Why is copra a problem?
It is time-consuming, dirty, lonely, arduous, male-dominated, fuel-intensive and low-paying work. Over a period of 5-8 days, the white...
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- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Establishing the Virgin Coconut Oil industry in Liberia, West Africa.
After five years in LIberia Kent & Landis decided to address what people were asking of them...
- Sep 30, 2020
- 4 min
A near-smokeless evening brings a new beginning.
Within a few days a whole village turned from burning wood to charcoal. A story by Anthony Matelaomao. Evenings in the coastal village of...
- Sep 15, 2020
- 1 min
How it all started...
A 60 second animation describing why we do what we do.
- Aug 4, 2020
- 6 min
How one woman is changing Marovo Lagoon.
Hellen’s father earned 8 shillings a quarter as a Pastor working extra hours on plantations so he could send Hellen to a ‘white-man school’.
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
Locals turn to healthier mode of cooking during CoVID-19 lock-down.
Smoky firewood is a major cause of respiratory illness in the Solomons.
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
Welcome Sir Francis Billy Hilly
Sir Francis was the fourth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994).
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
A picture is worth 1000 words.
Or is it? There is a real sense in which these two images tell a sad story of profound change over just a few years. The aerial ‘drone’...
- Mar 10, 2020
- 5 min
Fair Dinkum Fair Trade
According to the Cambridge dictionary, fair trade is a way of buying and selling products that makes certain that the people who produce...
