Tales from the Missionary Hut: The Eco fridge
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How can you keep your food fresh and your drinking water cool in a hot third world country? The pot-fridge is the latest in a range of savvy inventions for the poor in the developing world. An idea revived by NGOs working in Africa, this nifty invention is now being used by farmers and their families in warm climates to preserve their food and keep the insects away. This desert cooler does not require electricity or any power source, apparently making it ideal for poor rural villages and sustainable living fans. According to the NGOs, a pot-fridge will keep your tomatoes fresh for almost three weeks and all it takes is some sand, water and two pots. Is it time to give up on ‘white goods’ and get earthy? The programme shows us how to make one.
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kjahern
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The S.L.A.G. is still a few sticks short of a bundle, and the film hits the spot too; the eco-fridge showing how much of Western aid for Africa only smooths over Africa's rough spots by doing things like donating old schoolbooks. Not a bad thing considering how many rough spots Africa has, but if a doctor gave a patient a choice between medicine that would temper an illness and medicine that would cure it you wouldn't find many takers for the first kind. In other words, no more Second or Third World.
- 2 years ago
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kjahern
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CeriD
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Fridge pot pot fridge whatever its called it may be popular with NGOs but its just mad & wrong.Give me a fancy frdge freezer with an ice maker & lets not imagine our peers in the developing world want anything less - great spoof.
- 2 years ago
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CeriD
