Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Detail Design, Analysis and Experimental Results

This assignment prepares for the Phase 3 Design Review of detail design, analysis and experimental results.

Idea Generation and Concept Evaluation

Now that your design problem has been clearly defined and the specifications have been set out, it is time to concentrate on thinking of solutions.

Build-It Module Wrap Up

Build-It modules are hands-on opportunities to learn how to use a variety hand tools, machine tools and prototyping equipment in project-based training sessions. You choose which module to take based on your interest in the project / skills taught, and are encouraged to coordinate with your teams to gain a variety of experiences that you can then share with each other.

Design Project Work

This is a series of assignments around a design project for the course D-Lab II: Design.

Discussion Questions 2

Write short answers to the following questions and submit them.

Mini-Project: Affordable Rainwater Harvesting System

The goal of the Mini Project is to design an affordable rainwater harvesting system that is made up of several small storage units that can be fit with attachments for drinking, cooking, hand washing and irrigation (and possibly other applications too). We will have a chance to experiment with some of the technologies that may influence the design (SODIS water bags, tippy tap hand washers and IDE drip irrigation kits) in class Ses #4.

Technology Critique

Interact with and critique technology from a variety of perspectives

Discussion Questions 1

Write short answers to the following questions and submit them.

Design@MIT

Consider the objects and products you encounter every day while at MIT—all of these were designed. When looking at a design, it’s important to be critical, but in a constructive manner. It’s also important to recognize that there are very few instances where a design is totally great or totally terrible; there are typically good parts of a poor design, and vice versa.

Take a picture of two very different objects or products, one that you believe is a relatively bad design, and one that is a relatively good design. Discuss the pros and cons of each design, and why you have come to your overall “good” or “bad” conclusion. Also discuss what trade-offs and constraints the designers likely faced in developing these products, and how these challenges were managed.

Emission temperatures and greenhouse models

Problem sets for the Activity: Emission temperatures and greenhouse models

SCALES

This website features work from the completion of Phase 1 of the SCALES Project.

We are currently seeking partnerships for Phase 2.

SDG 15 - Life on Land