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Help protect bird breeding grounds in Kleinbaai

May 18, 2021 Leave a Comment

The coastal strip in Kleinbaai is currently being excavated for the installation of a new sewer system. This area is the breeding ground for African Oystercatchers and white-fronted plovers. For years the people living next to this coastline have admired the birds looking after their young. They have protected the nests by putting up signs so that holidaymakers and dogs do … [Read more...]

Let’s help make ecocide a crime

September 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

A growing number of people believe ecocide should be recognised as an atrocity crime at the International Criminal Court - alongside Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. Ecocide is serious loss, damage or destruction of ecosystems, and includes climate and cultural damage. Any member state, however small, can propose an amendment to the International Criminal … [Read more...]

SA’s Green Party: educating to empower

January 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

The Green Party of South Africa's manifesto is inspired by the fundamental right of justice to all, as manifested in the values that are shared by Green Movements around the Globe. In particular, the Ten Key Values of the Green Committees of Correspondence, as applied to the unique South African political, social and economic environment. 1. A System that Works It is a … [Read more...]

Let’s support the plan to protect our dying oceans

September 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

Our oceans are collapsing, with vast disturbing dead areas reported to be expanding in the Pacific. But hope is also rising, with more ocean protected last year than ever before! This week could decide whether collapse or conservation wins the race. Scientists say if we conserve 30% of our oceans, that will be enough to regenerate the rest -- and this plan is actually on the … [Read more...]

Cameroon palm oil project finally on ice

May 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

After years of controversy surrounding the proposed palm oil plantation in Cameroon, the Cameroonian government has ordered Herakles Farms to suspend all logging at its main worksite at Talangaye, in the Nguti region of the country. Greenpeace Africa is encouraged by this decision - there are numerous illegalities associated with the project, not to mention the social … [Read more...]

The end of the world as we know it?

April 29, 2013 Leave a Comment

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The end of the world? No, the world isn't falling apart, as you might have read lately, but those structures and institutions supporting it as we knew it: capitalist markets, civilized norms, personal autonomy, global cooperation, and democratic processes. As modern people, we are used to thinking in linear and progressive terms, open to the future. Certainly, there were … [Read more...]

Help defend the brave indigenous folk of the Amazon

February 11, 2013 Leave a Comment

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"We have come here to tell the government and companies that these lands are not for sale."– Jaime Vargas, President of the Achuar Nationality of Ecuador. Jaime and Narcisa traveled from the Ecuadorian Amazon to Houston recently on a mission… to challenge the Ecuadorian government face-to-face during its 11th Round oil concessions promotional roadshow at the North America … [Read more...]

A Sea Change shakes up viewers

November 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

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The sensitive shells of Pteropods in the oceans are dissolving as they absorb high levels of carbon from the atmosphere and become more acidic. These tiny snail-like, delicate creatures with flapping 'wings' are affectionately called 'sea angels' and live in planktonic form in the oceans. This threat to Pteropods is now threatening crucial fish like salmon, which provides … [Read more...]

Good Earth Day contemplations

October 21, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Last week we celebrated Good Friday and Earth Day wrapped into one. Perhaps we could combine it as Good Earth Day in the future. Naturally my Christian roots honoured the day when we remember and revere the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his descent into the darkness of death in the ultimate sacrifice. Was it not also at that moment that the sun dimmed and the earth was … [Read more...]

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The humphead wrasse continues to be threatened by illegal fishing. Learn what's being done to help save this reef fish species and why they're so important.

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