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Environment

Catalonia bans bull fights

Editor July 28, 2010

It was announced on Wednesday 28 July 2010 that Catalonia has become the first part of mainland Spain to ban bullfighting. A 135-member regional parliament voted to approve a ban proposed by animal rights activists.
The message sent out is that bullfights are not an intrinsic or untouchable part of Spanish culture and identity but [...]

From food security to food self-sufficiency

Editor June 29, 2010 Environment

FW de Klerk’s comments to the Fortune/Time/CNN Global Forum about food. Most of the world has become used to food security – but this is not by any means the normal condition of mankind: we need think only of a number of famines during the past two hundred years that have caused tens of millions [...]

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Go vegan!

Aragorn Eloff May 5, 2010 Animals

What is veganism?
Although almost all of us know what vegetarianism is, veganism remains far less well understood. In fact, the majority of people have trouble distinguishing between these two terms and even some self-professed vegetarians are unsure of the distinction!

Photo credit: malias

Once you start going into more detail, it gets even worse – there are [...]

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Today is earth day!

Editor April 22, 2010 Environment

Earth Day is held yearly on 22 April to promote awareness of and appreciation for Earth’s environmental issues.  It is an opportunity to celebrate Planet Earth.

Photo credit: Satoru Kikuchi

Earth Day is celebrated around the world by people of all backgrounds regardless of race, gender, nationality or faith. It is an occasion for the world’s citizens [...]

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Tariff Increases

Editor March 18, 2010 Environment

The problem
On 24 Feb 2010, NERSA approved Eskom’s MYPD2 (Multi-Year Price Determination 2) with increases in Eskom’s nominal tariffs of 24.8% for the 2010/2011 year, 25.8% for the 2011/2012 year and 25.9% for the 2012/2013 year. The average electricity price will rise from a current R0.33/kwh to R0.415/kwh this year, then go up to [...]

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It ain’t easy being green

Aragorn Eloff February 25, 2010 Environment

Although the warnings of impending environmental catastrophe were hotly contended a few years ago (most tellingly by high-paid corporate lobby groups), few people now deny that many of the essential natural systems that sustain all life on Earth are threatened by human activity.
Among countless other horrors, vast expanses of richly biodiverse Amazon rainforest have been [...]

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Hartbeespoort Dam showing recovery signs

Maureen Cram September 28, 2009 Environment

The fishing project Despite continued damage to the contractors nets and equipment, the fishing project is also making good progress. Fishing efforts have been renewed and there has been a remarkable increase in the fish catches between 4 and 14 August 2009 with 3.956 tons of fish netted.

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Nedbank goes carbon neutral

Maureen Cram September 17, 2009 Environment

South African banking group Nedbank, already a leader in environmentally responsible practices, is to become carbon neutral by continuing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and buying up carbon credits. Nedbank was the first South African bank to become a signatory of the Equator Principles, and has since been followed by FirstRand Bank and the Standard Bank group.

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Global warming… see what Sydneysiders are doing!

The Administrator March 29, 2007 Environment

At 7.30pm on 31 March 2007, we are inviting Sydneysiders – businesses and individuals – to turn off their lights for just one hour, Earth Hour, as a sign of their commitment to reduce global warming.

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Hartbeespoort dam remediation news

The Administrator November 27, 2006 Environment

Rand Water, empowered by the Department of Water Affairs as the implementation agent, has embarked on the immediate launching of this important project. H.WAG has been invited to assist in the long awaited formation of a Water User Association or WUA, a statuary body empowered by the Department of Water Affairs, nearing completion and which will take control of the dam and will be able to take to task polluters and levy all users for use by the remediation of the dam.

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