Category Archives: mazingira

on money

Posted on April 14, 2011 by jke

If money has been around on this planet for so many centuries, how come we (humans) are still at a very basic level to define the monetary value of things you can’t buy in shops? Am asking this since I … Continue reading →

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matching colours

Posted on August 3, 2009 by jke

How does this moth know it is actually sitting on a beige surface (here: the inner side of the window blind) that somehow matches its camouflage? I think it doesn’t actually know. How does this moth know it is actually … Continue reading →

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Kweli Sukari ya Tana ni Tamu?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by jke

In reference to this story on the ongoing Tana River delta issue in Kenya (shared by Afromusing on FB earlier today), let me pls also forward you to this website & this excellent series of video clips on this pressing … Continue reading →

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Flying Toilet 2.0

Posted on December 30, 2008 by jke

The Peepoo bag – an upgrade to the flying toilet issue: The Peepoo bag is a biodegradable bioplastic bag “that sanitise the human excreta shortly after the defecation, preventing the faeces from contaminating the immediate as well as the larger … Continue reading →

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alles Sondermüll

Posted on December 18, 2008 by jke

Eine sehr gute Dokumentation von Kathrin Latsch namens “Die grüne Revolution” über Braungart/McDonough, den Stoffkreislauf für technologische und biologische Nährstoffe und mit jeder Menge guter Praxisbeispiele – die vom NDR leider auf den unmöglichsten Sendeplatz überhaupt gesetzt wurde: in der … Continue reading →

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