BINNEKRING BLOG
Meet our new DPW core crew!
It takes a special kind of person to hold the reins of DPW and help guide the crew that raise and raze Tankwa Town’s key infrastructure. Over the years the mantel has passed from Paul Jorgensen, to Paul Grose, to …More »
Kakpraat With Princess Caralot
Greetings one and all and welcome to the kakpraat corner! This is the place where we talk all things toilets and come together to try and make the thrones the best things around. I’ve been keeping an eye on the …More »
Burning with Joy
Would you have liked it as much as I did? Would you have felt the magic wave carrying you from one experience to the next? More »
Friends don’t let friends exploit our culture
Intro by The Tim Words by Charlie Dolman Our friends over at the big Black Rock in the desert face many of the same challenges we do. One of the challenges they are facing is that of commodification on Social …More »
AfterBurn Report 2018: Sanitation
Words & Photos: Lara ‘Squeaky Queen’ Warren Burning Seed, Sanitation Services – Team Lead AfrikaBurn, WASH (Toilets) – Co-Lead Within a few minutes of landing in South Africa, I started to realise the effects ‘Day …More »
Yin & Yang In The Tankwa
Words: Eleen Polson / Photos: Alexander Polson (unless otherwise stated) I remember a kind young dreadlocked man stepping closer, commenting on the perfect sunset with the perfect moon-rise on the other side. Many people were admiring the …More »
Why Decompression?
Text and photos: Jai’prakash Sewram This morning, in my dream, a young boy appeared and asked me “Why do people need to decompress?” Determined not to pass up a moment of knowledge impartation, I responded and wanted …More »
Moop Map 2018
Its finally here – the news you’ve all been waiting for! So, who was naughty, who was nice and who was, well, just a total fokken mess? What did our LNT crew do in the desert this year? LNT – …More »
Solar Santa
Chapter 1. I’m 71. An old fart who lives alone in the Magaliesberg mountains with two border collies. I get the occasional paying guest for a weekend that pays for the dog food. My wife died years ago but still …More »
Collexodus – Gifting Beyond Tankwa Town
When we talk gifting in Tankwa Town, much of our discourse is about the gift economy, its distinction from bartering’s transactional exchange and recognition of gifting’s freedom from reciprocity. We speak of an abundance mentality “the desert will provide” and …More »
