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Unpeeled

Raw food contains higher amounts of nutrients and conforms to the biological design of our digestive system, and eating it reduces energy consumption (no cooking) and reduces our waste output (no packaging).

Ditching paper

Did you know that every 38 500 bills uses up a ton of paper, two tons of trees, 65 000 litres of water and produces 2 500 kg of greenhouse gases? The solution for businesses looking to reduce carbon emissions is to scrap paper billing and adopt e-billing, says electronic messaging company Striata.

Autumn 2007

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Home-grown materials

In keeping with their sustainability principles, Spier wine estates have created what is possibly the first ecologically friendly conference centre in the country.

Autumn 2007

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Global climate deal edges closer

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) has hailed the latest round of climate change talks held in Accra, Ghana in August, as marking another step towards an international climate change deal.

Spring 2008

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Lost between the farm and the fork

The obscene amounts of food lost between farm and fork – in food storage, transport, processing, retail and kitchens – has enormous implications for feeding the planet, but also in the fight to reduce CO2 emissions, an international report warns.

Spring 2008

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Wild Coast mining controversy grows

Controversy surrounds the granting of a mining licence to Australian mining company Mineral Commodities Limited to mine a 22 km stretch of coastline along the pristine Wild Coast in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.

Spring 2008

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Good green printing

IT's drive towards a greener future is being undermined by printers made of low-quality materials that use high levels of energy and don't last.

Spring 2008

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