Jacques du Toit Cape Town municipality, Environment Resources Management Cape Town, SA

Mugendi K. M’Rithaa Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Informatics & Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, SA

Thierry-Alban Revert South African Council for Organic Development and Sustainability (SACODAS) Pretoria, SA

David Christer Architect and Eco-designer, Eco-Forum; Centre for Appropriate Technology- South Africa (CATSA) Johannesburg, SA

Jacques du Toit Cape Town municipality, Environment Resources Management Cape Town, SA

Mugendi K. M’Rithaa Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Informatics & Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town, SA

From the 20th to the 24th of February, the first CCSLA workshop will take place in Cape Town, South Africa. It will be based on two appointments: – the Design Exercise with the students, where they will be asked to reflect, analyse and re-think the cases of Creative Communities they found in their previous research [...]

Claim: A stand-by team of volunteer mountain rescuers dedicated to Table Mountain. Place: Cape Town, South Africa Service idea: An emergency rescue service by volunteer members who are within the proximity of Table Mountain in Cape Town.

Claim: Rehabilitation counselling through technology Place: Cape Town, South Africa Service Idea: A group of rehabilitated drug addicts and gangsters reach out to existing drug addicts through Mxit; a cell-phone based social network.

Claim: Eisinia Foetida (Magic Wiggler Worms) for producing compost from kitchen waste. Place: Paternoster, West Coast. Service idea: The Wise Worm factory’s purpose is to consume organic waste and produce worm composting and “worm tea” (used as a pesticide) from fruits and vegetable peels as well as egg cartons & newspapers from guest houses, restaurants, [...]