I was in my local organic coffee shop this morning, reading the label on a bottle of One water while waiting for my latte. It turns out that the profits from every bottle go to a South African company which installs PlayPumps. And this is where it get interesting.
PlayPumps are children-powered water pumps. But it’s not slave labour, it’s far more effective and simple than that. The kids are given a roundabout to play on and the roundabout powers a pump, delivering water into a nearby storage tank. Now that’s brilliant lateral thinking.
Pierre Labadie wrote:
Hey,
i’m leading a research on Internet and Music (pretty vague isn’t it ;-) ), and I’d like to talk to you about it… in private ! Could you leave me an email where I can write to you about it ? My adress: labadie.pierre@gmail.com.
Hope to hear from you,
PL.
bruce wrote:
Blimey. That’s genius.
Mike Holloway wrote:
That’s a brilliant idea. They should make one using a zee-saw next.
Richard Harrison wrote:
Personal Value Precedes Network Value!
I guess this an offline example of “The Del.icio.us Lesson” :-).
Science wrote:
I wonder who invented this pimps. I hope our scientists will share African’s experience