Building Technical Capability
Community Planning
Water
Telecommunications
Energy
Housing
Community Facilities
Stoves & Kitchens
Waste Management
Transport
Enterprise and trading
Mutitjulu kapi wiru good water
The project aimed to design a robust rainwater harvesting system using a community participatory approach and evaluating its effectiveness using water quality monitoring, system checks and evaluating maintenance requirements.

Building a livelihood around caring for country
In 1997, John Cavanagh and family returned to their homeland “Pantharrpilenhe”, 123 kilometres east-north-east of Alice Springs, with a dream. This dream involved establishing a place for his family to live and creating a successful enterprise to economically support returning to their country.

Technology democracy and its relevance for remote communities Technology democracy involves letting senior people lead the way, deferring some decisions until later, accepting change imposed from elsewhere and making the best of what they have. Democratising technology offers us some valuable principles and tools, so long as we understand the limitations and the compromises required in the Australian Indigenous context.

Last edited - 11/7/2005
Students who created a garden for the Batchelor Study Centre at Alparra
Adrian Shaw, radio producer at CAT
Community Access Telephone working in a community
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