Preface -- Introduction -- Culture and Transfer of Technology -- Design Philosophies for Appropriate Technology -- Being a Volunteer Overseas -- 1. Planning and Implementation -- Overview -- Development Project Management -- The New Participation -- Prelude to Participatory Management -- Social Assessment and Stakeholder Participation -- The Human Side of Change -- Gender and Technology in the Field -- Managing a Small Business -- Operations -- Purchasing Policy and Procedures -- Marketing -- Financial Viability and Cash Flow Statement -- Costing -- Discounted Cash Flow -- Microfinance -- Planning -- Project Selection -- Project Evaluation -- How to Evaluate -- Management of Projects -- Design and Construction Oversight -- Responsibility for Getting Job Done -- Emergency Response Program -- Disaster Relief -- Exit Strategy -- Training -- Thinking and Learning Together -- Grant Writing -- Fund Raising: Social Service Agency in Bolivia -- A Summer Internship in Guatemala -- 2. Energy -- Energy Planning -- Basics of Electricity -- Hydropower -- WindPower -- Photovoltaics -- Cook Stoves -- Solar Cookers -- Solar Heating (Needs Editing) -- Evaporative Cooler -- Charcoal Production -- Fuel Cells -- Batteries -- Alcohol as Fuel -- Tidal Power -- 3. Food -- Introduction -- Agricultural Machinery -- Hydroponics, Rooftop and Related Gardens -- Urban Gardens -- Sustainable Agriculture -- Hammer Mill of the ELC CAR -- Oil Press -- Vegetable Gardening -- Intensive Gardening -- Soil Fertility And Fertilizer Use -- Amaranth: Grain and Vegetable Use -- Cassava Production -- Cereal Cultivation -- Coconut Production -- Fruit Growing Under Marginal Conditions -- Growing Rice -- Rice Paddy: Harvesting, Threshing, Cleaning, and Handling -- Shitake Mushrooms -- Agroforestry Principles -- Aquaculture -- Beekeeping -- Raising Cattle -- Raising Chickens -- Raising Ducks -- Ostrich Production -- Raising Pigs -- Raising Rabbits -- Raising Sheep and Goats -- Nutrition -- 4. Health -- Overview -- Words to the Village Health Worker -- Community Health Workers -- Health Care Delivery System -- Culture, Health and the Environment -- Medicinal Plants Versus Pharmaceuticals for Tropical Rural Health Care -- Traditional Health Practitioners -- The Traditional Medical Practitioner In Zimbabwe -- Medicinal Plants -- Water and Health -- Safe Abortion and Post Abortion Care Using MVA -- Diarrhea -- Malaria: Resurgence of a Deadly Disease -- Palliative Care for AIDS Patients -- The Health Impacts of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution -- Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution from Biofuel Stoves in Rural Kenya -- Dental Health Care -- Third World Health Care Needs -- Health Guidelines for Travelers -- 5. Construction -- Building -- Building Bibliography -- Building with Arches, Vaults, and Cupolas -- Cob Structures -- Straw Bale Construction -- Soil Stabilized Bricks -- Micro-Concrete Roofing Tile Production -- Thatch -- Gypsum -- Bamboo Reinforced Concrete -- Non-Poisonous Timber Protection -- Dry Stone Walling: Applications and Techniques -- 6. Transportation -- RickShaws and Bicycles -- Using Oxen for Farm Work and Transportation -- Pack Animals (Needs Figures) -- Low Cost Transport Device -- Wheel Manufacturing Technology -- Boats -- Earth Road Construction -- Small Scale Bridge Building -- Emergency River Crossing -- Ropeways in the Hindu Kush -- 7. Household Technologies -- Spinning and Weaving -- Dyeing -- Treadle Sewing Machine -- Silk Production -- Soap Manufacturing -- Candles -- Chalk -- Pottery Making -- Basketry -- Making Articles from Paper Waste -- Making Rope -- Recycling and Re-Using Rubber -- Understanding Small Scale Paint Production -- Small-Scale Papermaking -- 8. Water Supply -- Water Harvesting and Spreading For Conjunctive Use of Water Resources (Needs Fig.) -- Rainwater Collection -- Water Saving and Reuse -- Wells: Hand Dug and Hand Drilled -- Solar Stills -- Filtration and Disinfection -- Sanitation -- Latrines -- Composting Toilets -- Water Pumps -- Hydraulic Ram -- Irrigation -- 9. Tools -- Thinking about Tools -- Safety -- Basic Hand Tools -- Sharpening Tools -- Basic Technical Math -- Machine Tools -- Blacksmithing -- Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work -- Wire Fence Making Machine -- 10. Other Technologies -- Important Technologies -- Telecommunication Services -- Land Mines -- Land Mine Detection -- Mining.