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greening it up - world water week, koeberg shutdown, american cl

waterfall by !pharaohsgirl from deviantartIts National Water Week Its national water week this week so why don't you consider your water usage, and see how you can help to conserve water. Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said that "It is therefore important for us to pull out all

greening it up - national water week, koeberg shutdown, american

waterfall by !pharaohsgirl from deviantartIt's National Water Week It's national water week this week so why don't you consider your water usage, and see how you can help to conserve water. Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said that "It is therefore important for us to pull out all

south africa's national bird still on a knife edge

Do you know what South Africa's national bird is? It is the Blue Crane – Anthropoides paradisea. It is nearly endemic to South Africa with only a small population of between 60 -80 birds living in Etosha in Namibia. There are only between 20 and 25 thousand left in

greening it up - koeberg scare, manuel joins UN climate panel, sp

No fishingMarthinus 'not the man for climate job' Xolani Mbanjwa – Cape Argus Environmental lobby groups and civil society bodies are not convinced that South Africa's nomination of Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwayk for the top UN climate-change post is a good thing, with some questioning his track record. Director

climate bonds to save our future?

Investing in the future In the past few years a new financial concept has been created called a green bond ( the World Bank recently issued its first green bonds to Japanese investors). Recently, a new concept for these types of bonds, called a Climate Bond was created by

cape leopard trust creating concern for the enviroment

Children from the Gereformeerde Laerskool, grade 6 and 7, learning to track a leopardThe Cape Leopard Trust (CLT), in partnership with Cape Nature, launched their environmental camp in the Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve, Cederberg at the end of 2009 to aid their efforts with their education and outreach programme. The programme,

the green ferrari

Ferrari Hybrid HY-KERS 599No, Ferrari are not just painting their cars green in a bid to tap into a presumably growing market of sports car enthusiasts with a conscience. They seem serious about producing a fuel electric hybrid performance car. Marketing genius or missing the point? Or perhaps future European

eskom get their dirty hands in the cookie jar

The World Bank has proposed to give a US$3.75 billion (R29 billion) loan to Eskom to build a number of new coal-fired and nuclear power plants And at the same time, Eskom plans to raise electricity rates 25% over the next three years. Big polluters

greening it up - eskom woes, tranquil winds, it's curtains for so

Wind power blows away tranquility? BENEDICTINE monks living in the hills outside Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, are angry about plans to build a wind farm near their monastery. Brother Timothy Jolley, the Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery prior, yesterday said the Anglican monks feared the noise and visual impact

book review: invaded - the biological invasion of south africa

Invaded: Leonie JoubertDid you know that there is a secret war going on right here in South Africa? That we are being invaded? No, illegal Zimbabweans are not to blame. Instead Leonie Joubert's book refers to the biological invasion of South Africa. No, not biological warfare either, but rather

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