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Back from Namibia, I am deeply aware of the power of desertification and how people adapt to cope with such severe environmental conditions. And deeply gratified for what water and green we still have in our country. Not for a moment to forget the advancing threats of desertification to South Africa, and to our vulnerable Mama Afrika. And the preciousness of her waters - our requirement for life.
So I am excited about the Great Green Wall initiative in the Sahal-Saharian region in the north, where 11 countries are working together to create a 15km wide green strip across the breast of Africa from the west to the east.
Over 7000 km they are linking hands on governmental level to resolve issues of the advancing deserts as well as poverty, degradation of soils, depleting vegetation covers, drying up rivers and lakes, increasing soil erosion and the resultant threats of conflicts between communities.
With international funding to this extremely climate vulnerable region, presidents are taking the lead and aligning policies and investments for life on earth, and those barriers that have set them back for decades. So great to find a properly organised and collaborative approach and an inspiring example of the Spirit of Collaboration. Now imagine if we could draw this green strip down south, up north and gradually across the entire planet – across the oceans! THIS is the future we are living for.
We are looking forward to World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June. If are doing anything in this line, please send your news or events to Tara at tara@thegreentimes.co.za. If you are a green business doing green actions on this or any other day, we would also like to hear from you. We lead by example so sharing is essential. Find upcoming events to attend here.
Read more, be inspired to think big and manifest hope for the future in everything you do this week.
Elma and the team
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 Do you help to protect and preserve the Earth? Does your company provide products or services that are helpful to the Earth? If so – then the folks from the Eco-Logic Awards want to recognise and support you! They are looking for those individuals and organisations that contribute towards the well-being of the Earth.
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 “In focusing on food, we are focusing on the essence of life, the grand sweep of history, monumental shifts in the landscape of production, industry, and commerce, and the impact of all this on society, communities, and ordinary people,” said Marjorie Naidoo Manager Communications and Sector Promotion of the Cape Craft & Design Institute. “We chose the storage, preservation and packaging of food as this is object-based, and we could draw on the rich store of Iziko’s Social History Collections, as well as contemporary designer-makers, and the complex contribution of the industrialised era.”
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 The evidence is in: Renewable energy is viable, reliable, and ready to go. It is even already cheaper than coal and nuclear power at every step. All that is needed now is the political will to kick start an energy revolution in South Africa. On this page Greenpeace has grouped some of the most common myths about renewable energy, explaining why they are just that – myths that don’t stand up to reality.
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 More than 250 organizations, movements and communities from developing countries have called on the United Nations' Green Climate Fund (GCF) to ban the use of its funds for fossil fuel and other harmful energy projects and programs as it gathers for its 7th Board Meeting. "To use climate funds to finance fossil fuel and other harmful energy projects is totally unacceptable," said Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator of Jubilee South Asia/Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD).
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 Delegates attending this year’s much anticipated waste management conference, WasteCon2014, will not be disappointed by the jam-packed programme and event exhibition. The conference hosted by the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) will be taking place from 06 to 10 October 2014 at the picturesque Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West.
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 If any year goes down in history, 2014 is going to be it. As of writing this article 7000 South Africans have signed a vote of no confidence in the South African Government, Parliament and the political class that simply is not listening to the people. A Vote of No Confidence is a statement or vote which states that a person in a superior position is no longer deemed fit to hold that position.
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 Despite the huge challenges facing the world’s ocean, by working together we can achieve a healthy ocean that provides for the billions of humans, plants and animals which depend on it every day. This year you can share the beauty and importance of the ocean, through your photographs! This inaugural World Oceans Day Photo Contest […]
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 More than 20 people have been confirmed dead and the exact death toll is still unknown after Bosnia and Serbia was hit by the heaviest rain and worst ever flood, breaking records in the past 120 years. States of emergency have been raised in the affected areas of Bosnia and Serbia after rivers burst their banks and left towns and villages submerged in seven to 10 feet (two to three meters) of water.
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 What's a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world's oceans might just help to feed the planet's billion hungriest people. In an eye-opening talk, Savitz tells us what’s really going on in our global fisheries right now — it’s not good — and offers smart suggestions of how we can help them heal, while making more food for all.
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 The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has today brought into sharp focus the white bread industry in South Africa with the release of its new report ‘GM Contamination, Cartels and Collusion in South Africa’s Bread Industry.’ The report shows that the white bread tested contains high levels of Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) soya and that […]
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 Gluten intolerance is no longer a fringe medical concept. Researchers are fully aware there is a very big problem with modern wheat cultivation. Wheat is far from being a health food. It makes you fat, causes gas and makes your intestinal tract your enemy, or rather vice-versa. High-yielding and now genetically modified varieties of wheat […]
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