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One Percent for the Planet

One Percent for the Planet

Welcome to 2012. Another year, and the challenges facing us didn’t seem to go away over the December break (for those fortunate enough to have had one). Last year I wrote a post about the founder of Patagonia, and at least about his relationship with Walmart. I

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Walking on Water – the Mythbuster attempt

In July 2010 I posted a story about a clip on YouTube of a bunch of guys (including one South African) who were able to walk on water (it’s had over 10 million views). They called it Liquid Mountaineering. Their secret was simple, put on a pair

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S.M. Lockridge – It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Coming

It’s Friday (today). But Sunday’s Coming. For 2.2 billion people around the world, this Easter weekend is a central focus of their faith. For many children (and adults, me included) chocolate eggs and bunnies are a lighter part of that focus as well. For the last few

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Today is One Day Without Shoes Day – are you going barefoot? I am

You’re forgiven if you haven’t heard about ‘One Day Without Shoes‘. It is however a great project. The idea is driven / created by TOMS Shoes: With every pair of shoes you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One

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Navigating our Global Future – Another of my TED Vid picks

Everyone knows, or should know TED? It’s my favourite online resource. Packed not only with amazing diversity of topics with a future slant, but occasionally a superb speaker is featured, who’s worth letting the world know about. In that light, I figured it may be useful, from time

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Finding available jobs in SA on my iPad/iPhone was easier than I thought – Indeed

Michelle Atagana had an interesting post on Memeburn last week, ‘Indeed: Search jobs, don’t browse‘. She showcases a new Job Search engine called Indeed. Indeed.co.za describes itself as: Indeed is the #1 job site worldwide, with over 40 million unique visitors and 1 billion job searches per

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Is Tesla the car company of the future?

Meet Elon Musk, care-of Wikipedia: “Musk was born and raised in South Africa, the son of a South African engineer and a Canadian mother who worked as a New York City dietitian and model. Musk bought his first computer at age 10 and taught himself how to

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Recycle Message from MASSCASH

I just came back from a 3 conference with MASSCASH. They’re a client I’ve done work with for around 7 years now. I don’t spend a large amount of time with them during the year, and during the last few years have only been involved at their

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MTN uses Eskom as a back-up. That’s Ayoba!

An article on MyBroadband caught my attention recently while doing some research. The story is about MTN installing it’s own methane powered generator. In an effort to increase savings for MTN through the development of a self-sustaining power supply initiative MTN has invested in a 2-megawatt (MW),

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Designed by women – can you tell?

A great little ‘image test’ appeared on FastCompany last week. It’s a focus on architecture and whether you can tell by looking at a building whether it’s been designed by a woman or a man? I couldn’t tell very easily at all. I thought I was being

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