Fundraising – The Dung Beetle Project https://dungbeetle.africa An Alliance Earth Environmental Education Art Project Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:21:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://dungbeetle.africa/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-dungbeetle-icon-32x32.jpg Fundraising – The Dung Beetle Project https://dungbeetle.africa 32 32 Watch the Dung Beetle Project in action, as it turns plastic waste into energy. https://dungbeetle.africa/2018/12/14/watch-the-dung-beetle-project-in-action-as-it-turns-plastic-waste-into-energy/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:44:23 +0000 https://dungbeetle.africa/?p=655 Dung beetles- small but mighty and sacred to the ancient Egyptians for a good reason. They’re a symbol of the re-birth of hope, and a new future for our planet and humankind. That’s why they’re the namesake of the Dung Beetle Project. The Dung Beetle Project has launched big plans for 2019. We’ve got the [...]

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]]> Dung beetles- small but mighty and sacred to the ancient Egyptians for a good reason. They’re a symbol of the re-birth of hope, and a new future for our planet and humankind. That’s why they’re the namesake of the Dung Beetle Project.

The Dung Beetle Project has launched big plans for 2019. We’ve got the ball rolling, but we need everyone’s help to keep the momentum going and create a global change.

1.2 billion kilograms of plastic waste is littering South Africa every year. The Dung Beetle Project can process hundreds of kilograms of this waste every day and turn this trash into energy. The short term results are incredible. But the long term results are far reaching and life changing, not only to Africa, but to the world, the environment, our planet and humanity.

Watch our video to see the impact the Dung Beetle Project is having, plus learn about our goals for 2019. Sign up for our newsletter to join us on this journey and learn how everyone can help turn an enormous problem into a global solution.

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]]> Join the Dung Beetle crew getting their groove on to celebrate the invention that will help clean up the planet. https://dungbeetle.africa/2018/03/08/join-dung-beetle-celebration/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:40:21 +0000 http://dungbeetle.africa/?p=201 We are building the Dung Beetle, a larger-than-life, recycled metal machine that takes up plastic waste, which would normally fill our land-fills and oceans, and converts it into fuel. In this case it is plastic bottles that are being gasified and turned into LPG gas and diesel. Enough fuel is produced to keep the Beetle [...]

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]]> We are building the Dung Beetle, a larger-than-life, recycled metal machine that takes up plastic waste, which would normally fill our land-fills and oceans, and converts it into fuel. In this case it is plastic bottles that are being gasified and turned into LPG gas and diesel. Enough fuel is produced to keep the Beetle going once it starts up. This is a small fun-raiser to introduce you all to the Dung Beetle project.

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The Dung Beetle will be making its debut at AfrikaBurn 2018. It will use the converted plastic fuel to power its live musical performances – including pyrotechnics! After the Burn, the Beetle will be rolled out into developing communities across Africa, where people can bring their collected plastic waste and have it transformed into usable, clean fuel. This fuel can be used for cooking and powering vehicles, in a more environmentally friendly way than conventional petrol.

Our current Beetle will be the blue print for technical drawings that will be available for free to anyone that wants to build one, and will available through the website. We are excited to partner with other groups and organizations that are urgently seeking to recycle and up-cycle plastic waste.

We have received some initial funding from AfrikaBurn, but we still require more to finalise this build. You are invited to come join the crew in celebration of an invention that can help clean up the planet! (And to get your groove on!)

Venue: Kitchener’s, Johannesburg
Date: 24 March 2018
House, Kwaito and Balkan beats!

 

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