marketing, legal, accounting, engineering, business planning.Book a TecoTour for a groupYou’ve been integral to our success. Come on a TecoTour & see firsthand what your support has allowed us to do.Getting Married? Add us to your gift registry.Already have a waffle maker? Give your friends and family the option to donate to your favorite charity.

DonationsYour support helps provide un-derserved rural communities with affordable and envi-ronmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water. With your help, we can truly make a difference.

AIDG is a registered 501(c) 3 nonprofit. We accept mon-etary donations either by check or online. Recurring donations may be processed through our online system. Certain material donations are also accepted. To do-nate, please visit http://www.aidg.org/donate or send your donation to:

AIDG P.O. Box 104 Weston, MA 02493

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How You Can Help

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$30,000+Stephen M. Silberstein FoundationEchoing Green

$15,000-29,000Al & Diane KanebFJC

$5000-14,999 Jane BindleyPaul EnglishLeo S. Guthman FundKarp Family FoundationTaena KimSteve LeePaul MirerSeth Murray & Stephanie HerringGeorge OhstromSt Peter’s Church of WestonPeter Wheeler

$1000-4,999 Bang-Woel Lu FoundationButtercup FarmsCold Brook FundCongregational Church of WestonFirst Parish ChurchGeek HousecallsMatt GinztonMaarten GravelandHotchkiss SchoolPeter & Julie Hyde

Debbie Levey & Crispin WeinbergRachel McCleary & Robert BarroMedici GroupHabib RahmanBill & Kathy RousseauDeborah & Robert Slotpole

$500-999 Carol BurnesKai Cheong LauKaren & Jeffrey ConeNina DanforthTony DecaneasJane Donnelly & Christopher StirlingCheryl & Peter FeigenbaumKen & Imogene FishJohn FrankEdward HellerNancy & Russell IulianoJessica JacobsJeanne JimenezGrey LeeMancini Charitable FoundationVirginia MillsSeth MurrayElizabeth PaynterMelissa SarkoPhil & Lucy SaundersDavid & Kathy ScaddenKate SimsPatricia & Paul Stiehl

Mark TrumpbourTimothy WillsAngenette WrightGloria Ysasi Diaz

$200-499Anonymous Aurora Periodontal Care Olga Bassett Norman & Cynthia Berg Janet & Henry Beyer Lynn Brountas Ania Busza James & Katharine Chace Diana Chaplin Nancy Chin Shawn Cody Lourenco Dantas Tony Davis Elisa Duggan Alene Finley-Shuran Michelle Freshman Joe & Barbara Gerstein Sarah Gierok Judith Gorbach Jacqueline Haas Peter Haas Thomas Haas Judith & Harry Hoehler David & Emily Hutcheson Sarah Isto & Gordon HarrisonKohar JonesMichelle Jost Beryl JupiterTed Kaplan

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Donors

Timothy Kuhn Catherine Lainé Thomas & Anne Larkin Alex Lee Benny Lee Emily Levin Peter & Matilda Mitsakos Joe & Madeleine Mullin Betsy Nichols Zachary Ratzman James Ricotta Ned Rossiter Jonathan Saxton Alan & Janis Semine Sanford & Joan Sherizen Carol Snow Michael & Dorothy Sophocles Chris & Allys Spilios Fred Stiehl Anne Stubbs Matthew Szekely Sandy Tanen & Ron Hirschberg Charles & Elissa Tifft Claudia Toth Susan Turner Alicia Volpicelli Andrew Yong Jeanne & Peter Yozell Pete Zink

FriendsPeter AbrahamsenZachary AndersonDemetra AristonDavid ArnoldJacqueline Arnoldy

Genevieve AscencioChris AslinDilia BailleSandra BarkKathy & Tom BatemanRichard BatemanJuly BelberRobert BerrySarah BirdHenry & Elizabeth BjorkmanGeoffrey BoulterAnne BracyChris BradfordRachel BreitmanMegan BrewsterSara, Wilhelm & Erik BroteSam & Isabella BushChristian BussJudy CamposBill & Hella CarlsonTimothy Caro-BrucePaul CassidyMollie ChapmanEn Chieh ChenSasha ClaytonTed CohenCharissa Collazo-EpsteinChristopher ConnorsJereme CorradoErin CounihanCarter CrawfordMeredith CrowleyMichael CrowleyNeil DalalBrendan DalyJohn & Alice DaviesVirginia Davis Nordin

Tatjana & John DearyNick Decaneas & Kate NemensWill DecaneasLesley DesaulniersAmy DickieJane Dickson & Rob PurserPolly DicksonJoshua DobbelaarFrances DoyleRaymond & Peggy DugasJo Ann DugginsBarry & Eileen EckhausSara EganDavid EhlkeCarolyn EllisJean & John EmansKate EmansJesse EngelInge & Lee EnglerMartha FiskeJenny FosterBarbara FrankErin FriedBarbara FullertonPaul GaffuriSunil GandhiSandy GeeAlan GershenfeldThomas GloriaLucy GordonElizabeth GrahamIlmi GranofKeith Gross & Demie LyonsLisa Gruenberg Beverly GuildRobert Guptill

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Jeb GuteliusDavid HannaElsa HeidornMerove HeifetzThatcher HeldringMatthew HellmanJustin HerringAaron Hoffman & Shoma DharHome Depot FoundationTrey HueyAndrew HutchesonGlen HutchesonAdam HydeDarby JackErin JenkinsArpine JonesSara & Hugh JonesStacy JupiterMargaret KalacznikJenn KaoNancy KendallAllan & Susan KlumppRobert KoperaCarl KurzTom LangeAlex LeeCarrie LeeAaron LeonardKathryn LevesqueRobert LevinDavee LewisPhil LoarElliot & Lenore LobelErin MaloneyMark & Mary MarderMaritza Martinez

Emily & Matt MasonSarah MastersEllen MatlinsKay & John McCahanIra Mintzer & Marian MenkelChristina MillsErica MintzerDebby & Tom MontiElizabeth MorsePaul MossDrue MooreLaura MulvaneyJonathan MurphyPeter MurrayNancy NyhanEric OlsonOmni Supermarket (Weston)Mary Ann PappanikouMichael Pappone & Diane SavitzkyJoan ParrishSheridan PaukerAnne PebleyAlice PeischEric PetersonDavid QuinnKara ReeveGretchen RevotskieEric ReynoldsDaniel RiegelNicole RobisonMargot RodeAaron RubinRudy & Anne RugglesShirley Salmeron & Jim Dugan

Mevan SamarasingheWill SandallsPatience SandrofElizabeth SaundersElena SaxonhousePeter SayerMartin Scanlan & Melissa Kwaterski ScanlanJudith Scott-ClaytonDan SherizenAnthony ShowalterJulie ShoemakerAllison SilvermanMaggie SloanSylvia SmullinAnne SquierJeffrey StamenJessica StamenAlan & Caroline StroutErica StephanLaura StupinJayne TanJaime TeevanSusan ThelCornelia TutschkaMatt VanitallieNicholas & Chay VeederSusan VickLarry WalkerClaire WangJulie WellsKatherine WolfthalScott WollenbergPatrick WoodLisa WrightGene YoshidaBarry Zink

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XelaTecoCarlos CahuexMaricela ChanNehemias GuarcaxAdriana GononPedro GononErick GonzalezFrancisco LopezPrudencio LopezCándido MoralesJosé OrdoñezJulio OrdoñezMaria Natalia Xec

Board of DirectorsAdam Hyde, Board ChairPeter Haas, Executive DirectorGrey Lee, ClerkWill Decaneas, TreasurerAdvisory BoardPete Zink, Boston UniversityAmy Smith, MIT, D-LabKipchoge Spencer, Xtracycle30

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Volunteers and Supporters Zach Anderson, Jonathan Argudo, Anne Baker, John Barrie, Jane Bindley, Maarten Graveland, Rob Guptil, Jeb Gutelius, Jacqueline Haas, Stephanie Herring, Adam Hyde, Nicki Jimenez, Michelle Jost, Taena Kim, Alex Lee, Bruce and Marcy Lee, Grey Lee, Emily Levin, A.M. Madison, Matt and Emily Mason, Chris Perras, Mat-thew Rutman , Dan Sherizen, Lisa Silberstein, Robert Sjostrom, Amy Smith, Blaze Starkey, Corey Tatarczuk, Mario Urdaneta, Kristine Vallila, Pete Zink, Rob and Jane PurserMedia John Barrie (Ecogeek, Sustainable Design Update), Entremun-dos, Alexander Görlach (Club of Pioneers), Nadia Hallgren, Xeni Jardin (NPR, Boing Boing), Shane Jordan (The Seitch), Rob Katz (NextBillion.net), Andrew Leonard (Salon), Wayne Ma (Popular Mechanics), Matt and Emily Mason (Wedia), Jamie James Me-dina, Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (Treehugger), PBS’ Design Squad, Habib and Meredith Rahman (Weston Town Crier), Cheryl B. Scaparrotta (Wellesley Weston), Corey Tatarczuk (Wedia)Organizations Boston University Engineering Department (esp. Bob Sjostrom and Pete Zink for help on Pelton turbines), CEDEPEM, CDRO, Comunidad Nueva Alianza, , ECAO, La Florida Gallery Bar (NYC) , Geek Housecalls, Land’s Sake, MIT D-Lab, Partners in Solidarity, SOIL/SOL, WediaThanks to the following organizations for opportunities to speak: Boston University, Harvard University, Hotchkiss School, MIT, Northwestern University, Popular Mechanics, St Peter’s Church of Weston, TiE-Boston, Tufts University, United World College, Weston Climate Group, Weston High School, Yale UniversitySpecial Thanks Special thanks to Mynor Arrivillaga, Jane Bindley, Echoing Green, Kate Emans & Chris Sims, Steph Herring, Al and Diane Kaneb, Paul Mirer, Seth Murray, Clover Nicholas and Rex Dupont, Steve Silberstein, Peter Wheeler, ScanCAD International and the SOIL crew (Sasha Kramer, Sarah Brownell, and Kevin Foos)

Thank You Additional Photo Credits: Front Cover Women of AFAPA (Sasha Kramer)Page 14: Ram Pump (Liakos Ariston)Page 15: Fire and Stove (Katie Bliss)Page 16: Spring In-terns and AIDG Staff: (Top Row) Corrado Di Dio, Steve Crowe, Jochen Schloesser, Benny Lee, Peter Haas, Elena Krieger. (Bottom Row) Nick Bianchi, Maarten GravelandBack Cover: Men of La Fe y Chan-tel (Liakos Ariston), Kids at La Florida (Mollie Chapman), Madame Bwa (Jerry Schwartz), Small Foundry (C Lainé), AIDG Bag (C Lainé)All other uncredited photos by AIDG

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