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Sustaining our earth beautifully

April 13, 2012 Leave a Comment

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I have never been keen on beauty pageants. When I found out about the Miss Earth competition I was concerned that they were focusing on outer beauty instead of environmental passion and action. But I was wrong. I was privileged to conduct the very first session of environmental education with the Western Cape’s group of finalists recently and discovered this competition is … [Read more...]

Pedal power = people’s power

February 14, 2012 Leave a Comment

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World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is a global event that takes place in more than 50 cities around the world and on Saturday, 10th March it will be Cape Town's turn to partcipate in the worlds largest naked event! Since 2004, cities across the world have experienced the joy of WNBR day that seeks to create environmental awareness through clean initiative such as cycling. Last … [Read more...]

Seeing nature holistically with Craig Holdrege

November 8, 2011 Leave a Comment

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The Proteus Initiative is privileged to host Craig Holdrege of The Nature Institute, upstate New York, to participate and teach in 'Discovering how a genuinely holistic perspective affects our thinking with respect to every aspect of environmental concern' in August 2011. In the heart of Cape Town, Craig Holdrege will work with botanists, environmentalists, environmental … [Read more...]

Why we can’t leave saving the planet to environmentalists

October 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

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In the fall of 2004, two young environmentalists, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, triggered a firestorm of controversy with their essay, The Death of Environmentalism. In it they argued that the politics that dealt with acid rain and smog can't deal with global warming. Society has changed, and our politics have not kept up. Environmentalism must die, they concluded, … [Read more...]

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