Batandwa Alperstein's Blog (10)

It seems there is no-one in my city who uses the bartering skills system. It just shows that for initiatives like this to succeed, localisation is key.

I believe that the future of money will turn to real things. People will lose hope in the numbers-based currencies of today as their retirements disappear, etc. More and more people will begin to see wealth as tangible things rather than 'money'. Continue

In order to bring attention to the need for clean water, we will host a fashion show that is all glitz and glamour but that shows the effect of no water in the clothing production process. A hotshot fashion designer like Tom Ford would be creative director to attract the right crowd. Continue

I chose project for two almost superficial reasons: firstly, they have an amazing website (http://cleanwaterproject.net) which is quite unusual for a non-profit volunteer organisation. secondly, the group that runs the project is called Give Us Wings and I think this is a notion that all 'aid' related organisations could take note of - the point is not to fly people around, but rather to give them wings to fly themselves through… Continue

My favourite sound in the universe is BASS. I believe that the universe was created through bass - come on now, the Big Bang, the Word, whatever it was, you have to admit, it was probably a bass frequency. Well anyway, in 2020, the rest of the world has woken up to the sacredness of bass and an international holiday has been declared to celebrating Bass and all things bassy. Continue

I do boxing and we spend a lot of energy on skipping so I figured there must be an opportunity to exploit this somehow to create energy.

Then my mind went to the next level of design - how?

As you can see below, a boxing skipping rope is made of heavy leather rope and sturdy handles.…

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So I'm taking this opportunity to build on my previous Imagine post about Vertical Farming...



In 2020, I will be eating a nutritious meal that it provided to all city subscribers. The business model of the vertical farm is built on a subscriber basis, where you pay a small monthly fee to have access to daily nutrious meals.



This meal, which I am sharing with my company for lunch, is a sushi meal. we have sashimi, maki and nigiri as well as a lovely japanese salad. All the food… Continue

I thought I'd take this opportunity to introduce an awesome organisation working in my home city - Cape Town, South Africa. It's called Abalimi Bezekhaya and they operate as a NGO. they describe themselves as an urban agriculture environmental action group who aim to:



"assist individuals, groups and community based organisations to initiate and maintain permanent organic food growing and nature conservation projects as the basis for sustainable… Continue

I have a chosen to shadow Charles Maisel for one reason - I think he is crazy. I have heard him talk on two occasions and both times he blew my mind with the oddness of his thoughts. Continue

In life, I believe, the only way to live is to do. So if one has a dream and it involves you achieving some sort of action, then you must go where it is your dream plays out and get into the action. If your dream is to build the world's fastest car, go to the Grand Prix, quite literally. Continue