This week we'll hear about Thinking Huts, an international NGO that 3D-prints schools. They most recently opened Madagascar's first 3D printed school Bougainvillea and are now in development for their most ambitious project yet, Honeycomb.

Honeycomb is a 3D printed campus on the west coast of Madagascar serving an initial 240 students aged 4-16 from 3 neighboring villages. Primarily involved in project and construction management beyond fundraising, Thinking Huts' work evolves around thoughtful innovation and long-term social impact by creating new supply chains in often challenging regions in the developing world and training local construction teams on printer operations.

Our speaker, Maggie Grout, is the founder and CEO of Thinking Huts, an international NGO that increases access to education by leveraging architectural scale 3D printing to build schools in partnership with communities in developing countries where they are needed. Managing teams based throughout the USA, France, Italy, and Madagascar, Maggie focuses on international project management and supply chain operations in the developing world.

Maggie and Thinking Huts have been featured in domestic and international media, including The Talk on CBS, the World Economic Forum, BBC World News, Forbes, Business Insider, and InStyle. She is also a TEDx speaker. Maggie graduated from CU Boulder, Leeds School of Business with a degree in Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship and a certificate in Social Responsibility and Ethics.

To learn more:

https://thinkinghuts.org

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