house & garden
the love of a gift well-wrapped PDF Print E-mail

A gift is about love and care, not the price tag. And how it's presented says it all, according to researchers. Taking the care and effort in making it look and feel special actually makes a difference to how much value your loved one will set by it.
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extracting water from air PDF Print E-mail

The worst drought in decades has brought water, and where to get it from, top-of-mind for everyone in Kenya. It has also drawn into the country some of the world's newest technology, that, quite literally, makes drinking water from thin air, albeit at a cost of some heavy electricity use.
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something is cooking in the kitchen business PDF Print E-mail

As homes go up, kitchens are spreading out, with an emerging industry in Kenya for kitchen fittings and all-in-one designer kitchens, ranging from a more modest Sh80,000 all the way through to price tags closer to Sh3m. The draw, say customers, lies in the look, the feel and the sheer convenience of a truly 'designed' kitchen.
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making money and goods – instead of poisons PDF Print E-mail

Money can be made from your garbage. Better than that, if you sign-up for some of Nairobi's emerging recycling services, your waste will start going to good use, instead of to the open burning that is poisoning your children and giving Kenya one of the highest pneumonia rates in the world.
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when dead wood is good wood PDF Print E-mail

Stuck between tree shortages and a path to a livelihood, Kenya's wood industries are now moving to take up 'good wood' projects and certification, being promoted as a dual solution to the nation's forestry problems, with both environmental and economic pay-offs.
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