projects
running projects ...
crowd funding
The Garden of Wonders supports promising crowd funding projects that promote sustainability and development with their actions.
productive garden
No garden of wonders without the gifts of nature.
solar oven
With sun shining on over 320 days in Zanzibar, it is the ideal location for solar cookers. Thus, a concrete half-shell and tile mirror form a permanently heating hotplate for water, rice and beans. A special feature and cornerstone of the garden of wonders is the solar oven. This, only heated by the sun, serves the pizza production for the "SunschinePizzaria".
need to start soon...
composting
If someone wants to start the project? Gladly!
One of the most important components of the garden of wonders, the supply of nutrients for the plants, is not yet assured. A solution has already been found, but it has not been realizied yet.
There is a good video tutorial.
plant nursery
Who knows how to build a functioning nursery with simple tools? Plants are an essential part of the garden of wonders and many are grown from seeds. This still happens relatively unstructured and by chance. Creating a fixed place here and using it efficiently is an important building block in the garden of wonders.
solar collector
If someone wants to start the project? Gladly!
A solar collector is to be completed for the distillation of saline water. A semicircle made of cement with mirror tiles is to be built from concrete. Until now we are still in progress. The cement of the half-round has to be repaired and then glued with small mirror tiles. This is an important step towards an independent water supply.
water supply
The existing concept for the water supply has some weaknesses that need to be fixed. Perhaps a completely new strategy is needed. Better to build a well? Who would like to look into it and evaluate this on site?
BetterLife Visions
In traditional, not modern societies there are many marginalized groups who have little chance of changing their lives. Illiteracy alone prevents them from getting an education. Concepts are worked out with local people in how they can build a life for themselves. Here exists also the requirement that these are long-lived and have a positive environmental influence.
basic education
The Better Life Visions concept supports people who are willing to take their destiny into their own hands in order to work for a better life in the long run. Motivation and staying empowered are the most important prerequisites.
The biggest obstacle for independent work is in almost all cases the lack of school education. That is why the Better Life Visions also include basic instruction in writing and reading in Swahili, arithmetic and English. This is the only way to ensure that the skills and products lead to a lasting improvement in life, regardless of the Gardens of Wonders. In contrast to school education, these classes are integrated into everyday working life. Every day one hour before lunch is used for basic education. The aim of this strategy is to establish a culture of learning outside the competition.
ended projects
waterbottle watertower
The “waterbottle watertower project” shows a simple and easy way for low cost building and that there is still potential in the reuse of PET waterbottles.