Field notes

What is actually moving on the ground.

Net metering, pumps, villages, bricks, jobs, dryers, batteries, kitchens and living systems — written for operators, not brochures.

Rooftop solar
Energy · Sept 2026

Solar is no longer backup in Zimbabwe

Net metering has crossed 118 MW. That is a market turning, not a pilot.

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Irrigated fields
Agriculture · Sept 2026

Why solar pumps beat rain-fed luck

Water on demand is the cheapest climate adaptation most farms will ever buy.

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Rural power
Community · Sept 2026

What a green village actually looks like

Hakwata’s 200 kW mini-grid, biogas kitchens and gardens — a stack, not a mural.

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Construction site
Construction · Sept 2026

Hemp bricks, solar roofs and tanks on the gutter

The greenest watt is the one the building never had to buy.

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Solar installation work
People · Sept 2026

Green jobs are not a slogan if someone gets paid

Youth unemployment is the other climate crisis. Installation is a ladder.

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Inverter and metering
Energy · Sept 2026

Net metering without the jargon

Export watts by day. Draw credit by night. Here is the part vendors skip.

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Harvest produce
Agriculture · Sept 2026

Dry it in the sun, sell it in the week

Post-harvest loss is a climate story hiding in a basket.

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Battery storage
Energy · Sept 2026

When to buy batteries — and when not to

Storage is expensive chemistry. Treat it with suspicion and respect.

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Forest canopy
Landscape · Sept 2026

Nature-based solutions are infrastructure

Wetlands, corridors and trees are the other half of resilience.

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Kitchen and food
Household · Sept 2026

The kitchen is a climate file

Firewood is energy policy, gender policy and lung policy in one pot.

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