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Toilets rarer than cellphones in SA

As World Toilet Day was celebrated around the globe, South Africans were met with the shocking realisation that more people have access to cellphones in the country than toilets. According to the latest figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats...

Using nature’s genius in architecture

How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops and drawing energy from...