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Anti-fracking Petition to SA Government

By on January 20, 2012 in environment, sustainability, water

We have written briefly about fracking here and here. What are your thoughts on it? Is it a viable energy source? Too much of an environmental risk? So says the reader who sent in this link to an anti-fracking petition… Do you agree with what is written below? mol-d In South Africa, the government is considering whether to remove the [...]

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Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’

By on January 17, 2012 in insects, sustainability

  Anyone who’s been stung by a bee knows they can inflict an outsized pain for such tiny insects. It makes a strange kind of sense, then, that their demise would create an outsized problem for the food system by placing the more than 70 crops they pollinate — from almonds to apples to blueberries — in [...]

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Save the Elephant Coast

By on January 16, 2012 in environment, sustainability

A deepwater harbour development has been announced in the Techobanine region, in the Matutuíne district of Mozambique’s Maputo province. The governments of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana initialed memorandums of understanding on the implementation of this tripartite project in April 2011. Mozambican Transport Minister Paulo Zucula said that the private sector has already guaranteed access to [...]

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From unspoilt eco-tourism hub to dusty, mining town in 10 years? A perspective on mining in Mtunzini

By on January 12, 2012 in environment, indigenous, sustainability

HOW MINING WILL CHANGE MTUNZINI The tourism brochures boast about its ‘pristine coastline’ and ‘zig-zagging rivers and streams’ in a ‘clean and safe environment’. They also mention its commitment to the ‘preservation of its natural heritage’. But if mining giant Exxaro KZN Sands gets its way, all this could be lost for future generations who [...]

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WIN BIG!! Naked…

By on December 1, 2011 in environment, indigenous, sustainability

conservationists calendar from Iphithi Nature Reserve We are nearing the  festive season and to raise awareness of the Iphithi Nature Reserve in Gillits, the generous (and semi-nude) conservationists have given us three calendars to give away as prizes. If you would like to win one of them and get it posted to your door (in South Africa), [...]

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