Tag Archives | Karoo

“We don’t want to get into the green versus the big business debate”

By on July 23, 2012 in environment, sustainability, water

Shell raring to go… What do you think?  The Cabinet looks set to approve the removal of the moratorium on fracking in the Karoo at its next meeting in two weeks, and Royal Dutch Shell has already indicated that it may spend $200 million (R1.6 billion) on the exploration phase for shale gas. Jan Willem Eggink, [...]

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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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Boycott Shell?!

By on May 16, 2011 in environment, sustainability, water

Some interesting reading and the opportunity to do something in your daily life if you are so inclined… Do you think it can make enough of an impact? Anti-fracking Activists call for a National Boycott of Shell ! Plans by oil companies to explore for fossil gas in large parts of the Karoo have begun [...]

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What the frack?

By on April 5, 2011 in environment, sustainability, water

There have been a lot of articles circulating on the possibility of fracking in the Karoo, the threats it poses to ground and surface water, and its intensive use of water in a very arid area. Here are a few of them and some more detail on how some say we might oppose this: Timeslive: [...]

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Spekboom as far as the eye can see

By on November 5, 2009 in garden

My dear husband and I have recently returned from a two-week road trip 1000km from our home town. One of our stops was Gamkaskloof or ‘Die Hel’ a remote area of the Swartberg in the Karoo. We saw some amazing things, but one of the many beautiful things that made my heart beat faster (apart [...]

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