Incredible results have already been seen, including a 280% increase in maize crop yield zone under the tree canopy compared with the zone outside the tree canopy in Malawi.
via Treehugger.com
Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words
The National - Baby, We’ll Be Fine
Joanna Newsom - The Book of Right-On
Kenya’s biggest mobile phone company, Safaricom Ltd., launched the nation’s first solar-charged phone this month. The handset comes with a regular electrical charger and a solar panel that charges the phone using the sun’s rays, company CEO Michael Joseph told CNN by telephone.
Retailing at about $35, the phones were manufactured by Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp. Safaricom plans to make an initial supply of 100,000 phones available.
“People are excited about these phones,” Joseph said. “I expect to be sold out in a week.”
Does anyone else find it awkward that environmentally conscious consumers are willing to pay a premium for a bottle of water from a country on the other side of the world where the inhabitants of that country die from lack of access to clean water?
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
A fitting article from McSweeney’s considering the recent move…
The Maccabees - About Your Dress
