He is best known for his work with two developing-world technologies: "UV Waterworks" (a simple and effective and inexpensive water disinfection system), and the Berkeley-Darfur Stove (a low-cost stove to that saves fuelwood in internally displaced person's camps in Darfur).
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In recent years, he has worked on ways to inexpensively remove arsenic from Bangladesh drinking water, and on improving cookstoves for Darfur (Sudan) refugees.
Ashok Chavan | Madhav Gadgil | Ashok Mitra | Ashok Chakradhar | Ashok Amritraj | Suddala Ashok Teja | Ashok Vaidya | Ashok Sukumaran | Ashok Soota | Ashok Saraf | Ashok Parnami | Ashok Mehta | Ashok Jugnauth | Ashok Gadgil |
The film features interviews with water and community activists Maude Barlow, Peter Gleick; and, scientists Ashok Gadgil, Rajendra Singh, and Vandana Shiva.