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Doing – Winddrinker trusting on a happy end

Sjoerd Dijkstra and his team started to build the tower of the windmill in September. On the 26th of September they reached the top of the mill: 18 metres high in the sky…

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By Linda van Aalten on October 30, 2011

Ideas Worth Doing – The Winddrinker in progress

Sjoerd Dijkstra left Holland on the 10th of September heading for Somaliland. Again, Dijkstra was very glad to see the locals rebuilding the wall for The Winddrinker machine.

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By Linda van Aalten on September 22, 2011

Ideas Worth Doing – The rush of water

In most parts of the world – like in Somaliland – water, H2O, seems more and more a myth. The founders of The Winddrinker want to put this to an end.

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By Linda van Aalten on August 12, 2011

Ideas Worth Doing: A fresh drink of water in hot Somaliland

What idea could more ‘worth doing’ than turning salt water into clean drinking water at low cost? And indeed a lot has been done since Winddrinker won the TEDxAmsterdam Award last November

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By Linda van Aalten on June 25, 2011

The Winddrinker

The Winddrinker changes brackish or salt water into drinking water with the use of reverse osmosis and wind energy. One Winddrinker machine can provide 5000 people with drinking water. A local entrepreneur operates the Winddrinker and takes care of w

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By Bart Olsthoorn on June 10, 2011