By Altaire Cambata
Previously posted on Izilwane
Image used with permission of Altaire Cambata and Practical Action
Who Wins, Who Loses, and Can Traditional Ecological Knowledge Settle the Score?
What are the implications for indigenous or place-based cultures facing the imminent and gradually...
Jan
12
Three NGOs
Africa has become synonymous with the word corruption. There is considerable debate as to whether NGOs (non-governmental agencies) in developing nations do more harm than good. Sadly, the media is not short of material when it wants to, quite rightly, inform us about how we continue to...
Dec
01
Scrap House was located on Civic Center Plaza, at the corner of Grove and Polk Streets, immediately in front of San Francisco City Hall. Image courtesy Cesar Rubio Photography.
Some recycled goods or projects are just plain weird! While others are simply wonderful. As They say, one man’s trash is...
Nov
14
How much trash is in our oceans? And does it look more like a floating landfill or a plastic soup? Anna Cummins, co-founder of the 5 Gyres Project, gives Jorge Ribas the facts about her recent trip into the Atlantic Garbage Patch.
The 5 Gyres Project is dedicated to conducting research and...
Nov
14
If you have ever wondered where your recycles go, and how all the stuff gets processed, watch this series of animated videos that tell it all.
Chapter 1: The Cycle
Chapter 2: The MRF
Chapter 3: Paper
Chapter 4: Metals
Chapter 5: Plastics
Chapter 6: Glass
All videos courtesy...
Nov
14
Routine Calculations
If recycling your glass bottle could save a quarter-pound of CO2, and if your car spews a pound of carbon per mile, how many bottles could you cart how far in order to capture the maximum recycling benefits?
These “routine calculations” reflect the “necessary...
Nov
14
In this brief tutorial from The Natural Step, we see how everything in the world is connected – society, environment and the economy. By practicing the Care Instructions, the Earth will be able to do what it is designed to do.
For sustainability, we need fresh air, clean water and the...
Nov
08
Tailwind Jungle Lodge
Sunlight dapples the filmy mosquito net as I slowly awake. Slivers of morning light make their way through the dense canopy that swishes noisily in the breeze, and peek into the open flaps of the canvas tent. There is an unparalleled peacefulness in being immersed in nature...
Nov
02
