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Tag: sustainable living

  • Fair trade

    Fair trade: In a nutshell: I do not put a value on my product/service; the user/consumer determines the value of my product/service. Well, that’s my opinion of fair trade….

  • Occupy Wall Street gets more organized

    The media lambasted them for not being organized. Well, looks to me like they are getting organized. Let’s occupy the JSE!

  • Occupy the JSE – United for Global Change – 15 October

    Occupy the JSE – United for Global Change – 15 October

    Time: 8am, Saturday 15 October Place: Johannesburg Stock Exchange 1 Exchange Square Gwen Lane, Sandown, Sandton Johannesburg, South Africa Starting at Wall Street and now spreading all over the world, people are rising up in their numbers to voice their opposition and protest against the wealthy elites and government representatives looting the world and creating…

  • The Awesome Power Of Sunlight

    This is mindblowing, watch how researchers use 2 square meters of sunlight (as much as 3 people sunbathing would gather), focus it and MELT ROCKS! That’s right, melt rocks. Now if we can do this, why can’t we use this tech to generate power and much, much more. Jem Stansfield travels to the Solar Furnace…

  • The family home dug from a hillside and built with scraps scavenged from skips

    This guy is amazing. He has built himself a beautiful house for almost nothing. And now he lives in it comfortably with his wife & 2 children. You can get the full story on his website: http://www.simondale.net/house/family.htm   This guy wins ‘father of the year’ in my book!