Good news for the eco-friendly car lovers out there: South Africa’s roads will soon see the emerge of the first home-bred (six-seater!) electric car called Joule! The chassis has been designed to accommodate two large-cell lithium ion battery packs, but since research shows that 99 percent of urban users drive less than 150km a day, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
SA’s First Electric Car
Posted in 5 yards of Eden, Azania from a street-level window, Eco-awareness, I write what I like, tagged electric cars, joule, south africa, sustainability on 1 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greening the Ghetto
Posted in 5 yards of Eden, Black knowledge, Eco-awareness, I write what I like, tagged eco-racism, environmental activism, marjora carter, sustainability, ted on 29 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I watched this video a while back, back in the days when I still had high-speed internet at my disposal. Marjora Carter, she moved me big time & is a true inspiration for me. How much we are possible to change the world, our world, if we just set our mind on it…
Wear Locally
Posted in Azania from a street-level window, Beauty Beyond Shelves, I write what I like, tagged eco-living, fashion, johannesburg, local, second hand, south africa, sowearto, stoned cherrie, sun goddess, sustainability on 22 September, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This weekend I went on a shopping trip with my dear sistah-friend & fellow Afro-Berlinoise Royalty Imeh. We got high high high & carried away on afro-chic clothes. Imeh can reason though: She’d never find these Steve Biko, Angela Davis, I Love My Africa tees anywhere in Germany. High quality, made on African soil, no sweat [...]
Green Gold Celebrations
Posted in 5 yards of Eden, Azania from a street-level window, I write what I like, Our Bodies, Our Temples, Projects & organisations, Raw foods, Time to Bloom: Fleur's everyday good, tagged my life, ngos, organisations, permaculture, projects, Raw foods, south africa, sustainability on 25 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wrote my last but one exam today. Most probably my last but one written economic exam ever. Everrrrr. Yeah, baby, yeah! Man, I just celebrated so appriopriately. Champagne is for rookies. Green Gold is the way to go. Today: True Royalty Mango & Sassy Spinach. Green smoothie celebrations, yay. Am off tomorrow morning to a [...]
