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The Global Work Party: Take action against climate change on 10 October

In recent months, the world has been shaken by what may well be early signs of climate change. It is impossible to be sure that the disastrous floods in Pakistan and the wildfires in Russia are symptoms of climate change, yet since 2010 is already shaping up to be the hottest since humans started keeping weather records, there's every chance they are. 

The floods in Pakistan have destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes and displaced millions of people. And the effects of the Russian fires are already being felt right here in Southern Africa, as food price shocks have led to rioting in Mozambique and protest in other countries.

01 Oct 2010
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Burning up our future

Please see Current issues - Energy for new articles posted on the subject of energy, including government's energy policy, the IRP process, the hidden costs of coal-burning power stations and the shutting down (or not?) of the pebble-bed reactor.

17 Sep 2010
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Green wisdom from a Muslim perspective

Links to interesting articles on a range of environmental topics, written from a Muslim perspective by Najwa Mohamed.

02 Sep 2010
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Add your voice to the call for cleaner energy!

Signing this petition is a quick, easy and effective way of supporting the call on government to harness our abundant solar energy rather than more coal or nuclear power.

31 Aug 2010
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The arum lily micro-frog is in no danger after all

Link to a joint statement  by the City of Cape Town, Cape Nature and the South African  National Biodiversity Institute in response to the social media campaign to protect "arum lily micro frogs".

 

31 Aug 2010
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