RETREET BLOG

RETREET redefines disaster relief by engaging communities to replant lost trees.


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
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Happy Sunday, and welcome to SS&Tvol34!

The Bicycle Factory project has designed and built a custom generator that charges a removable lantern while students ride, giving children in rural villages in Ghana the ability to light their homes at night. Learn what tree would be best to plant in your yard and check out 10 wacky bicycle inventions that wound up on the Kickstarter cutting room floor.

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BICYCLE-GENERATED LIGHT

BICYCLE-GENERATED LIGHT

CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREE FOR YOUR YARD

CHOOSING THE RIGHT TREE FOR YOUR YARD

WACKY BIKE INVENTIONS

WACKY BIKE INVENTIONS

 


 
SUNDAY SHOW & TELL
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Some of our favorite links from the past week:

The Bamboo Bikes Initiative in Ghana teaches women how to build bicycles using resources that are available locally.

Qatar has epic plans to turn the desert into a lush forest.

Lance Armstrong give us a sneak peak into his new gig, fixing flats.

Ghost Forests allow us to know precisely when an earthquake struck.

Arbor Day and Earth Day are coming up fast! Lots of cause to celebrate. Get on your bikes and ride!