African toys
Kateko is a proudly African doll who looks dashing in her traditional Xitsonga garb.
It is just one of the many unusual Afrocentric toys you can find at the African Toy Shop in Johannesburg, established six months ago by human rights consultant Greg Moran. Read more
Filed Under Uncategorized
That’s what we call changing the view
It would be just another eccentric building in Dubai, a city famous for all kind of excesses, but it turns out that Italian architect David Fisher’s new project is also a pretty green one. The 700 million U.S. Dollars skyscraper, that rotates 360 degrees around its central column - each floor rotating independently, so it creates a pretty cool movement - not only uses wind turbines to generate its power, but might also be able to provide energy to the urban area surrounding it. The plan is to also have photovoltaic panels on the roof and generate 7 million dollars worth energy every year. Makes me wonder if we are facing the future…
Filed Under Environment, Modern Life
Home is the most important thing
A picture of Nicki Sucec’s work: Home is the Most Important Place in the World
I have been really homesick lately. Most of the time, when saudade hits me hard, what I think of is my house: my living room window, my dining table, the painting on my wall, these little things inside a place that make it feel like home. And these little things are precisely what homeless people don’t have.
Filed Under Art, Human Rights, Modern Life
Eco-tourism school in Ecuador
In a recent Geotourism Challenge, competition sponsored by Ashoka’s Changemakers and National Geographic, was Yachana Foundation and Lodge, an education and sustainable development project for the youth from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Like it says here, the Yachana Technical High School is the only school in Ecuador that offers a degree in Eco-tourism and Sustainable Development.
Filed Under Environment, History & traditions, Media & Society
Human rights for apes
The Spanish parliament has given its approval to a proposal by the Great Ape Project to offer official recognition for the right to life of apes. Read more
Filed Under Diversity, Environment, Human Rights
No more skipping school
Mobile classrooms have been around forever, but they usually consisted of a rickety bus, an underpaid teacher, and twenty books, moving from slum to slum. Now, a British architectural company has developed a prototype for the Classroom of the Future - a high tech pod on wheels. Read more
Filed Under Technology
Just fake it!
“I need some one to fix my hymen. A trained medical doctor most preferably, but any one with the appropriate screw nuts, and can help patch me up pretty neatly is welcome.
Filed Under History & traditions, Modern Life