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| Sindy Peters It was during his internship with the P.E.A.C.E Foundation that Eliot Chisango's interest in recycling was piqued... read | | | Sindy Peters 24 women and men, as part of the Mars One project, will soon be selected from the current shortlist of 100 candidates to begin training full-time for a one-way mission to Mars... read | |
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| Tim Cohen If you had to select a single global advocate and envoy for the modern notion of sustainable business, it would most likely be Unilever CEO Paul Polman, whose message to business, and the world, is so wide-ranging and heartfelt it verges on the messianic... read |
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| Crop yields will fall within the next decade due to climate change unless immediate action is taken to speed up the introduction of new and improved varieties... read |
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| National Treasury on Monday, 20 June, published the draft regulations on the carbon offset in terms of the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment and further consultation... read |
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| This July the Southern Guild Gallery will host the inaugural Brave exhibition, auction and awards dinner, featuring photographs, artwork, poetry, and stories collected by Rock Girl youth reporters and photographers, who live on the front lines of some of the most dangerous, under-served communities in the country... read |
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| Marshall Rinquest, was raised in Greyton in the Western Cape, and spent much of his childhood walking in the surrounding mountains. Now 26, the director of Greyton Transition Town and leader of its Eco-Crew Club shares his passion with youth and adults alike... read |
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| Lauren Hartzenberg News about corporate social investments can generate a range of public responses; from warming the hearts of eternal optimists to provoking eye-rolls... read |
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| According to the International Resource Panel, 24-billion tonnes of fertile soil and 15-billion trees are lost every year... read |
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| SANParks is refuting several reports that suggest that the part of the fence that was dropped between the Kruger National Park and Limpopo National Park is to blame for... read |
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| Among the many good reasons the United Nations declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses, is good health and weight loss. With a focus on the sustainable production of nutritious food... read |
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| Xikombiso Mbhenyane and Irene Labuschagne The richer and more developed countries become, the less likely they are to be food insecure. Governments in rapidly growing economies have more resources to dedicate to improving food security and nutrition... read |
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| Glenda Mary Davison Laboratory services play an important role in diagnosing and monitoring diseases. They are also critical in identifying changing disease patterns that come about from changes in lifestyle, migration and population growth... read |
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| Ghada Bassioni et al A woman's place is in the home. Her "job" is to marry and to raise children. This thinking still prevails in most parts of the world - and it is one of the major reasons that only about 30% of women in sub-Saharan Africa are working in research and development... read |
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| Sasha Forbes When living in the city, most amenities are more easily accessible - from being able to walk to the nearest café to grab a bite to eat or being a 10-minute walk from the office, to the never-ending excitement of the constant and busy social scene. .. read |
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| Bimo Nkhata South Africa could be saving enough water to meet the needs of strategic sectors and vulnerable communities during periods of recurrent droughts. This will require new and smarter low-tech solutions aimed at improving water reuse practices... read |
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| Tiaan de Jager is CEO of GreenFin, a company that aims to make finance for green products possible for all South Africans. read |
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| Muhammad Nakhooda As the human population swells - and in the face of a changing and unpredictable climate - the demand for natural resources increases... read |
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| The Dutch inventor of a ground-breaking project to remove millions of tonnes of plastics floating in "great garbage patches" in the oceans on Wednesday, 22 June, unveiled his first prototype to help clean up the seas... read |
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