Episode 2 Water System - AguaClara

Today we are focusing on the water system of the home. For most of us in North America, accessing water is as easy as turning on the tap. We think little of how the water gets to us and seldom worry about not having the water we need for drinking, cooking, bathing and our other daily activities. It often feels as if we have an endless supply, but in many parts of the world the reality is very different. Accessing clean potable water is a daily concern.

Today I welcome two guests to World House Radio who are addressing this issue.

Monroe Weber-Shirk who is a senior lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. And Melissa Wrolstad a masters engineering student at Cornell. They are both involved in AguaClara, a project of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Cornell that strives to improve water quality through innovative research, knowledge transfer, open source engineering and design of sustainable water treatment systems.

For more information on the AguaClara project, visit:
http://eswserver.cee.cornell.edu/aguaclara/

The two songs used in today's program both have 'water' in their titles. These songs were created by independent artists willing to share their music online for free. The artists can be found on garageband.com a website promoting new and emerging independent musicians. Visit these links to the artists:

ide (water music) by Marius Mellebye
www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSlZFKyZg

God is in the Water by rapeBABY
www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkYlmxZ24

Join us next week for another episode of World House Radio: Stories of Home.

Episode 1 Construction System - Fab Tree Hab

Today we welcome Dr. Mitchell Joachim to World House Radio. He completed his doctorate at MIT in Architecture: Design and Computation. He also has two graduate degrees, a masters in architecture from Columbia University and a masters in urban design from Harvard. And he is the co-creator of the Fab Tree Hab.

The theme of this week's show is the construction system of the home. The Fab Tree Hab offers a very interesting alternative construction system. Instead of building, this project offers us the opportunity to grow a home.

For more information on Dr. Mitchell Joachim and the Fab Tree Hab, check out the following links:

www.archinode.com/
www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/0cb1ec816bc3e010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

The music used in today's program was chosen because the songs had the word 'house' in their titles and because these songs were created by independent artists willing to share their music online for free. The artists can be found on garageband.com a website promoting new and emerging independent musicians. Here are links to the artists:

glass house by sadgirl
www.garageband.com/song?%7Cpe1%7CS8LTM0LdsaSkYFS1Zmg

Back in the house by Ceilí Moss
www.garageband.com/song?%7Cpe1%7CS8LTM0LdsaSlaVm0a2g

Join us next week for another episode of World House Radio: Stories of Home.

Welcome to World House Radio

World House Radio: Stories of Home is a weekly podcast that brings you interviews with leaders and innovators in the fields of housing and design. Each week we will discuss the issues and solutions surrounding housing from the local and global perspective.

The theme for each episode of World House Radio draws from the systems used by the Institute without Boundaries program to direct its research and design activities. The systems of construction, energy, food, water, waste, air handling, space usage, identity, social interaction, communication, finance and mobility are integral to the design and formation of affordable and sustainable housing solutions.

World House Radio is a project of the Institute without Boundaries. To learn more about the program and the work we are doing on the World House Project please visit www.worldhouse.ca or www.institutewithoutboundaries.com.