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Ludwick Marishane: Ein Bad ohne Wasser.

Filmed May 2012 • Posted Dec 2012TED@Johannesburg
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Wenn Sie jeden Tag für einen Krug Wasser eine Meile laufen müssten, wie Millionen in der Welt es tun, wäre es wahrscheinlich, dass das Wasser nicht zum Waschen verwendet würde. Der junge Unternehmer Ludwick Marishane erzählt uns eine erstaunliche und lustige Geschichte über eine billige, saubere und bequeme Lösung, die er erfunden hat: DryBath, die erste Waschlotion der Welt, die ein Bad ersetzen kann.

Student Ludwick Marishane invented a water-less bathing lotion and was named the 2011 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award -- all because he didn't feel like taking baths. Full bio »

Translated into German by Philipp Geng
Reviewed by Tanja Daub
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