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Making Sustainable Design, From the Classroom to the World / Daniel Sweeney MIT D Lab Video | May 03, 2023 | MIT Morningside Academy for Design MIT Morningside Academy for Design Making Sustainable Design, From the Classroom to the World / Daniel Sweeney MIT D Lab
The MIT D-Lab Participation Toolkit: A Suite of Tools for Understanding, Characterizing, and Implementing Participation in Development and Humanitarian Contexts Publication | Apr 25, 2023 | Amy Smith, Martha Thompson The MIT D-Lab Participation Toolkit: A Suite of Tools for Understanding, Characterizing, and Implementing Participation in Development and Humanitarian Contexts
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MIT D-Lab students collaborate with adaptive design center in Mexico News | Apr 12, 2023 | Danna Lorch | Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities MIT News MIT D-Lab students collaborate with adaptive design center in Mexico
Participation for Humanitarian Innovation Tookit Publication | Apr 05, 2023 | ELRHA and MIT D-Lab Participation for Humanitarian Innovation Tookit
D-Brief: Access to Affordable Bicycles in Africa Publication | Apr 03, 2023 | Dan Frey, Megha Hegde, Maggie Hsu, Gwyn Jones, Kendra Leith, Robyn Richmond, Jonars Spielberg, and Dan Sweeney D-Brief: Access to Affordable Bicycles in Africa