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Waste collection at major events a boon for recycling education

April 26, 2016 Leave a Comment

March and April are traditionally two very busy months in Cape Town for 205 cleaners employed from local townships to quickly and effectively pick up for recycling all litter left behind by spectators and athletes during the city's biggest sporting events - the Cape Town Cycle Race and the Two Oceans marathon. This effort is organised by Plastics|SA, led by their … [Read more...]

Rocking the Daisies keeps its green promise

August 17, 2015 Leave a Comment

Rocking green is the intention once again at the Daisies held this year in October, where the motto is  'play hard, tread lightly.' The green goals of Rocking the Daisies are an integral part of the organisation of the festival. Daisies aim to be as close to a carbon neutral event as possible by reducing where possible and off-setting any carbon that was expended in the … [Read more...]

Great events planned for this year’s Earth Hour

March 26, 2015 Leave a Comment

Earth Hour 2015 will be held on Saturday 28 March between 8.30PM and 9.30PM in your local time zone. The event is held worldwide towards the end of March annually, encouraging individuals, communities households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 … [Read more...]

Transcending fragmentation through holotropic breathwork

August 21, 2014 Leave a Comment

Are you interested in healing through altered states? Then you should join us for a Holotropic Breathwork weekend in the countryside, led by 2 Swiss facilitators trained and certified by the creator of this modality, Stanislav Grof himself! In the 1970s the Czech psychiatrist Stanislav Grof and his wife Dr Christina Grof studied ancient wisdom traditions from all over the … [Read more...]

Desert Rose launches Climate Change song – Bring Back the Life

June 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

A new song about Climate Change, called Bring Back the Life was launched yesterday by our local band Desert Rose. The song was composed by to drive and promote Fasting for Climate Change. It draws on ancient wisdom and cultures as it speaks about the suffering of millions of innocent people and the need to return to the ancient philosphy of aligning our economy to preserve … [Read more...]

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The Ocean Cleanup

One year ago today, we began sorting our first plastic catch from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Since then, it's been transformed from trash floating in the ocean to treasure- sunglasses that will help fund our next cleanup this year.

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WHO urged to lower electromagnetic exposure limits

A group of bioelectromagnetics experts have written a letter to World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with grave concerns about the public health and environment…

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Some believe that mechanically sequestering carbon from the air is the silver bullet that will avert cataclysmic climate breakdown. However, today’s leading technology is drastically inadequate to confront the breadth of global emissions being released. ... See more

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OUR BURNING PLANET 168: Standing up for the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked mammal

In February last year, Daily Maverick broke the story linking pangolins as the likeliest vector of Covid-19 via bats to humans. The exact source has not been confirmed yet, but the attention, though it comes from panic and fear, might be the best thing that ever happened to what has been called ‘t... ... See more

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Kenya emerges as leader in fighting plastic pollution

Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East Africa to limit single-use plastics and sign the Clean Seas initiative to rid waterways…

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