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Humanwire – Danny MacAskill

Humanwire – Danny MacAskill

Today on Rocketboom, our Humanwire correspondent, Matt Brown, talks to Danny MacAskill about his stunt bicycle career and his films. For more from Matt Brown:  http://mattbrownfilms.blogspot.com/ Music by Blind Summit Click here for show credits. Follow us on Twitter:  @rocketboom Like us on Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/rocketboom

Scottish Indoor Ice Climbing

Scottish Indoor Ice Climbing

Humanwire correspondent Matt Brown interviews employees and people training at Ice Factor, an indoor ice climbing facility in the Highlands of Scotland. Click here for show credits. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom! Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

To Learn Early or Not

To Learn Early or Not

Today on Rocketboom we look at the advantages of early education in daycares in South Africa. Humanwire correspondent, Ruud Elmendorp reports from Durban. Click here for show credits. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom! Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Solar Cooking

Solar Cooking

Cook your delicious foods using sun light, and you don’t pay electricity, parafine, or firewood, and making it all a lot cheaper. That’s the promise of the solar cookers implemented by a South African company called Sunfire. They have been doing that for the last five years, and Sunfire is starting an NGO to distribute(…)

Interview with Jetpack Inventor

Interview with Jetpack Inventor

Humanwire correspondent Calin Dinulescu reporting from Bucharest, Romania brings us an interview with Justin Capra, the Romanian inventor of the jetpack. Click here for show credits. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly! Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and(…)

Life Straws

Life Straws

Humanwire correspondent Ruud Elmendorp brings us a report on how Life Straws are changing millions of lives in Kenya. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more Rocketboom Daily with Molly!  Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Flying with Vultures

Flying with Vultures

By African Renaissance Productions.  Only 2,900 breeding pairs of Cape Vultures remain world wide.  Kerri Wolter founded the Vulture Conservation Program in Magaliesberg, South Africa.  Click here for show credits.  Support Vulture Conservation, African Renaissance Productions Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

The Buddy Pack Program

The Buddy Pack Program

Humanwire Correspondant Lee Zucker reports.  The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri sponsors a program called the “Buddy Pack Program.” Through this program, backpacks are donated to the food bank along with the food most appealing for elementary and middle school students.  The program feeds about 3,800 children in poverty each week, and also(…)

No Lights, No Traffic

No Lights, No Traffic

What happens to a congested town when traffic lights are removed?  Humanwire Correspondent Martin Cassini reports on this experiment performed in Somerset County, England.  Click here for show credits.  Fit Roads, Martin Cassini Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Bone Jewelry in Kibera, Kenya

Bone Jewelry in Kibera, Kenya

In the Kenyan slum of Kibera, local craftsmen work to reuse discarded butcher bones and carve them into jewelry.  Click here for show credits.  Mobile Movement Funding for Victorious Youth Group, Ruud Elmendorp Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

The Great Gorilla Run

The Great Gorilla Run

Humanwire Correspondant Luana Di Pasquale reports on the efforts made by the Gorilla Organization to save the gorilla population through a fun and creative annual event.  Click here for show credits.  Artistic Films, The Gorilla Organization, The Gorilla Organization UK Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates!  Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes(…)

Trail of Light in Rural Kenya

24 year old Evans Wadongo invented a hand built solar lantern in Western Kenya, giving clean and affordable light to villagers in the region.  And Click here for show credits. Humanwire Correspondent: Ruud Elmendorp http://videojournalist.nl/index.html Follow us on Twitter for the latest updates! Join us on Facebook for behind the scenes pics and videos!

Nollywood Looks to Improve Quality

Nollywood, or Nigerian Cinema, has become the second largest flim industry in the world.  Famous for putting out thousands of new films each year, they have recently started to focus on improving the quality of their storytelling and production.  Humanwire correspondent Dianna Dilworth reports from New York City.

Kenyan DJ’s become Entertainment Moguls

Kenyan DJ Mike Rabar turned his group of DJ’s, Homeboyz into an international entertainment group.  From animation and television studios to schools for DJ’s and radio personalities, Homeboyz addresses the growing demand for production and event engineering in the Kenyan capital.  From Nairobi, Humanwire Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp reports.  For credits and story links, click here.