Moving Windmills

Here is a video that my father sent me, it has changed the way I am looking at my thesis project. This is a windmill built with a great deal of bike parts. It was built by someone who had no other tools then what was around him, that is where innovation comes from.

http://movingwindmills.org/

Moving Windmills Project supports Malawian-run rural economic development and education projects in Malawi, with the goals of community economic independence and self-sustainability; food, water and health security; and educational success. Moving Windmills Project is inspired by the story of William Kamkwamba, a remarkable young man from a remote village north of Malawi’s capital city. Forced to drop out of school due to lack of funds, William turned to self-education and, after seeing a picture of a windmill in a textbook, decided to build one to power his family’s home.