My friend Cat Laine gave a great presentation at BIF this year. AIDG, the organization her and partner Peter Haas run, is doing some amazing work, I’ve always thought of them as the good Halliburton. AIDG helps people in developing countries get environmentally sound and affordable access to energy, sanitation and clean water, creating small businesses that manufacture, install and repair green technologies for people living between $2-4 a day. It’s brilliant because it breaks the vicious cycle of development being large scale, funded by dodgy international loans that can quickly become toxic, crippling debt. AIDG thinks small, but gets huge results. Find out more here, and check the video Wedia made for them here.