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Communities continue to speak out against proposed gas plans

January 23, 2022 Leave a Comment

Since late-November 2021, following the overwhelming public outcry against Shell’s planned seismic surveys on the precious Wild Coast South Africans have awoken to the fact that government intends to search for and extract any remaining oil and gas reserves, which comes at the cost of the livelihoods of those who depend on the ocean, and the land. This week, the Department … [Read more...]

Ethical consumerism: shepherding back biodiversity

August 29, 2019 1 Comment

Climate change, over-population, pollution, plastic-filled seas. The threat to biodiversity, which ensures we have any future at all, is overwhelming. What can I do, I ask myself, to turn back the tide? Are my attempts at recycling, buying free range and organic food, signing Greenpeace petitions, boycotting products that contain palm oil and using public transport making any … [Read more...]

Win-win for people and planet: smart shepherding in South Africa

July 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

The Karoo, in South Africa, is a harsh environment in which to make a living out of agriculture—the area is mostly devoid of surface water. Its name is derived from the Khoisan word meaning “land of thirst”. The land was traditionally used by pastoralists but drought, overgrazing and predation by wild animals made this activity precarious. Predators were kept in check by … [Read more...]

Shell moet antwoord oor hidrobreking – AfriForum

October 31, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Die waghond vir burgerregte, AfriForum, is gekant teen en bekommerd oor die moontlike gevolge van skaliegasontginning in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie organisasie het ʼn brief aan RoyalDutch Shell en Shell (SA) gerig waarin die maatskappye uitgenooi is om met hulle in gesprek te tree oor verskeie vrae wat deur verteenwoordigers van gemeenskappe dwarsoor Suid-Afrika ingedien is, waarin … [Read more...]

Government publishes new fracking regulations

October 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

Our government seems determined to ensure that fracking for shale gas will happen in this country, despite years of resistance and much evidence of the dangers this action would hold for the environment and for our nation. This week the government published two proposed new laws regarding the environmental regulation of fracking, “which indicates commencement of such … [Read more...]

Minister Molewa urged to address fracking implications

September 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

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The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) considers the Minister’s decision to gazette the intention to declare fracking a controlled activity a portent of the risk fracking poses to our water resources in the greater Karoo. WESSA continues to urge the Government to exercise the precautionary principle enshrined in the National Environmental Management Act … [Read more...]

Fracking activist wins international environmental prize

April 19, 2013 Leave a Comment

South African environmental campaigner Jonathan Deal was today awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work in the fight against hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo. Each year, the Goldman Environmental Foundation selects grassroots activists from around the world to honour them for their work. With an individual cash prize of $150 000 (close on R1.5m), it is the … [Read more...]

Conference delegates cautioned not to rush into fracking

November 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Speaking at the Southern Africa Oil & Gas Summit in Cape Town, Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) Chair Jonathan Deal cautioned delegates not to rush into investment decisions around shale gas mining in South Africa. In an address that included what he described as a sample of the hurdles facing the proponents of shale gas mining in SA, Deal said that in the view of … [Read more...]

Fracking plans need a unified voice now

September 14, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Minister Shabangu’s announcement last Friday of the Department of Mineral Resource’s pro-fracking decision to cabinet ripped like wild fire through environmental circles the past week. If there is one issue that can unite all the different green role players in this country, I think it’s this one. The sensitive Karoo ecology is regarded as the heartland of the country by … [Read more...]

Global shale gas moratoriums increase

May 9, 2012 Leave a Comment

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“While our government is scrambling to produce a secret document on which this country may make a potentially irreversible decision on shale gas mining ‘fracking’, international sentiment is increasing against the technology. Fracking is banned, or under some form of moratorium or restriction in more than 140 places around the world.” These were the words of TKAG (Treasure … [Read more...]

Of chickens and horses

April 30, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Dating back to the 1970’s and the emergence of the environmental movement in the US, multi-national corporations were schooled to trivialize environmental viewpoints. A simple, ‘You’re being emotional, we’re scientific’, was often sufficient to render the argument of environmentalists powerless in the face of economic forecasts and industry spin. The advent of the … [Read more...]

The fight against fracking in South Africa

February 15, 2012 Leave a Comment

Should you care whether or not South Africa is fracked? The Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG) believes you should and urges the country to take up their position in society in the fight against fracking. Fracking (Hydaulic fracturing) is banned or restricted in more than 90 places and 5 countries worldwide and has only been practiced in its current form in the Unites States … [Read more...]

Slow Food Movement puts health and pleasure back into food

February 14, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Sick and tired of the hustle and bustle of city life? Family members sometimes only see each other on weekends. Incidents of stress-related illnesses increase annually. The purchase, preparation and use of food is just another of the hectic actions that need to take place on a daily basis. Convenient food is often the only and fastest answer. Even on farms, quad bikes and … [Read more...]

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