Green Options » sustainablity http://greenoptions.com/tag/sustainablity Posts tagged 'sustainablity' Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Play and Generate See-saw Electricity; This is Africa! http://ecoworldly.com/2008/04/02/play-and-generate-see-saw-electricity-this-is-africa/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/04/02/play-and-generate-see-saw-electricity-this-is-africa/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:57:17 +0000 Sam Aola Ooko http://ecoworldly.com/2008/04/02/play-and-generate-see-saw-electricity-this-is-africa/ children-on-see-saw.jpgAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so goes the old adage. But in Africa, green innovations by very creative and eco-imaginative minds seem to be turning this adage around, and perhaps we will soon hear of: “All work and play combined sustains a green Africa”.

It all started with the PlayPump, the water system that is a children’s merry-go-round attached to a water pump and storage tank that featured on Ecoworldly a while ago.

A see-saw that generates electricity when played on by children? Now there is this simple looking see-saw which when played on by children in Africa, generates electricity to help power up their school. It has no name yet but if this trend continues, it looks like Africa will be one very big playground for green play, literally.

You wanna play, somebody?

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