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8230;inject some meaning. January 24, 2013. Posted by Andreas in Climate change. We’ve got too much coal. This column was first published on 2013-01-21 at News24 here. South Africa is right in the middle of the global coal industry. In fact, we have way more of the stuff than is good for us: some 28 billion tons of proven reserves, which at the current annual mining rate of around 253 million tons will only be depleted in 110 years. That’s a good thing! In international climate change negotiations, the S...

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Heavy metal is bad for you | The Antidote

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8230;inject some meaning. Heavy metal is bad for you. February 6, 2013. Posted by Andreas in Column. Heavy metal is bad for you. This column was first published on 2013-02-04 at News24 here. I don’t have a problem with Metallica, Iron Maiden or even Ozzy Osbourne. It’s the original heavy metal villains, the chemical elements that inhabit the nether regions of the periodic table, that I’d prefer to keep out of my bloodstream. But in our industrialised world, that’s becoming ever harder. While excessive le...

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Do we really need a nuclear smelter? | The Antidote

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8230;inject some meaning. Do we really need a nuclear smelter? March 1, 2013. Posted by Andreas in Column. Do we really need a nuclear smelter? This column was first published on 2013-02-25 at News24 here. Since its birth, the nuclear industry has been beset by a number of intractable problems, among them its propensity to produce an ever-growing mountain of radioactive waste that nobody really knows what to do with for the very long periods of time that it will remain dangerous. Over the years, Necsa ha...

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stephinsouthafrica: February 2006

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Notes from a past trip to Durban, South Africa, shadowing and learning from housing rights groups. Please check in for a hopefully monthly update. Monday, February 20, 2006. Valentine's at pineapple city. Valentine's with pineapple city elder members. Originally uploaded by stephatriseup. Last week i met two sisters who have lived at banana city settlement, on the grounds of UKZN-Westville, since 1950, long before the university was planned for that area. I'm working on this new flickr. Thing, and thanks...

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Notes from a past trip to Durban, South Africa, shadowing and learning from housing rights groups. Please check in for a hopefully monthly update. Monday, March 13, 2006. I've made it home. the last weeks have been a little crazy and exhausting so i haven't posted. hopefully this will begin to make up for it. So first, the march 2 wks ago monday:. Election day, i went to foreman road,. And just like the housing crisis, something that seems easily fixed, if programs were better staffed. it's not like ...

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stephinsouthafrica: March 2006

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Notes from a past trip to Durban, South Africa, shadowing and learning from housing rights groups. Please check in for a hopefully monthly update. Monday, March 13, 2006. I've made it home. the last weeks have been a little crazy and exhausting so i haven't posted. hopefully this will begin to make up for it. So first, the march 2 wks ago monday:. Election day, i went to foreman road,. And just like the housing crisis, something that seems easily fixed, if programs were better staffed. it's not like ...

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Climate change and the Garden Route | The Antidote

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8230;inject some meaning. Climate change and the Garden Route. November 29, 2012. Posted by Andreas in Climate change. Climate change and the Garden Route. This column was first published on 2012-11-26 at News24 here. I wonder how many of you know that today’s the first day of COP 18. But what about us, here on the southern tip of Africa? There’s a real shortage of news about exactly how climate change is going to affect our lives. Which is why I was quite excited to come across a report. The United Nati...

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Why bees are dying like flies | The Antidote

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8230;inject some meaning. Why bees are dying like flies. February 18, 2013. Posted by Andreas in bees. Why bees are dying like flies. This column was first published on 2013-02-11 at News24 here. Now if you think like me, your first response to this revelation would be: “No shit Sherlock! They’re called insecticides; bees are insects; ipso facto the bees bite the dust.”. So what happened in 2012? 8211; French scientists. Found that thiamethoxam severely impairs the homing instinct of honeybees. Indiv...

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Fairtrade is greener, too | The Antidote

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8230;inject some meaning. Fairtrade is greener, too. December 11, 2012. Posted by Andreas in Column. Tags: Fairtrade environmental standards. Fairtrade is greener, too. This column was first published on 2012-12-10 at News24 here. After doing some research on the impact of Fairtrade on farm workers and small farmers for Fairtrade Label South Africa. Recently, I argued. The Fairtrade development premium, for example, is a portion of the profits made from the sale of every Fairtrade product, which is democ...