![The Persian ice house, or how to make ice in the desert](https://i0.wp.com/fieldstudyoftheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC07975.jpg?resize=100%2C65&ssl=1)
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Fundacion En Via – empowering rural women through responsible tourism
En Via is a Mexican non-profit organisation that gives rural businesswomen interest-free microloans that are funded through responsible tourism.
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Revisiting a student project in Kenya
Last year I was part of a permaculture and knowledge sharing project in Kenya, and I recently visited the site to see how the project lives on in the local community.