Tag: Ghana
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Burro Brings Sustainable Power to Ghana's Poor
In Ghana, where electricity reaches only about 16 percent of people outside major cities, residents rely heavily on batteries -- to power the flashlights, radios, and cell phones that allow
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Film Review: To Buy, To Throw Away, To Buy; the Secret History of Planned Obsolescence
Last month, Catalan TV3 just aired a new documentary called "comprar, llençar, comprar", meaning "to buy, to throw away, to buy" in Catalan, right on time for the christmas shopping and the winter sales which started this week. You can now watch the
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"Emerging Ghana" Wins Open Source House Competition for Local, Modular, and Efficient Design
Last year, Enviu, known for the sustainable dance floor and club, launched the Open Source House project, a platform to share much needed sustainable and affordable housing solutions. The goal of their first competition, in which 3100 architects
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African Soccer Team Jerseys by Puma will Promote Biodiversity at World Cup
Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green
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Chocolatier Cadbury Delivers 5,000 Bicycles to Ghana, Africa
Cadbury dropped us a line to let us know they're in the midst of delivering 5,000 bicycles to Ghana, Africa. As the video advert above shows the bikes will likely see use as delivery vans, ambulances, water trucks and school buses, as they are used by
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Solar-Powered Bags: A Bright Idea for Africa?
Can an urban hipster's trendy tote also serve the needs of poor Africans? AfriGadget's Erik Hersman is traveling through Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, meeting with motorcycle
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Short Documentary Shows Toxic Trail of "Recycled" E-Waste Leads Overseas
Ever wonder what happens to all your old PCs, broken keyboards and ink cartridges? If you take your electronics to recyclers, you probably have visions of workers in well-ventilated
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Learn How to Make Your Own Bamboo Bike in One-Weekend, Plus Support a Good Cause
If you ever get a hankering to merge your love of DIY projects, bamboo and bicycling, plus want to support a good cause in the process, then look no further than Bamboo Bike Studio's two day bike manufacturing course. The only
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Bamboo Mountain Bikes are Growing on Calfee Design
Bamboo has long been a material of interest for TreeHugger. And, of course, bicycles are, in the words of Julie Andrews, one of our favourite things. When the two hang out together it is extra exciting and such is the case to learn via Wired that Craig
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"Economic Colonialism" Rears Its Ugly Head in African Biofuel Market
This is one for those people who don't believe labor and social justice issues are intimately
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What is Black Soap?
Black Soap, also known as African Black Soap (Anago Soap, Alata Simena,or Ose Dudu), has long been used to heal problem skin. Its good for thinning fine lines, evening out dark spots, eczema, razor bumps and eliminating blemishes.
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Submerged Forests to be Harvested in Ghana, Touted As Way to Slow Tropical Deforestation
Of all the ways proposed to monitor, slow or stop deforestation around the world this may be a first: Reuters is reporting that Ghana is looking to harvest 14 million cubic meters (494.4 million cubic feet) of timber that was submerged 40 years ago
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Ruby Red Offers Organic Lemon Shea Butter For Summer
All of Ruby Red's
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Low-Tech Solutions from High-Tech Minds
In its latest issue, GOOD Magazine has a great feature up on the doings of MIT's D-Lab - they call it "an elite unit of low-tech mercenaries" - which seeks to find simple solutions to drastically improve the quality of
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Global Mamas
These great looking summer dresses were designed in England and made in Ghana, as a result of an interesting international collaboration. The Ethical Fashion Forum teamed up with Tabeisa, to run a competition, Design4Life, to link young designers with
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Butta Bamboo Undies
We do prattle on about the virtues of bamboo (renewable, fast growing, minimal synthetic agri-chemicals, soft hand, biodegradable and so on), as well as the development of fair trade (decent wages and conditions for workers). Well, here appears to be a
