Our relationship with water needs a Refresh

It’s that time of year again when bloggers get together in force to spread the word about Blog Action Day and the topic of the moment. This year’s focus is on Water, such an essential element of survival that many of us take completely for granted. In less developed parts of the world, and, in [...]

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Embrace Technology, Save the Earth – Join Blog Action Day

My environmental action plan is simple, keep what I do simple, don’t use more than I need and work from home embracing digital technology. What’s your approach?

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Earth Mosaic celebrates Earth Day in Photos

April the 22 is not only election day in South Africa but also one of the days set aside to celebrate the Planet, Earth Day. An inspiring project called Earth Mosaic aims to celebrate a day in the life of Planet Earth with an International Earth photography project. Calling all photographers and Earth-lovers … Help [...]

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Vote with your light switch – Earth Hour 28-03-09

The fact that we are in the middle of a climate crisis might have slipped the mind of a few of us due to the economic crisis currently hitting us, so Earth Hour comes along as a nice little reminder while we’re all distracted by all the other challenges we’re grappling with. 2,848 cities, towns [...]

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Springwise: See-saw power for schools

Human powered energy generators are on the rise and many different designs have been surfacing in the last year or so. This one uses an existing fun activity to produce some much needed energy. Daniel Sheridan, a student in consumer product design, won three separate awards amounting to GBP 5,500 earlier this year for his [...]

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2 eco-friendly bikes from different sides of the tech divide

The one is a slick, high tech hydrogen cell powered beauty which I would love to get my hands on and the other, a humble, down-to-earth bamboo construction which I wouldn’t mind trying out either. Both aim to approach 21st Century transportation in an innovative yet clean way, but don’t expect these to meet each [...]

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AfriGadget » Dr. Ngalande’s Sugar & Yeast Generator

Dr. Ngalande’s Sugar and Yeast Power Generator Just off chatting with White Africa, A.K.A. Hash, blog master of AfriGadget.com who lives in the US. I thought I’d take another look at AfriGadget and see if I can find anything which sparks my interest. Step onto the scene a Sugar & Yeast Powered Generator This invention(by [...]

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My ethically focused agency idea gathers momentum

found on http://www.theethicalagency.co.uk No this is not my business, of course not, not yet that is. I’ve come across quite a few UK based agencies of this nature in the last few years and it’s been my mission for a while to start one here in South Africa. TEA – The Ethical Agency, is a [...]

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Ad Designed with no electricity, Ogilvy tackles Power Crisis

I found this interesting story on biz-community.com Ogilvy Cape Town’s art director Jennifer Macfarlane and copy writer Cuan Cronwright are the winners of The Times Young Creatives Competition, held 23 – 26 February 2008 at this year’s Design Indaba Expo. A PR stunt no doubt saw creatives pitting their skills against each other in a [...]

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Simple resources to combat Global Warming

Working on the SA Climate Crisis logo design for Andre Bothma, lead me to finding some interesting resources online. There’s a ton of stuff out there to help us focus on cutting down our carbon footprints and live a life which is less taxing on the environment. One site in particular, live-the-solution.com, has a collection [...]

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Eco-friendly organisation – why kill trees to keep yourself organized?

I’m always excited when I see new products attempting to make life easier, simpler and more eco-friendly. The more beneficial a product is to the user and to the environment the higher it ranks in my book. Having hunted around for quite a while for the perfect organisational tools, this latest find seems really promising [...]

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The coolest Eco Footprints I’ve seen

When we talk about carbon footprints we think about those forms we fill in online which ask us all kinds of probing questions about our homes, our cars and our activities which impact the planet. William McDonough’s book cradle to cradle discusses the concept of re-thinking how we design things extensively and gives us a [...]

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