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Contact David:
pittaway[at]gmail[dot]com
zero 722 987 008
(+27) seven 22 987 008
All offerings and services:
Sauna experiences (AfriSauna)
Philosophical Consultations (Confidential safe space to talk)
Tutoring: English, philosophy, academic writing
Consultation: off-gridding guidance
David’s two free E-books
Showcase of rockety projects
Consultation: rocket heater design
Published academic articles
About
The Perspective Project website was born in mid-2012, days after my partner and I quit our lecturing jobs in the UK and opted instead for a plunge into a permaculture-based lifestyle in South Africa. The website initially tracked our progress setting up our rustic lifestyle and abode. Over a decade later, it hosts an eclectic range of information, offerings, and services.
Everything here is connected. The academic content hints at a research-based world-view that facilitated a shift to the permaculture-based lifestyle featuring here and there at this website. The lifestyle gave rise to the need to get really good at off-gridding methods: solar, gravity water systems, rocket stoves and ovens, permaculture design, etc.
The permaculture-based journey worked well with a part-time lecturing and teaching career, and thematically with PhD research. The books that I’ve written are, respectively, about the personal and practical aspects of the eco-centric lifestyle that has emerged over more than a decade. The sauna is a therapeutic tool, one that my rocket-stove expertise allowed me to power in an incredibly efficient manner.
To be of service to people who may need it, I offer various types of online consultations and services, and in-person sauna experiences. I build rocket heaters, ovens, and hot-water ‘donkey’ boilers, customising each to the client’s needs.
Here are two videos, the first from 2017, and the second from 2021. A lot has changed since both of those times – for example, I am a lot less sanctimonious than in 2017, and a bit greyer than in 2021! But the videos offer nice snap-shots of things from the respective times. Maybe the themes I raise resonate with you. If they do, and if I can be of help or guidance in any way, contact me and we can arrange a meeting, or book an already-existing service.
– David Pittaway