A crash course in changing the world.
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Added by Qasim Fakir on March 17, 2010 at 9:09am — No Comments
Food of the Future, Or the Future of Food?
Humans have always had a taste for simple, locally grown produce. It is only with the rise of globilisation that food has become an international affair. We refer to french cuisine, or fine british dining, and to some the wierd and not so pleasant chinese dishes. Before the global revolution, food was local, regional and simple.
In the future I envision people of the world eating traditional dishes prepared from locally…
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Food Security in South Africa, and especially Africa on a wh*** is global issue requiring input, help and innovative solutions from the global community. With the Western world's revolution to move from processed and chemically treated foods, to 'greener' organically grown foods, it is ultimately the poorer developing nations of Africa that stand to suffer. Farmers in these arid, water-scarce countries would rather opt to sell their best crops to giant European and North American importers…
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Where do I see myself in 10 years time? The answer is easy, right here, in Johannesburg, South Africa, doing what I love best- using the skills, tools and inofrmation I have gathered from the years at my research degree to implement, design and optimize solutions to the current energy crisis that our country is facing.
I am currently working on utilizing blended coal and biomass as a means for reducing carbon emissions and increasing combustion energy yield and so far the…
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For this assignment I have decided to shadow one of the grannies that actually take care of orphans of HIV/AIDs victims. It is amazing to see how resilient, innovative and… |
Added by Qasim Fakir on March 11, 2010 at 11:25am — 4 Comments
What does it mean to be a social innovator?
To me, I think being a social innovator is about not succ**bing to your circ**stances. To take charge of the innate ability within all of us to reach out and help our fellow humankind and channel this energy into making the world a better place for all.
No one is a victim of circ**stance, we are only victims of our own mental constructs.
A social innovator rises beyond these challenges, he/she seeks to understand why…
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