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Posts by donald_swen

Notes on Needfinding: Co-Creating the Future
After interviewing over 70 farmers with my team, I thought I would do a quick […]

Quiet Solace in Our City
The door was closed and I didn’t mind staying behind. At a time when the […]

Architecting Systemic Change: A Framework for Addressing the Climate Crisis
Our world is hardly so simple. If we want to solve the climate crisis, the […]

Ethnographic Field Expedition II: Sirsi
In my last blog, I shared highlights from our research trip to Bagepalli. In our […]

Ethnographic Field Expedition I: Bagepalli
After landing at the food system, it was time to take a deep dive into […]

Harnessing the Power of the Collective Wisdom
Part of my work as an AIF Clinton Fellow at a nonprofit called Alaap has […]

My Introduction to the AIF Clinton Fellowship
Relentless dreaming to me means persevering in this dream of mine. It is clear that […]

Applying Design Thinking to Coconut Farming
My journey as an AIF Clinton Fellow placed with a start-up social enterprise in rural […]