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Shack Living in South Africa Goes Green

Students from a university in Cape Town set out to turn a temporary shack into an "iShack" - a shack that is warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

  • South Africa:   Shack Living Goes Green

    UNIRIN, 8 October 2012

    The Plaatjie family - like more than a million households in South Africa - lives in an informal settlement. But unlike most such households, the Plaatjies' shack is warm in the… Read more »

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