When I arrive home after a stressful day at the office I like to put my feet up for an hour or so and watch something on the tele as many people do. Two nights in a row my viewing choices were environmentally focussed. I started with “An Inconvenient Truthâ€, a documentary/presentation style movie by [...]
Category Archives: Sustainability
22
April
2007
A lesson in appreciation - Water is better than gold
Life in Cairo has many twists and turns to it and no two days are quite the same. Since yesterday we have had no water in our building. In fact a few square kilometers of Cairo has no water and I have no idea why. Cairo being the place that it is word travels fast [...]
15
April
2007
One Laptop for every child
One of the very promising projects out there aimed at growing a brighter future for children worldwide is the “One Laptop” project.
�It’s an education project, not a laptop project.�
� Nicholas Negroponte
Our goal: To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.
The project’s origins go back more [...]
4
August
2006
The 3 Bulls and the Lion
There is a legend about a lion and three bulls who were in the jungle. One of them was white, one was yellow, and one was black. The lion was not able to eat these three bulls because if he came near them, they would all stand up together, and each one of them would [...]
3
May
2006
Village Earth Appropriate Technology - DIY sustainable villages
I’m surprised I didn’t stumble across this valuable resource sooner. I’ve been considering setting in motion a plan to move out of the city and establish a sustainable village out in the country side somewhere. Myself and a friend have since started debating how we need to start appraching this idea and some of the [...]
