Compound 13 Lab is just one of many individuals and organisations working with the people of Dharavi and communities across Mumbai. Our practical work and research builds upon the rich tapestry of initiatives that combine education with creative enquiry, provide access to resources and evidence based solutions for communities and young people on the ground.
G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture
PUKAR Partners for Urban Knowledge and Research
SPARC Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers
ETC Group
WIEGO: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organising
Reinventing Dharavi - An Ideas Compendium
PROJECTS ELSEWHERE
Agbogbloshi Makerspace Platform
Hazardous Travels and Toxic Commons
News reports, journal articles, essays, reviews and blog posts on topics of waste, work and survival in India, informality, recycling and circular economy
India’s plastic waste crisis is too big, even for Modi
Niharika Sharma
Why Turkey became Europe’s garbage dump
What a Waste 2.0 A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Mangement to 2050
The World Bank
Arundhati Roy / 2020
Lockdown Diaries: Relief to the wastepickers in the times of the pandemic
India bans imports of waste plastic to tackle environmental crisis
Harry Cockburn / 2019
Lucía Fernandez /
Inside the Controversial World of Slum Tourism
Christine Bednarz, National Geographic / 2018