While one side of my brain keeps crunching the numbers, and working out that even if I process 25 photos a day it’s still going to take me at least 2 weeks to get these all done, the other side remains delighted at the images that are coming in….
So here are a few more to [...]

And so finally, I believe that it is time to announce the winner of the logo competition for Project Seres, and to thank not only the designers that submitted their ideas but everyone who gave their thoughts, comments and feedbacks on the various logos that were received – your time is deeply appreciated.
Through the online [...]

One morning, I woke up withthe word “Aquaponics” in my head…after spending the last few weeks researching and making contact with various experts, I am convinced that aquaponics could offer us an environmentally sustainable system to combat malnutrition in poor rural villages in Guatemala. I am now starting the learning and development phase, where I convert my friend’s backyard fishpond into an aquaponics experiment, and hopefully come up with something we can start building for low-cost using locally available materials.

SYNERGY: the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
New Oxford Dictionary of English
 
It was rather sadly and somewhat apprehensively that I said goodbye to my close friends Heather and Greg in Guatemala City two days ago. Heather [...]

As I sit here trying to get my head around “blogging”, I find my mind drifting back to the days when I swore that I would never have a mobile phone or a digital camera….
This is my first blog, an introduction to who I am, what this blog is about and an invitation to all to read, enjoy, comment and join me. Bienvenidos.

One person in five worldwide does not have access to clean drinking water – a figure that is only going to worsen as the pressures from climate change and population growth place increasing stresses on limited supplies…but what will happen when the taps run dry in London, New York or Sydney?