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Animal Rebellion calls on government to prevent future crises

July 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

Today, the civil disobedience group Animal Rebellion have organised an online protest action commenting on the government’s contribution to the climate and ecological crises and calling on them to prevent future crises and end animal farming. Stating that the SA government has “blood on their hands” the animal and climate justice organisation referred to the government’s … [Read more...]

Ecological reflections on the coronavirus

April 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

The coronavirus health crisis is connected to the emergency of extinction, the disappearance of species and the climate emergency. All emergencies are rooted in a mechanistic, militaristic, anthropocentric world view of humans as separate from, and superior to other beings who we can own, manipulate and control. It is also rooted in an economic model based on the illusion … [Read more...]

COVID-19: An urgent Maasai cry for help

April 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

Avaaz has received an urgent cry for help from Nashulai, the award-winning Maasai-led nature conservancy in Kenya that our movement helped to launch. COVID-19 has devastated Nashulai, and the brave community behind this visionary conservation project are staring starvation and destitution in the face. The conservancy relies on tourism, and it's collapsed. As a result, there … [Read more...]

Condemning eco-fascism in the time of COVID-19

April 3, 2020 Leave a Comment

People have commented on the virus in many different ways. You may have seen posts connecting the impact of the coronavirus with positive changes in the environment. We are greatly concerned by these, and as climate justice activists, we wish to address this urgent issue. COVID-19 has definitely changed our lives; isolation, working from home and shocking news headlines have … [Read more...]

GOTG partners with government for covid-19 intervention

March 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

Gift of the Givers (GOTG) is a partner to the government's Covid-19 initiative, augmenting public health services by supporting medical professionals with protective wear, supplying relevant essential medical equipment and providing medical consumables to the institutions in urgent need. The National Health Minister is fully appraised of their intervention through the Deputy … [Read more...]

A call for global species conservation action

October 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

More than 300 species conservation experts at the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Species Survival Commission Leaders’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi, 6 – 9 October 2019, released a statement for urgent and effective action to address the unprecedented, unsustainable and growing impacts on wild species from human activities. In the statement the members of the … [Read more...]

South Africans come out in support of #ClimateStrike

September 21, 2019 Leave a Comment

In cities across South Africa people protested on Friday to raise awareness of climate change. The Global Climate Strike runs from 20 to 27 September, ahead of the United Nations Climate Action Summit, taking place in New York. People are stepping up in over 150 countries to support young climate strikers and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. Over 1,000 people, … [Read more...]

Malaysia is fighting the climate crisis with green architecture

August 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

More than a third of all worldwide energy is consumed by buildings and construction, so a new generation of architects are designing structures that both respond to Malaysia’s climate whilst also being sympathetic to the global climate emergency. Award-winning Malaysian architect Eleena Jamil, who has utilised bamboo in her structures, explains the importance of embracing … [Read more...]

Join the fight for renewable energy in Africa

May 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

Africa doesn’t need fossil fuels to reach its development. As the least responsible, but yet most vulnerable to climate change, Africa must follow upon the Climate Vulnerable Forum pledge made by 16 African governments in November 2016 to accelerate the transition towards an economy powered by 100% renewables. Our fight against fossil fuels is a pathway to a united African … [Read more...]

Hiding incidents at Koeberg is a problem for public safety

April 11, 2019 1 Comment

According to the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI), the recent revelations by Minister Pravin Gordhan that three separate safety ‘incidents’ had occurred at Koeberg Power Station in 2014 and 2015, should raise a red flag for South African citizens. Not only is the executive decision to keep the public in the dark about these incidents … [Read more...]

Mexico death toll reaches 361 after massive earthquake

October 2, 2017 Leave a Comment

The death toll from Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake rose to 361 on Sunday after another casualty was confirmed in the capital, where a search continued at a collapsed seven-story office building in a central neighborhood. National Civil Defense chief Luis Felipe Puente reported on Twitter that the dead include 220 people killed in Mexico City by the Sept. 19 quake. The … [Read more...]

Fighting cholera post-hurricane, Haiti needs $120M in emergency assistance

October 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

At a cramped police station serving as a makeshift clinic, Darline Derosier fastened IV drips to jail cell bars, wiped the brows of cholera patients and tended to the wounds of those injured when Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern peninsula. She was the only health worker helping about 40 patients Monday inside the station bereft of police as she waited for … [Read more...]

At least 3 farm structures destroyed in Houwhoek Pass fire

January 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

At least three farm structures have already been destroyed in the bush fires raging along the Houwhoek Pass in Overberg district. Additional fire crews and two helicopters have been deployed to assist with fire-fighting operations this morning. No injuries have been reported. Firefighters in the Overberg are preparing are in for another long day, with some working late … [Read more...]

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