Wind energy is set to take off as construction has started on a new facility in Atlantis that would churn out 150 three-section wind towers per year. This is GRI Wind Steel South Africa’s new 12 000 m² wind tower mast production facility in the Green Technology Industrial Park in Atlantis. It is hoped that this facility will be completed in October 2014. This is the first … [Read more...]
The rhythm of the coffee can
My reason for choosing the 'Coffee-Can Drum' craft is; when I observe a young child banging on different surfaces two things becomes very clear; tapping on things comes very natural to us and forms part of how we discover this world. It is understandably then that drums are omnipresent in our world and that it is also one of the oldest musical instruments dating back to … [Read more...]
Where do we go with our polystyrene?
When I think of Polystyrene my mind conjures pictures of drinking cups, egg trays, meat trays and picnic plates. This spongy material is called Expanded Polystyrene (EPS). EPS was invented in 1952 by BASF. It is a lightweight cellular material derived from petroleum and natural gas by-products. It is initially produced as small beads containing a blowing agent. The beads … [Read more...]
