Just before Christmas Jane and I visited MOO HQ to pick up our MOO Award. As you can tell from the photo below left, we were very pleased to be there. The MOO people have described the visit with words and pictures here. The picture below right is proof that MOO is as cool on the [...]
The Kit Yamoyo Song – tell us what you think and tweet!
10 September 2012 by 21 Comments
We have commissioned two songs to be used in the promotion of the Kit Yamoyo. Here’s the first one produced for us by T-Boy, Zambian Reggae/Dancehall superstar - let us know what you think – if you like it and use Twitter please tweet it! Listen on SoundCloud.
Supply chain theory in 140 characters
18 January 2012 by 12 Comments
One of the good things about Twitter is that in concentrates the mind. Can you get your thought, your hypothesis, your joke or witticism down to just 140 characters? As we’ve got deeper and deeper into the ColaLife project a hypothesis has been developing about supply chains. I’ve been trying to get this hypothesis down to 140 [...]
Honda | The Power of Dreams
28 September 2011 by 8 Comments
Regular readers will know of my involvement in Honda’s Dream Factory where Honda have brought together nine ‘Cultural Engineers’ who are doing interesting things. Honda is supporting us in our work in various ways. So far, ColaLife has been part of a week-long exhibition in Brick Lane, held last summer (2010) and this August (2011) ColaLife was [...]
ColaLife enters the mainstream popular and academic media
15 September 2011 by 2 Comments
As we build up to our move to Zambia to oversee an independently evaluated trial of the ColaLife concept, interest in what we are trying to achieve has reached new levels. In the last few weeks we have had three mentions in HELLO! Magazine (@hellomag) with a full-page spread in the 22 August 2011 issue. [...]
The boys complete day 1 with just one fall #colalifeD2D
8 September 2011 by 1 Comment
Well the boys made it to the end of Day 1 of the ColaLife D2D ride nearly unscathed. There was a minor fall apparently with only minor damage (bike or person wasn’t specified in the tweet). You can follow all the excitement(!) by keeping an eye on the hashtag #colalifeD2D. A fun way to do this [...]
Another innovation using PET bottles
3 August 2011 by 4 Comments
Regular readers will know that we are very interested in the SODIS process which uses clear plastic bottles and sunlight to kill the pathogens in water and make it safe to drink (previous blogs on SODIS). Well here is another innovative use for PET bottles which I was pointed to today through Twitter. A sun [...]
Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction
11 April 2011 by 1 Comment
Last Thursday I highlighted a public webinar that then took place on Friday (8/4/11) to discuss the report on the ‘Poverty Footprinting’ work undertaken by SABMiller, Coca-Cola and Oxfam in Zambia and El Salvador. ‘Poverty Footprinting’ is a technique being used by Oxfam to assess the impacts big businesses have on the local communities they operate [...]
ColaLife on the BBC World Service this Monday (8/11/10)
5 November 2010 by 9 Comments
It all started with a tweet. This one: Two weeks ago I was driving through Lusaka listening to Claudia Hammond’s ‘Health Check’ programme on the BBC World Service which transmits on FM in Lusaka. At the end of the programme Claudia said she was on Twitter, so I tweeted. A series of exchanges resulted in [...]
ColaLife sneaks onto Amazon
22 April 2010 by Leave a Comment
Do a search on ColaLife in Amazon and this book pops up. Why? Because its author, Chris Arnold, is a ColaLife supporter and writes about ColaLife. He says: FROM HUMANITARISM TO PLANETARISM <snip> The power of the web for good and bad is just amazing. What starts as a small group can soon become massive [...]
