Tag: maasai
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Efficiency & sustainability
I do this work because it amazes me every day. It also stuns me and shakes me. A month ago my friend Jackson, our liaison at the maasai community of Nkiito had an accident. Actually the motorbike taxi driver had an accident and unfortunately Jackson was on the back, returning from posting some jewellery to…
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Almost there!!!!
Fantastic news, out of the blue. Since writing in February, I just heard from our amazing volunteers that they’ve almost managed to raise all the funds needed to put the XPRIZE-winning adiabatic water unit into Nkiito. The main adiabatic unit is available now from Island Sky and we’re now collecting quotes and negotiating discounts to…
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Man v Beast
We’ve just heard about the destructive situation going on in Amboseli. It started as tragedy with the loss of one young maasai boy’s life. Politics and money have now escalated the situation into a maasai killing spree of wildlife outside the National Park limits.
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Its not as bad as you think
Today Ray Kurzweil announced the launch of the Abundance Book which promotes the simple message that “we’re living during an incredible day and age” .. “the realization that the world is getting better at an accelerating rate“. Having just watched Cool It by Bjørn Lomborg I’m totally up for the positive outlook; concentrating on what…
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Appreciating rain
I just spoke to the volunteers, all huddled in a mud hut in the village waiting for the rains to stop. Twice a year the rains fall on the Amboseli plains of Kilimanjaro, literally bringing life. Within hours the “Savanna” – the semi-arid landscape made up of grassland, plains, kopjes, and marshes – changes. There are very few trees…