1. Area Disaster Prevention & Preparedness
Veerappan Swaminathan (Singapore)
Team
Muhd Ibnur Rashad (Singapore)

2. According the UN, the world population hit 7 billion
1 in 2011. Population is expected to reach 9.3 billion
by 2050. We have more mouths to feed.
Rural poverty and low farmer incomes are forcing
2 farmers to migrate in large numbers to urban cities.
80% of the world will live in cities by 2050. Who will
grow food?
Frequent natural disasters means that crop growing is
3 disrupted. Recently the Thailand floods reduced global
rice output by 10%. How can we protect against such
losses?

3. World Food Price Index
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Wearefacinganincreasingfrequencyof According to the Food and Agriculture
natural disasters according to the Centre Organization,theworldfoodpriceshave
for Research on the Epidemiology of risen sharply and have fluctuated more
Disasters rapidlysince2006.

4. 2008 MyanmarFoodCrisis – Caused 2011 Horn of Africa Food Crisis –
by cyclone Nargis which devastated Caused by failed seasonal rains for
rice producing regions. Estimated loss two consecutive seasons. Resulting
ofUSD10billion. crop failure diminished farmer income
and also pushed up prices of food
astronomically.

5. When disaster strikes Our Approach
Livelihoods of 3
SOFTWARE
unprepared rural Ensure sustainable
communities livelihoods & improve
disrupted preparedness
Farms, transport & 2
HARDWARE
communication Improve food
networks productivity
destroyed during recovery
1
HEARTWARE
Communities lack
preparedness & lack Nurture Open DIY
exposure to solutions village spirit before
for their food & disaster
disaster problems

7. SL2 runs programs for students in the
community and disaster responders
Firefighters collaborate
1 By partnering for innovation with youth to create
innovative life-saving
technologies
SL2 works with corporate
partners, NGOs & governments
to conduct disaster simulations
Youth learn to live in disaster-
like conditions & develop skills
2 By developing community resilience e.g. making of hand-made
water filters & composting

8. Farming areas were flooded &
members of SL2 community
were able to cope because they
had experimented with floating
agriculture
Floating chinampas
M. IbnurRashad (built with recycled PET bottles
Engineer scientist allowing food to grow in
25+ years old flooded environments)
Water access was cut off &
members of SL2 community
rallied together to draw water
from river and clean it for
Tai XuHong community consumption Appropriate water solution
Water engineer (off-grid water filtration technology)
25+ years old

9. Number of Labs Number of People
Created by 2030 Reached by 2030
200 400000
180 350000
160
300000
140
120 250000
100 200000
80 150000
60
100000
40
20 50000
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We expect to directly impact 400,000 people by 2030 through creating a global network of over 180
Sustainable Living Labs. These impact figures were derived from the actual growth of hackerspaces
around the world which are a form of community operated creative spaces that exist in several
major cities around the world.
http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/2009/11/14/viewpoints-to-the-development-of-hackerspaces/

10. www.sl2square.org sl2square
Sustainable Living Lab will continue to prepare the local community for
disasters, partner for humanitarian & food innovation & expand to other regions