Came across a wood carver and his son working a piece of rose wood for the tourist trade somewhere on the road between Nairobi and Amboseli National Park, Kenya, Africa. Raises the issue of balance between the "right" to make a living and the alternative use of natural resources.

Geothermal Water Still Video

Fish Scaling along Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Local fishermen scaling his fish for market. The availability of fish in Lake Naivasha has declined due to the severe drought conditions, excessive extraction of water from the Lake by international flower farms and reduction of indigenous forest cover in the Mau Forest Complex.

The continued livelihood of these fishing communities depends on a equitable allocation of water resources and the restoration of the watersheds within the Mau Forest Complex.

Freshwater from Geothermal in Kenya Africa

Came across this impressive use of human ingenuity to solve a common problem - lack of freshwater. In the village of Eburro Market in the Lake Naivasha region (Kenya, Africa), the local folks have figured out how to harness geothermal steam released up to through vents. In the adjoining photo you can see the apparatus. Basically, what they do is drive a corrugated pipe to approximately 10 feet down one of these steam vents. The steam rises up through the pipe and condenses in a 55 gallon drum on a 15% slant. Excess steam continues rising up and out the vent while the condensed water streams out the barrel into the upright catchment barrel. Low tech means of safely securing all the water they need.

As the children return from school, they fill up water containers at the family's "steam-trap water-converter" and hurry home.